Hazy Memories

Needs no words to describe...

Next Stop

Ah yes inspired by a certain compatriot blogger. I'm headed to... Not very far actually. Ipoh International School (Tenby A Level Centre, it's name proper) is the destination. Doing, A-levels (if it wasn't obvious enough). Cambridge syllabus. A twist of fate lands me there, rather than Form 6, rather than KTAR, rather than scholarship to random KL college.

Really expectant after 5 whole months off the books, surprising how true it is. Joses explains that the wait for Form 6 is exactly for this effect, to give students a "break" from studies and gear themselves for the next level of collegiate.

And I have a "part time job" so to speak, pays rather well, gives rather great hours! The way it reached me, it might as well have fallen out of the sky. God is really awesome, and to be frank it's through an old CF connection :) there you have it, the basics of blessing! To compound this point, the place I bunked over and also the dudes that bought my Switchfoot ticket are Christian relations too.. From the same school of Anderson, where great minds gather!

I'll sign off as there's work tmr! So glad for the income so be seeing ya!

Nothing Less

It's been a greattttt week! Went to Limau's house on Tues. He had a scholarship powerpoint presentation to be done with, so crashed to.... uh, contribute! I think haha. Well, actually I did! Then next day went day-tripping with Joses to KL, to see Lim for his interview and presentation @ Taylor's Lakeside!

We took the bus right to the train station first, then commuted to Midvalley, baby!!! Hit Carl Jr's the first thing, once we had that we were stuffed mann. Seriously. We were full till dinner, which was at eight.. That's serious stuff. Er, yeah. Stuff. ANDDDD we went shopping, more like window shopping cause we ended up not buying anything... yet! Haha. Then Jeremy & Ben came to pick us up, he was very late for class though, so yeah.

When we got there, we headed to "Student Central" where Lim was headed for his interview. And left soon after cus it was time. Managed to meet Carl again, dumb fella. Lol! Jeremy's class was cancelled so happened, and we left soon after. We went to a nearby mamak, which I went the last time I came over to KL. Nice place la! Haha. Joses cracked some dumb joke about the drinks, he asked the waiter, "Ini ada alkohol kah?" and dumbstruck him for a few seconds. LOL. Went back to their place after that.

Now comes the night when we went for dinner with my cousin and KC's friend, Nigel. Heh. Went to this "mamak" called Murni (Ben consistently vehemently says Murni is not a mamak - because it's owned by a chinese dude). Nice food, enjoyed it thoroughly!!

Then comes the crazy part. It was 8.45pm and train was in half an hour's time. We were still at the place, so it was a bit tense. They brushed off the plan of dropping us at the nearest LRT and dashed to KL Sentral. We made it with time to spare, but didn't manage to get the RM1 coke the Sentral =/ But at least laaa we reached on timeee. Great dayyyyy we headed back. Stopped @ Nasmir for supper, which was nice :)

The return tickets!

And yes. Makes me wonder what took me so long to blog this entire post. Haha!

News Repost - Another Religious Row Erupts in Malaysia

Scroll down if you wish to skip the long news article. At least read the "lead", the first paragraph for a summary of what's going down in this land.


Another Religious Row Erupts in Malaysia 

Kula Lumpur. A fresh religious row erupted on Saturday after the Utusan Malaysia newspaper alleged that there was a plot to make Malaysia a Christian country, as a Muslim group Pembela accused “aggressive Christians” of threatening the position of Islam.

The Umno-owned Utusan daily quoted two blogs which alleged that Christian pastors who met in Penang last Thursday had taken a vow to make Christianity the official religion of Malaysia, and to make a Christian the prime minister. It also quoted the bloggers as saying that the meeting was organized by a division of the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) in Penang. The daily cited a blog by the name of Big Dog as saying that these were “very dangerous” developments as the DAP was accused of fuelling its political ambitions with a cry to change the country’s leadership from Muslim to Christian.

Home Minister Hishammuddin Hussein said these allegations were serious, and that he was awaiting a report about the Penang meeting. “If certain races resorted to raising issues in an excessive manner, it will invite reactions from other races,” he said. The Utusan report sparked an immediate uproar as opposition parties including opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim slammed the daily, while the event organizers denied the allegations. A police report was lodged by the pro-Malay group Perkasa’s Penang chief Mohd Rizuad Mohd Azudin who said this could “destroy racial unity.”

Relations between Malaysia’s Christians, who comprise about 10 percent of the population, and the majority Muslims have been on edge since their clash over the use of the word “Allah” to refer to God. Tensions briefly flared last year when a church was firebombed after the High Court allowed a Catholic publication to use “Allah.” The government’s appeal against this decision has yet to be heard. The issue cropped up again after 35,000 Malay-language Bibles were held up in two ports for the same reason. They have since been released.

The Muslim Organizations in Defence of Islam (Pembela), a loose grouping of several Muslim groups, on Saturday held a forum in which its president, Yusri Mohamed, said Islam was under siege in Malaysia. He said it would lodge a police report on the Utusan allegations. “We are dealing with aggressive, confrontational groups of Christians,” he was quoted as saying by a news Web site. He said their demands to use “Allah” were part of their attempts to spread Christianity.

Muslim convert Ann Wan Seng, from the Malaysian Chinese Muslim Association, also spoke at the forum where he was quoted as alleging that some Muslim university students were wearing crucifixes beneath their headscarves. Datuk Seri Anwar slammed Utusan for spreading lies that could create confusion among Malaysians.

“Utusan has gone way over the line, they have sacrificed their responsibility as media practitioners to bow before their masters,” he said in a statement. Anwar reiterated the opposition Pakatan Rakyat’s commitment towards upholding Islam as the official religion of the country. Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng, who is also DAP secretary-general, said Utusan was trying to “set 1Malaysia on fire”, referring to Prime Minister Najib Razak’s 1Malaysia racial unity platform.

“It is the most evil and dangerous element in our country right now,” he said on Saturday, adding that the DAP will lodge a police report. The organizers of the Christian meeting — National Evangelical Christian Fellowship, Global Day of Prayer, Marketplace Penang and Penang Pastors Fellowship — denied that any such vow was taken by the pastors.

“The organizer vehemently denies such a claim as being unfounded and totally untrue, aimed at creating division and social disharmony in the multi-ethnic society of Malaysia, and appears to be seditious,” they said in a statement. - Straits Times Indonesia

What's wrong with the world today... This is a... life-changing thing to the part of me that says "Voting Decisions". For LIFE. I mean it...

But the Christian federation said it has been patient in trying to resolve religious disputes, claiming that its "good faith has not been reciprocated by the government.'' - AP. On the Indonesian (! it's a huuuge Muslim nation which is actually pretty beautiful) Bible case.

And from that article, you can take note that the case on the constitutional right for Christians to use the word Allah is still ongoing. Mann.

On a brighter note (I'm quite happy to end my day on such a... sad note though! Really thinking time tonight) - my all time favourite youtube video! Worth the watch. Comedyyyyyyy!