10 Things I Refuse to Do as I Grow Up

1. I refuse to act adult-ish. You know the drill. During gatherings or functions, I am expected to handle myself with an acceptable dose of machoness. If everyone acts macho, what's the point of being individuals?

2. I refuse to stop doing the little things. Little things like smelling my tea before drinking it. Or changing the channel every 10 seconds. Or attempting to burp, fart and sneeze at the same time. These little things are the things worth preserving because.. just because.

3. I refuse to stop listening and watching new things. The accumulative nature of life actions and reactions dictates that we deparmentalise interests, making them narrower and narrower. As we define the things that we like and don't like, we tend to choose films and music that we think we will like without the youthful urge to experiment. This explains why Opah can only tolerate family conflict-type malay dramas.

4. I refuse to have a 9 to 5 job.

5. I refuse to

Dog Abused at Kepong KTM Station

Read about all it here.

It is appalling that the KTM officers in charge there did not even attempt to save the poor canine.

The dog was allegedly abused by Kuala Lumpur City Hall workers because a Minister is going to visit the station next week.

This attitude towards dog (especially stray dogs) isn't all that surprising. When I was 9, my school bus driver ran over dogs resting on the sides of roads like it was a competitive sport.

Last year, I saw a group of teenagers killing a dog by throwing rocks at it. I called the police but the woman who answered my call dismissed my report. She told me that incidents like the one I witnessed are too 'biasa' to be reported to the police.

This kind of atrocity directly reflects our attitude towards living beings, albeit animals or people.

I remembered a conversation between a son and a father I overheard at a bus station. The conversation was triggered by a passing stray dog.

Son: Abah, kenapa Allah cipta anjing kalau anjing tu haram?

Father: Sama lah macam kad terup dan arak. Benda-benda tu pun datang daripada Allah jugak tapi sebagai orang Islam kita kenalah buang benda-benda tu.

(rolls eyes)

Sintok

Making 'JEMPUT'

I'm currently preoccupied with a short film I wrote a few days ago.

It will be my first comedy shortie.

It is about a SPM-quarantined teenager who attempts to greet his friend at the train station no matter what the cost. Jemput will make its debut in this blog next week!

The Banning of Minarets

There is a furor within muslim communities over Switzerland's decision to ban minarets in its country. I personally don't see why muslims should be angry of the Swiss government's decision.

Minarets do not represent Islam in any way because Islam had made it clear that any physical representation of Allah and His prophets are un-Islamic and not allowed. The same can be said about the representation of Islam.

The typical design of mosques is still considered as a symbol of Islam. Domes, minarets and arches are made to believe to be descended by Prophet Muhammad and Allah. If you are one of those people, let me teach you something about the history of minarets and mosques.

During the prophet's time, any piece of land used by a congregation to perform prayers are called Masjid which means 'place of worship'. After Prophet Muhammad's death, the religion began to spread all over asia, africa and europe by several empires, the most notable being the Ottoman turks. When they arrive is Spain, they were impressed by the design of existing churches there. As they continued with their conquests, they were awestrucked by a church in Constantinople. That church was Hagia Sophia.

The Hagia Sophia was then converted into a mosque. Out of respect, christian ornaments such as the cross and paintings of Jesus Christ were maintained. If you visit the Hagia Sophia today, you can see Arabic Khat of Allah and Prophet Muhammad across a gigantic cross.

Because of the church's shear beauty, they replicated the design in the construction of other mosques and that started the design trend of mosques to this very day.

The word minaret comes from the worn An-Nar which means 'fire'. Minarets were first constructed along the beaches of the Mediterranean sea as beacons ( a sort of lighthouse) for approaching ships. Flames were flared on the highest peak of the beacons. These innovative constructions were called Minnar by persians. This is how minarets and menara gets its name.

So as you can see, there is nothing Godly or Islamic about the design or existence of minarets.

Today, minarets are not used to broadcast the time of prayer anymore because there are electrical speakers on roofs now that can emit sound to a wide radius. Minarets today are merely decorations.

The fact the domes are still constructed in mosques is to me an unsolved mystery. Domes were used those days because there were no speakers and microhones. The interior structure of a dome helps with the acoustic of mosques so the congregation can hear the Imams clearly. Today, domes are decorations because it does not function as acoustic devices anymore. The resources saved from making domes can be used to construct offices and community halls in mosques.

Islam is not a stagnant religion. It is a religion of progress. That is why it forbids any form of symbolism or representations so it can be adapted into different times and places.

There is nothing wrong with the banning of minarets in Islam. If you find that it is offensive, it is strictly your personal opinion and has no correlation to the conduct of Islam.

Pelat

Ajai pelat S. When he say S it will sound like Sh. Shaya shuka shangat shua shushu dekat shi comel. (did you just mind-pronounced comel shomel?) Ajai's pelat makes his otherwise mediocre singing voice range unique.

However, it is inexcusable for actors to be pelat. Pierre Andre too pronounce S as Sh. His T has a tsch sound to it. Putscheri, shaya shayang shangat dekat awak.

Indians who speaks tamil as their first language finds it difficult to pronounce V and W. W will sound like V and vice-versa. I vas wery vorried about the wapour coming out of the wan.

Chinese who speaks chinese a lot often mispronounce L and R. This is because in pasar mandarin, hokkien and cantonese, they rarely get to roll their tongues. So it is inevitable that lorry will sound like a girl's name and right and light is the same bloody thing.

Kadazan people pronounce Z as J and vice-versa. Kau kena mau pigi jikir dulu baru bayar jakat dengan zemaah lain sebelum sia pigi zemput Zohn. But Jesus is Yesus, Yesus Benar.

I used to have problems pronouncing the word Allah. It was always either Auwoh or Alah. My parents were really angry at me for not being able to pronounce God's name correctly. Parents those days were pushy and unforgiving. Takde Oprah lagi waktu tu.

What if a person is pelat cina-india-kadazan-pierre andre-young afiq deen

I vant you tscho wishit me atch my wan sho ve can shettle aull of our pasht shtrain. Lide my woluptious ash and zourney intscho the liwers of zoy shtraightch tscho the my ziwing wazayzay. I'll shtroke your hard lock tschool and shuck it untchil itsch leady tscho bursht. Oh baby, oh.

Lucahnya.

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