tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-51132081758737061422024-02-21T08:51:42.375-08:00Palestine... OurstwoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.comBlogger55125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-66087741553118840862014-08-03T22:00:00.001-07:002014-08-03T22:00:12.261-07:00Now what?Gosh, it's so hard to start writing again after years. I might be a little rusty in this but hey hello everyone. Assalamualaikum<br />
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There are a lot of things I have missed since the last time I wrote on this blog. I should give credits to Faith because she was the only reason Alaqsaarmy hasn't been completely abandoned. I am so sorry. I will do better next time, Insyallah.<br />
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By now, I am sure everybody knows about what's really happening in Gaza since a month ago. The ongoing battle between Palestine and Israel was at it's peak when the Israel Defense Force decided to react to the claim of 3 Israeli teenagers kidnapping by committing a terrible act of revenge on civilians in Gaza. Not surprisingly, the claim turns out not to be true after all. (click <a href="http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2014/07/hamas-didnt-kidnap-the-israeli-teens-after-all.html" target="_blank">here</a> for official news report)<br />
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Every day for the past month, our Facebook newsfeed has been bombarded with a lot of news, reports, videos, documentaries - all pertaining to the ongoing war. With such overloaded knowledge, now what do we do with it?<br />
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Of course we could always choose to stand in silence and do nothing about it, or we could join the fight because we know at the end it will worth every minute of our effort.<br />
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So here I presented 6 steps we can attempt to help them out:<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>1</b></span> Research, reevaluate, reconsider.<br />
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Before we begin to develop any opinion in any conflict whatsoever, we should question the source of information. In this case, since we don't live in Gaza or Israel and there's no way for us to become an eyewitness, we can't never rely on any journalism before asking this question: who would benefit from any misrepresented fact? If one side throws any accusation, make sure it is made with substantial evidence before we believe it.<br />
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Read the history. Listen to both sides of the story. Pay attention to different sources of news. Get in touch with people who live there. Do research. Seek for official facts and statistics. And be aware of the systematic brainswashing.<br />
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When I said listen to both sides of the story, I really mean both Palestinians and Israelis. You may call me crazy for suggesting to listen to what the oppressor's have to say, but you will be surprised of how much the knowledge could benefit you in the future. It's true that they might come out with thousands of different justifications for their acts of evil. But we should take a note of all of that, and prepare ourselves with a thousand more reasons why their justifications do not make sense. This way, we'll be fully prepared to combat any deceiving idea that's coming our ways.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>2</b></span> Raise awareness as much as you can.<br />
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We do realize that the world is waking up. Thousands of peaceful protests and rallies are being held all around the world as we speak. But there are still a number of people who have no idea about what's really going on in Gaza. It's either because they don't care, or because they still believe everything the mainstream medias are telling them.<br />
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This is where your role is significant. In today's world, the social media is more powerful than the mainstream ones. So use facebook, twitter, instagram or any other means to spread the truth. Trigger the conversation. As small as it may seem, you never know how many people will be moved to know more about it when they see your posts.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>3</b></span> Boycotting.<br />
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This sounds very cliche but yet it is the most powerful tool for us to cripple the country's economy. Search for other alternative products, or better, come out with ones. Don't be a seasonal boycotter. Don't make it our short term goal. Always keep in mind to why we're boycotting. It's not merely a sign of protest. We want the conflict to end. Israel has been occupying the land for over 60 years, and three years of boycotting won't stop them from doing it for many more in the future.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>4</b></span> Use your talent.<br />
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Use up your talent and creativity to help. If you love to write, write good articles, poems and stories. If you love music, produce inspirational songs to spread the words. So on and so forth. Channel your creativity for a good cause.<br />
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<span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;"><b>5</b></span> Be consistent and persistent.<br />
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Never get used to the massacres on the news. Do not get bored. How inhuman would it be from us to ever get bored to this. And never feel enough about what you have done for them. It is never going to be enough as long as the land is still occupied. It is never enough until Palestine is freed again. It is never enough until the dictatorship in Syria and Egypt have fallen. We have so much more to do. And until then, we don't deserve to stay in silence and enjoy our privileged life.<br />
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If at times you found yourself crying your heart out because you just can't take it anymore, have a look at photos and videos of people all around the world, uniting despite the difference in race and religion, chanting their hatred towards the Israeli occupation, and smile. Because there is still hope in humanity. I personally found this helpful :)<br />
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<b><span style="color: #e69138; font-size: x-large;">6 </span></b>Everything happens for a reason. Find the reason.<br />
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I was a troubled kid. I asked too many questions. And it's not the first time I question God why he made things to be the way it is now. Why so many wars? Why are the good people losing?<br />
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But I believe the answer to this lies within the question itself. God has not made their lives on this earth worthless. They did not lose. Rather, they are in a much better place right now. It is us whose fate is yet to be determined. It is us whose battle has not yet begun.<br />
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He promised us a victory and it is near. It is us who has yet to choose to join them and win, or to ignore them and lose.<br />
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Till then,<br />
<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;">Cokelatchip</span><br />
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<br />twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-26253665277333356792014-07-15T20:15:00.002-07:002014-07-15T20:15:49.716-07:00Of Guilt and Love<div style="-webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; color: black; font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; margin: 0px; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px;">
Salam everyone,</div>
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So after endless 'tag-you're-it' (read: tag-you post) skype session with Cokelatcip, I've decided to give in and write something down here.</div>
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<strike>(coz I'm cool and tolerate well with immature kids =p )</strike></div>
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Anyway, as some of you might have realized, Cokelatcip and I have sort of abandoned this blog for a while. To be honest, I can come up with a bunch of explanation to why I did so. But let me just be honest.</div>
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I stopped writing because I was exhausted.</div>
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Yeah. Coz, I dunno, somehow it felt like a never ending crisis.</div>
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There will be some cease-fire, some new agreement to allow access to the rafah-border, some actual light that things are going to be if not okay, at least improving...</div>
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then suddenly, another bomb will just drop down from the sky. the way it has always been since 1948.</div>
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And as if Palestine is not enough news,</div>
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there was the massacre at Rohingya as well. The whole ethnicity that practices Islam was demolished within a short period of time.</div>
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And then Syria.</div>
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Lord, Syria was slaughtered by their own people.</div>
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By their own government.</div>
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It's so illogical how a bunch of things in this world can go so wrong when the muslims are so massive in number that I just can't help to not want to know anything anymore.</div>
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I got tired. I got really tired of these issues, strangling me, asking me for my contribution that I decided that I had enough.</div>
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I decided to take a break and like-sort of waive the whole thing away until I'm ready to get back on.</div>
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Ya Allah, what sort of thinking was that?</div>
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Looking back at how stupid I was, I realize that I was giving excuses to escape. I blamed the bias in the media, the unreliable sources that limits my capability of mashing stuff together into a blog article. I blamed the world. The muslims. The people who could actually make a difference, like, i dunno, the presidents of the muslim countries and the UAE (United Arab Emirates)...</div>
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thinking back...</div>
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I went away too.</div>
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So, what difference does it make.</div>
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Whether I'm the person holding a big post somewhere that can secure Palestine safekeeping in seconds; whether I'm that person or not, I'm a muslim too.</div>
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I would be held accountable for every second I decide to ignore the issue of the muslims worldwide.</div>
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The people at Rohingya espescially; I didn't pay that much attention at all to what happened there.</div>
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I heard stories about it but I didn't bother to look it up and give the injustice that have happened if not prayers, at least some minimal attention.</div>
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I dunno what kind of heartless monster I've became.</div>
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And now I'm thinking,</div>
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what am I gonna tell Allah later.</div>
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When I stand before him on judgment day. (well, that is if He wants to see me, what if He doesn't?naudzubillahminzalik)</div>
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How am I gonna justify that I did pray for my brothers and sisters around the world and I really thought that, that was good enough. That my generic prayers, one that I can quickly recite after the fardhu prayers, crosses out the need for me to do anything further.</div>
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That, I dunno, I may have felt- that I have my life too.</div>
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Astaghfirullah.</div>
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I remember one of Nouman Ali Khan's lecture that I've randomly listen to before.</div>
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(47:38)</div>
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"if you people turn away, he will replace you with someone other than you, and they will not be like you"</div>
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If we turn away, Allah does not lose anything.</div>
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Allah can simply replace us with others that can, and will actually do the job.</div>
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And this is scary.</div>
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As Nouman Ali Khan puts it, </div>
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we think Allah need us to build this ummah, to have Islam in this earth.</div>
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But no.</div>
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Allah can remove each and every one of us if He wish, and Islam will still be there.</div>
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In another word,</div>
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If you wanna leave,</div>
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Or rather,</div>
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If<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>wanna leave, by all means. do.</div>
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Islam will not be affected.</div>
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<i>I<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>will be.</div>
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Lets not turn away, people. Lets not get exhausted too quickly.</div>
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After all, for the time being, all that we had to do was to spread the news. To be aware. To constantly pray for them.To boycott. To donate. </div>
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If that is too much to ask for, then how do you justify this.</div>
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or this</div>
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I bet they'll be horrified to know that we felt somewhat burdened to boycott Starbucks or Nestle.</div>
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We will, insyaAllah get to the stage where our voice is heard and we didn't have to scream.</div>
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We will get there.</div>
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If so He wills.</div>
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It will be okay to die not witnessing the victory of Islam, the freedom of Palestine, the stops of Muslim massacre in any land in this world.</div>
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It's okay if we die first.</div>
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So long that we didn't become a part of the problem.</div>
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A speaker from Aqsa Syarif once came to my college and said,</div>
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The story of Palestine will end eventually. </div>
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It has to end somehow. There's Judgement Day.</div>
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And Allah promises victory for the muslims before then.</div>
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This story, well..</div>
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Everyone of us is in it.</div>
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<i>You</i><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>choose what character you want to play.</div>
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And<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><i>you<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></i>choose where you stand.</div>
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I've made a mistake before. I ran. I escaped.</div>
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But He let me live. </div>
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He let me live.</div>
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<i>"if you people turn away, he will replace you with someone other than you, and they will not be like you"</i></div>
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Allah, don't replace me.</div>
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Don't replace us.</div>
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We love Islam. </div>
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Lead us back to it.</div>
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Make us part of the victory. </div>
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Amin.</div>
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by: Faith Hana. </div>
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twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-71899425250552311402013-10-22T23:51:00.002-07:002014-08-04T01:30:52.092-07:00observing and experiencing...total silence in actionSalam Alaikum everyone,<br />
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Yeah, it have been 10 months actually since I last blogged.<br />
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The thing is, I get very bad at writing these days. I tried posting a couple of times but my views are totally knowledge-limited. And whenever I discuss any worldly issue with my family and friends, the world situation is all tangled and messed up that I don't exactly know who's saying the real deal. I can't even eleborate on a newspaper article before one of my relatives started pointing out that it's crap and here's the real story.<br />
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I know it sounded like I'm running away from responsibility of finding the truth. It almost sounded too, like I'm giving up.<br />
Yeah, you can say that.<br />
I'm actually quite tired at so many levels of hypocrisy in this world. How some wars that are happening are not actually wars at all. How human aids are not human aids. How just about any issue in this world is being over and overly politicized.<br />
There's nothing that I can write and I'd be happy with the substance. Coz, there's too much lies going on.<br />
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So, I decided to lay low. And it wasn't half as bad. Sometimes, you dwell too much in the big picture of the world, trying to change the mindset of the people, trying to guide the muslims, your friends, people around you, you forgot that you are supposed to be guiding yourself too.<br />
And for months that I lay low, I saw a lot of things that I've missed.<br />
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Those surahs I've failed to memorize and understand the context; those prayers steps and meaning of each recitation, those sirah of the prophets, the way the human mind works, the issue of human complications, how some of my friends are struggling with their past and present, how education is not everything in some's life but continual survival, how attitude outways whatever principles you believe in.<br />
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I found myself back, by laying low and shutting up. I learned that it's not wrong to be me.<br />
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I know it sounded ironic, like am I telling the world now to shut up when Syria's in mass-killing and starvation, Iraq in total danger, Palestine is still in blood bath, Egypt politics is crumbling, Malaysia's hedonistic with entertainment, Indonesia's islamic identity is screwed, Turkey's still with belly dancing, Iran is still divided of sunni and syiah ~ am i telling everyone to shut up?!<br />
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No.<br />
And Yes.<br />
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Shut up sometimes and take a step back. See, how the your life is twisting and then, reflect that on the world.<br />
There's no way the world can be a better one, if we all just keep shouting.<br />
Sometimes, the people who are most in silence, they understands better. They see the bigger picture with a much simpler solution.<br />
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Silence is virtue.<br />
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Faith Hana<br />
Thanks for reading!<br />
btw, I'm starting on a new blog just for fun. I've been listening to online lectures and I have to say, I found 'em very connecting. So, I'll have the files uploaded and see to it that readers will be able to download them.<br />
Otherwise, I'll just redirect the links to the specific podscats.<br />
here's the link but yeah, it's still under construction so yeah~<br />
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<a href="http://ilistenlisten.blogspot.com/">http://ilistenlisten.blogspot.com/</a> enjoy!<br />
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<br />twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-89928208095606384522012-12-13T20:06:00.002-08:002012-12-13T20:06:56.937-08:00Celebs on the run- for or against?Hey there, Salam Alaikum.<br />
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So I was making French Toast this morning for my dad when all of the sudden, he came barging into the kitchen and got all hype telling me about his new idea for the upcoming documentary series. I calmed him down, served the toasts and let him pour in the news. It must have been my non-frantic looks, because somehow, after 5 minutes or so, he changed the subject. We started talking about the house instead.<br />Lol.<br />
I'm a bad daughter, I know.<br />
Well, it was morning. You don't talk about work at 9 am.<br />
When its holiday.<br />
Or ever.<br />
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Hehs. Poor Dad will have to wait for my mum to come back from the Uni for him to be able to blurt out everything of his chest. I'll just pass this one.<br />
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So, we talked about random stuff, finishing the toast together... something about the difference between TWITTER and FACEBOOK (yes, many adults don't know how different those two are, really), when suddenly, my dad took a sip of his morning tea and asked me lightly.<br />
"What do you think of the fact that they are using comedians as an ambassador for Islamic Causes?"<br />
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I was washing the dishes, so I didn't see his face when he said this. But the tone was undoubtedly serious.<br />
Oh-uh, I thought. I gave a small laugh, trying to tone-down the thick atmosphere of probable rage and plopped myself back on the chair beside him. Dad was looking straight ahead-pass the wall, pass everything. Man, he can be so dang serious at times.<br />
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"You mean like Afdhlin Shauki?"<br />
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He looked at me and nodded. "Yes. The fact that they're sending a clown like him to Palestine."<br />
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Clown? okay, it was way harsher in Malay. Badut.<br />
My Dad is calling Afdhlin Shauki 'Badut'? I want to laugh, seriously.<br />
But then he wore all that stupid clothes and was named BOBOI with Harun Salim Bachik and..<br />
(well, badut and boboi kan x jauh. lol)<br />
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"I dunno," I shrugged. "Maybe it's a good thing, you know. Like, that's how they pull the crowd."<br />
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"But he's a comedian. And this Palestine matter is serious," Dad added. "I don't know why but I'm sad, really. I'm disappointed at how people are perceiving this issue. How things are not the way it was.."<br />
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"You know," I started, wanting to end the conversation. "Maybe this is another way to pull the crowd. Like the Ustaz Izhar Idrus and Zizan Raja Lawak thing. No one can deny that was a success, right? These celebrities, they have the untouched market, the gazillion followers on facebook, twitter, instagram, youtube, so, their poularity does help in telling the people the real deal that is going on around the world."<br />
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"Yes,"Dad nodded. "And once it is all over, they just go back to the real them and take away with them the gazillion followers. They go back touching non-muhrims, make jokes that hurts the ummah indirectly, they go back insulting pendakwahs with the Manisnya Kurma Ini, Selami Lautan Dalam...everything. They go back worshipping celebrities and other people like them.. So, they're just a mere crowd puller. Crowd for what? Temporary repentance."<br />
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Ha-di-ha. I hate debate. I hate debating with Dad, espescially.<br />
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"You know I watch Maharaja Lawak. And Maharaja Lawak Mega," I said, vaguely.<br />
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"I know," he said. "But then that's it. These things don't mix."<br />
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I was so not in mood for early morning debate.<br />I rather read the nursery rhymes. Really.<br />
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"These people, these celebs, they know how to talk to the crowd," I said, being all confident. "What the crowd wants etc, they live with the crowd. They befriend the crowd. They have the attention of people that most of the utazs and ustazahs don't. So, maybe it's not a big change, but they can at least spread the awareness to the people that wouldn't very much care for Gaza at all. People who tune in to these comedians just for the sake of some humor will be forced indirectly to know their updates on these islamic causes. So there..."<br />
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There was silence as we both finished our last piece of toast.<br />
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"I believe Allah controls the heart of people," my Dad slowly says. "Not them."<br />
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Ouch.<br />
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"If this is the situation of the ummah now," he says. "It's worrying. I know I can sound so orthodox talking like this but, there are things that have essence. You don't make Qurans into small colourful children booklets with fairies and cartoons around just to attract your children to read them. You don't make concerts with people dancing half naked and call the ticket fee funds to build a new mosque. You don't make shawls that are overly attractive with half the prints are studded with diamonds and bling-blings like some Gypsy hip just so girls will be more looking forward to cover their hair and what, lower the gaze of the men(?). You don't manipulate the islamic identity just so you wanna get the crowd. Just so you can say, "At least these people are doing 50% of the good deed."<br />
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I sipped my cold tea and smiled at Dad. Weak smile.<br />
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"If you are true to your heart," my Dad continues. "If you are sincere about your cause, you can send just anyone, and you'll get the crowd. Because from the way I see it, the cause has turned channel. It's no longer all the worries for Gaza people, it's this forever-to-be-praised celebrity that got off his comfort zone and went as an idol of the Muslims for the Muslims. The mindset had shifted."<br />
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"The great leaders of the past touched people's heart," said Dad. "Not their desires. If you give men everything, you'll lose them. Give them what they should have. Tell them what they should hear. Allah will do the rest."<br />
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"Let's just," I said slowly, clearing away the table. "Pray for the best."<br />
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"Yeah. For the best," Dad says and smiled at me...<br />
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"So! what are we having for lunch?"<br />
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I groaned and let Dad get back to his script-finalizing at the living room while I boil the water for his second cup of tea. And it got me thinking back to his words which are just plain truth.<br />
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We've been so desperate wanting to change the world, we forget how to do it properly.<br />My Dad might be wrong about Afdhlin Shauki. He might change after he get back, make thousands of good islamic movies, or he'll set up a really good foundation for muslims, pull even bigger teenage crowd that from rempit-ers and super comedians to people that fight for Islam.<br />
I mean, we don't know right. Many celebrities change. There's Sham Kamikaze and Catriona Ross and okay, many of them...slowly changing, becoming even better muslims and knows how to tackle issues most of the ustazs and ustazahs don't.<br />
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But yeah. He has a point when he says things have essence.<br />
Are we gonna delve deeper into the world where it's okay to drink at Starbucks as long as you still give donations to Palestine? Or its okay to lie down with your boyfriend on sweet smelling grassy field as long as you don't touch each other or talk about anything stupid? Or its okay to tweet 'I'm gay' and dance to 'Oppa Gangnam Style' as long as you don't mean what you say or understood the dirty meaning behind the porn dance...<br />
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This world is a complicated place.<br />
And no matter how many times I look at it, it's us who are in deep trouble, in deep danger, in massive manipulations.<br />
The Palestinians make thousands hafiz and hafizahs in a month. Their friends are people who dies as syahid and syahidahs. They live worshipping Allah. They die for Allah. For real.<br />
They are guaranteed.<br />
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Where do we stand, exactly?<br />
Are we making Islam better, or worse...think about it.<br />
All of these will end. And there's only two ending for every individual.<br />
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Well, you know that. You're big enough.<br />
Subhanallah, Alhamdulillah, Lailahaillallah, Allahuakbar.<br />
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by: FaithHana.<br />
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Dear Afdhlin Shauki, if you still get to live after the Gaza cause, please set a good example afterwards for all of us here in Malaysia.<br />
Because it's either my dad is wrong or we are really in a serious mess.twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-79228461971615572382011-12-17T19:59:00.001-08:002011-12-17T22:54:05.735-08:00Testing 1, 2, 3<span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZcB81-qQ7P8AcJ945wkeBeyWxlZ0qf9zKyLitnpqBdHfvE5xTdJkzRIMIE09YQfAF0Lahzgg-aGxEmUPkFvqX1__W_FAx8WbKVV9M8-Dbmp5pdJqdxSS8cB02Ny1BsxZ8mjeiSk2g9w/s1600/fb+deactivation.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 58px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgPZcB81-qQ7P8AcJ945wkeBeyWxlZ0qf9zKyLitnpqBdHfvE5xTdJkzRIMIE09YQfAF0Lahzgg-aGxEmUPkFvqX1__W_FAx8WbKVV9M8-Dbmp5pdJqdxSS8cB02Ny1BsxZ8mjeiSk2g9w/s400/fb+deactivation.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5687313497829722434" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >mbahahaha..yeah, i know.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >as if~</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >this is so temporary, no worries. whats with my bunch of long-lost friend in there</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >of course i'd reactivate it.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >God, life for the past 6 months have been way different from ...the 6 months before that. (Lol. So much for English HL, huh. Can't even get my vocabs right)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I tell you; KMB is so much different from what I thought it would be.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Nope; the classes are not in big halls with adjustable seats and mapel flooring bla bla..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and the hostel is not air conditioned with personal bathrooms for every room or so.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >oh no</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >KMB is basically a school.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Yep, a school renovated, upgraded, re-labled into a ..WORLD SCHOOL ie COLLEGE</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Which is...Not so bad.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Trust me, I've had it worse.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >It must have been the countless group discussion and the hectic schedule that somehow made life there very very enjoyable. And no, I'm not being sarcastic. KMB, Sem 1, was a blast.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I've learnt a lot of things about human there.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Especially myself. My weakness. My strength. God, things were so obvious.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >During my high school years, we have this sharing-whatever-we-know session every night after Al-Mulk which will usually take place around 11.30 to 12.00 pm (it usually drags because everybody would be busy doing other stuff like last minute laundry, ironing, supper at the dining hall, etc).</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >So, what we do is basically recite the al-mulk, then the last few verses of al-Hasyr, then, according to rotation of turns (sod my vocab, will ya ^^), one person will be conducting the sharing session. We'll listen to Hadith quotes or a normal friend-to-friends piece of advice, current issues and relating it islamically, peronal opinions, history of the prophets etc..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Boy, those were good times.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Anyway, </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >it was somewhat cliche to hear a friend going "you know, whatever you say today, you'll be tested on that in the future. Like that thing you're not agreeing with, well, who knows you'd be the one doing that so...well, beware."</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >and so, you can pretty much guess what our reaction would be like.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >We were...slightly demotivated, confused and couldn't help agreeing to fact.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Some of us silently nodded in agreement,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >some raised their own opinions, saying that <i>"we better well share it now than never"</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >some'd go "<i>well, no one's perfect. We're humans. We'll forget whatever we use to share"</i></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Most of the people in the room, I remembered, would then, hesitate with their words. Or they'd cover up their end of the speech by saying.."I'm just saying this because my friend told me to pass it on." (ngee~)</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I remembered one of us, then, giving us the story of Abu Bakr As-Siddiq</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >He was Prophet Muhammad's bestfriend.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >And because of his love towards Islam and da'wah</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >he didnt wait long to spread, to share, to tell people of what he know.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >As soon he was told by the Prophet to start his da'wah</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >he didn't wait to become a perfection</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >he immediately went out and dealt with his duty.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >As I encounter one thing after another at KMB,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I soon realized</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >that the cliche phrase was right. No matter how...demotivating it sounded. It's fact 101.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"> </div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >We'd be tested.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I mean, of course, we'd be tested.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >But what do we do to the tests is the question.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Sure, you can share millions of advices.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >And sure, you'd forget as time passes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >But then; the question is,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >if it's the rules of Allah, how can we ever forget?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >If our princips are based on what He sketched..</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >then it won't have to be manipulated; it won't have to be purified in one way or another just so as to derive ourself from the guilt.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Everybody will be tested.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >And no one can fail from questioning their moves and actions</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Things have consequences.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >And if you don't know where you're going, you can easily be misguided.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >My senior told me that if you wanna know if what you're doing is right or wrong</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Take a few seconds, reminding yourself that Allah is watching</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >If you feel uneasy</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Leave whatever it is that you're doing.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >But if you feel okay,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Then take control.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Human is...weird</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >You can make millions of school rules, thousands of job application terms and hospital and bank regulations.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >They'd complain, make a fuss, but at the end of the day,</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >they'd obey.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Because they want what they want.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Or they are afraid of the consequences, the fines, jail, court, everything.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Allah made simple rules.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Why can't we obey?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >And are we not afraid of what He promised?</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >He gave you sunshine today.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >He could have very well take away you life while you were asleep.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >But He loves you.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Everyone will be tested. Make a choice.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >by: Tested and forever will be, <span class="Apple-style-span"><b><span class="Apple-style-span">Faith</span><span class="Apple-style-span">Hana</span>.</b></span> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b><br /></b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>*sem 2 oh sem 2....</b></span></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><b>Rancho Chanhad says...umm...dang, I'll have to watch the movie again. LOL.</b></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-67086983377681627322011-11-09T01:52:00.000-08:002011-11-10T20:26:06.488-08:00The meaning of Eid al-Adha.. redefined.<span class="Apple-style-span">Assalamualaikum</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Oh wow! Look at the date of my last post, it's been like.. like.. 4 months ago! Even my first semester in my new college has already finished.. Since I haven't been here for quite a while, allow me to share some updates about my life since I was away~~ (I put them in bullets and numbers because I thought it'd look cool like that >.<)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Update #1</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I've enrolled myself in INTEC, Shah Alam. Which means I'm no longer a high school student.. which means I had advanced into a whole new level of education.. which also means I already used pointers for all my subject grades!</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Update #2</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">(I think Ive grown taller by a few inch since I last checked my height.)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Update #3</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I dont know what else is new about me. (<span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">or Im just too lazy to write them down</span>.)</span> </span>Update #1 and 2 basically conclude it all.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So, like many other friends my age I have, college and university life had shown us a whole new perspective of life and the real world; and man, I gotta say, it's a tough world we got out there. Like for me, the competition I face in INTEC is crazy! Everyone else is so good that sometimes I wonder whether I belong there with the rest of them. Nevertheless, the past 3 months was a fantastic journey; doing things Ive never done before (or things I never thought I would do).</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So life has changed.. how? Ive been observing myself and some of my college friends, and this is what I can conclude. To prove how one can really change over time, let me give you a few examples.. As I grew older, I no longer found that Harry Potter is interesting (as a proof, Ive never even watched the second part of the final movie. Yeah I know, I'm so outdated!) I used to go crazy over the books, the movies, the whole thing! I used to do a scrap book about everything HP, typed, printed, and neatly decorated. I used to pretend I was a part of the casts, and I would scream 'Experliamus' or 'Impedimenta' at trees and cars. <span class="Apple-style-span">And I think you certainly wouldnt wanna know what happened to my mom's (</span><span class="Apple-style-span">Nimbus 2000)</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> brooms.. -.-</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Changes occurred to some college friends also; boys would tend to be more serious in their studies (not!).. And girls would develop that little sense of fashion they got deep down underneath themselves <span class="Apple-style-span">(handbags and wedges.. I'm just not there yet lol)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">College life changes a person too you know..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Everyone I know from INTEC have grown thinner due to hunger and they're too lazy to go out and spend money on expensive food even in mamak restaurants.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">And some even drive everyday to college (oh so cool!)</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">And I just knew recently that staying up at 4 in the morning to finish off assignments is a pretty normal thing college kids do. Especially if you do things in the nick of time. Lecturers dont go to class asking you to hand in your homeworks like school teachers would.. If you submit, you're a good student and they would keep that in mind; and if you dont, there goes 30% of your final CGPA. Scary, huh?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">I gotta say, life is much more enjoyable when you're no longer in school. <span class="Apple-style-span">No offense, high school, but you give us tough time with your overloaded homeworks and strict rules.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> But I know they are all there to 'teach me lessons' and 'make me a better person'. And when you go to college, and some kids (apart from yourself) take advantage of that freedom; terrible things resulted, and you'd wish there are certain rules at the first place. So rules are not all bad at all.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So since Faith is currently busy with her final exam and stuff (Kolej Maha Busy indeed..), and since Im having a 2-month-semester-break (ahhhh bliss), I'll be updating stuff on this blog so people who read this wont think the authors are a couple of nerds with alzheimer's-ish brains that forgot all about the existence of this blog. So here goes..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Since we just finished celebrating Eid al-Adha a few days ago, I think it'd be just right to post something about that. So my eid went like it normally would; waking up early in the morning to help my mom prepare food (*cough* but this year she was done with everything without my help because *cough* I woke up a bit lat.., she woke up too early *cough*), having a nice clothes to put on, and walking to the nearest surau for the eid al-adha prayers. And like my usual eid would go by, I would rush back home and never stay to watch the cows being slaughtered as the sacrifice ritual. Instead, I would wait anxiously at home for anyone to bring back the parts of rib and meat so my mom can cook us delicious 'sup tulang' or 'kari daging' for the next few days..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; "><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium; ">Then I played with my nephews and went online. And you guys can guess what happens next and the rest of the day..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So basically that was how my day went. Poof! Just like that.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">But then, after a few years having that kind of routined-celebration-day, I started to wonder just recently: is this how it is supposed to be celebrated at the first place? By going online day and night? Is this how I suppose to feel about the whole sacrifice made by prophet Abraham thousands of years ago? The meat and the ribs distributed for the whole community, is it just another households-sharing-deed kind of stuff, and nothing more?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Then, two days ago, I kinda had a light bulb moment all of the sudden. It made me think, define and redefined the meaning of eid al-Adha altogether, and for a moment there, I enjoyed the pleasure the thought.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Two days ago, my mom was visited by a refugee from a country-at-war. She always comes to our house to sell some home-made sambal, and my mom would always be a regular customer. Mom would buy it from her in a very large scale, then mom would distribute it into packs so she can sell them to her friends. This way, the refugee can earn money the right way.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So that day, my mom's workplace had a gotong-royong for the cow-slaughtering ritual. As requested, she received quite a lot of meat and rib parts. And when she got home, she asked me to help her distribute those meats, for the refugee would come and visit us afterwards. And when she did come, we handed her a very heavy bag of fresh cow parts, waiting to be cooked and served. Instantly, she had a very happy face on her. And she kept saying 'others would love to have this, others would love to have this', which is because she promised my mom that she would distribute the cow parts some more to others from a refuge center. That day, she left our house early because she was very enthusiastic with what she had and with what she was going to give out to others.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Seeing all that happening right with my own two eyes made me all tearful and touched. I did not just tell the story because I was trying to be boastful for what my mother did, though I do find that what she did was truly inspiring. But my point here is that perspectives can be very interesting at times. How one thing can be taken lightly by some people, but for others, it meant the world to them. How eid al-adha for some people was celebrated with so little meaning, but for others it's a day that they would always cherish. How a simple beef rib soup can make me full for the day, it can make others not go hungry for the whole week.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Sometimes we would brag over small things that we feel incomplete in our life. We want perfections and only perfections in everything that we receive. We whine and complain when we have to face drawbacks at some points of our life. But little do we know that there are others who would fight to live a life like ours. Others whose life are far worse and incomparably more painful; yet they are so determined to make the best of what they have.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">These are the people who truly deserve to be happy on eid al-adha. And it gives me a clear reminder also; to always be grateful for the life that I have. And each and every one of you that are reading this should too..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">"I cried because I have no shoes.. until I saw a man with no feet."</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">signing off,</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span">cokelat chip</span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">p/s: I cant believe Im saying this, but I think Im hating holidays. They are so plainly boring and unproductive.<span class="Apple-style-span"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">(see what I did there, I just complained again!)<span><span></span></span></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span"></span><blockquote><div><br /></div></blockquote><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span"><span><span></span></span></span></span></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-6482753167127038852011-08-30T10:00:00.001-07:002011-08-31T04:02:02.947-07:00Human hearts<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Salam alaikum.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">OH MY GOD!</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">*Rereading my last post----sneak peak on the date..OMA~</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It couldn't have been that long, could it? I mean, I know I haven't blogged for long but dehhhh...medical check-up was ages ago.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well, anyway, updates about my life and Cokelatchip's...well, we're settling down alright. Note that we're finally at different places taking different courses, so yeah..., it has been a while since we last met. And so, the blog indirectly became a sayonara for quite some times too...</span> <span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >*susah kot hidup besfren dok jauh... uhuks</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Many things have happened since. Life. College. Friend</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">s. Music. Fun. Ramadan. Eid.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ramadan...~</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Let me tell you something; KMB is so dang cool, they let us free by Wednesday. I was baffled when that was announced coz I've really set my mind that I'd only be home after the Jumaat prayers and tada, there it was, one early gift for Raya from the college.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">
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<br />So, I went home and come that night, my family and I, including my very old grandma went to Masjid Negara for terawih paryers. </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" >*Yeah, its quite far from where we lived but the mosque have become somewhat the family tradition since me and siblings were kids so...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As I step out of the car and make my way to the gate of the mosque, I couldn't help but to give a small giggle at the sight of small kids running around, racing up the stairs and poking each other's head. *So childish, I thought. G solat terawih laa budak2....It's the last 5 days ponn..</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">
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<br />But then again, that was me when I was what, six? No, ten?</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I couldn't remember exactly when was it that I started tagging along to Masjid Negara to actually pray. Somehow or other, my parents just didn't force us to join in the terawih when we were kids. We'd pray isya' with the jemaah, *then mumble and complain between us siblings that the imam's recitation was way too long for our little legs to bear, so terawih was just not possible. LOL. So much for excuse.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Other times, it would be because some elders were trying to seperate us with our mum by saying we were not old enough to be together with her at the first line, so..."Pray at the back, please"</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">*We'd make faces and decided to play hide-and-seek instead, just to show our rebellious side.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And that's where we'd find new friends, play cards at the back of the mosque, play hide and seek until we get totally lost and scream out for the whole mosque to hear...</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">boy, those were good times.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">*And suddenly I was tempted to join the kids. haha. nahh...</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Looking at my grandma alone was enough to give me reasons of why I was there at the mosque to pray. She was over seventy. Her legs are not as strong as it have been. She had to hold onto me for support and took one step at a time to climb the stairs of the mosque *tangge masjid negare tinggi woooohhh. </span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">
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<br />There'd be times between the climbing of the stairs where she'd stop for a while, give a tired laugh to me and claim that she's sorry she's holding me back.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And during the prayers, I know that she's dying to pray sitting down but, somehow, she just doesn't want to. She'd bear it all...until one day, the imam (I think he's from Egypt or somewhere) was reciting the Qunut during the Witr and boy, the Qunut was around 20 minutes. So, my grandma just sat down.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">All in all, she's a superlady.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">She and all the other old wome</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">n and men that came to the mosque on the last ten days.
<br />And did 21 rakaat.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">
<br />Seriously, that amount of strength you give to do what it takes to let Allah see your effort; that, that is admirable.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And woha!, this year is a whole new record for Masjid Negara. I have never seen such four full lines on the fifth final days of Ramadan.
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<br />Usually, at the end of fasting month, people just don't bother to go to the mosque anymore. It'd either be terawikh at home, or going back to their respective villages or well, trading the time of terawikh to bake cookies or whatnot..everybody have their own responsibilities and agendas..</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Me, myself, included.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And the number of saff lines at the mosque will automatically just become lesser as days passed but...</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">not this year.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You should see the 25th night.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And the 27th.
<br /></span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And the final Ramadan night.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">
<br />Man....</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">things've changed...<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNirOuvfFr3mOHv3J_7FSeFFj4HtWP6XmiLbhU8dyEioC6uqFslcUE-9RdbnoPGek4a1h5S1JXZR8eA3tItjB7idyoiIHBmMvEHPX9u2fp3g3M2M24-dYHuSAvlfWhrc4UWQ2oM5Q_cc/s1600/solat.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 325px; height: 191px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFNirOuvfFr3mOHv3J_7FSeFFj4HtWP6XmiLbhU8dyEioC6uqFslcUE-9RdbnoPGek4a1h5S1JXZR8eA3tItjB7idyoiIHBmMvEHPX9u2fp3g3M2M24-dYHuSAvlfWhrc4UWQ2oM5Q_cc/s400/solat.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5646899200170469090" border="0" /></a></span></span></span></span>
<br />When I was six, the final days would be cool becaus</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">e we get to be in front even if we arrive late and at that time, Masjid Negara was not equipped with air-conditioning system so, only those at front would get the standing fan..</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And plus, there will be no elders to shove us at the back of the line. Because it was a single line anyway. And we'd be at the end of it, so, no trouble.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But this year....
<br /></span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We arrived even before the Isya' azan and the lines of the praying hall was already tripled. And that's the women's. The guys in front...I just couldn't count the lines (not that it was uncountable, I just couldn't count it from the back, okayyyy)</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And it just got me thinking suddenly.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sure enough, the world is getting worse day by day. People are getting wilder, teenagers are more daring, Islam is seen as terrorism....what's haram is seen as open-minded, what's halal is manipulated..what's pure is outdated.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yeah, sure. That's the world.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">but,</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">human hearts,</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">....</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">if we want it, we want it.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And if He's guiding the path...nothing can stop Him.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There was a saying that Islam will be on top again when the number of teenagers coming to early morning (suboh) prayer at the mosque increases.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">
<br />well, why suboh?
<br />because it's a fight between obligatory ond desire.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Terawikh, ova here, is not an obligatory. It's a sunnah. One can do it, there are a lot of benefits, a lot of deed, still it's not compulsory. People come to the mosque, people do it at home, muslims around the world were appreciating the Holy month to get in touch with The Creator, Allah the Almighty.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">
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<br />And
<br />if the lines tripled this year; there's a good chance that there will be more lines next year. With more teenagers, He wills it.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">sometimes, when we stress too much at the downfall of islam, we get easily demotivated.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And when we see things like this only do we realize that negativity is a way of hitting us back to reality,</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">but it's not so much of spirit-building.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You see people worshipping disco balls and concerts, dump babies on dustbins and do all these madness and the only thing you can think of is that this is it. It's the end of the world. There's not much you can do except for trying to stay away and not get tempted.</span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:78%;" > *Ingat senang ke? concerts..~ T_T</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Yeah, its almost like the end.</span>
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<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">When in fact, it's never the end.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Until you die.</span>
<br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Islam </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >is</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> rising again. Sod the TV, the exaggerating propaganda from CNN, they know nothing of human hearts.</span> <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One that He and only He controls.
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<br />The lines are tripling.
<br />by: <span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Faith</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Hana</span></span></span>
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ms;">Salam Alaikum all,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Okay, so the medical check up was settled for. The shopping-almost done. And the registration form, yep, it's getting there to completion. And so, thinking that maybe, hey, I do have some time to spare right now, let me just blog on a few things, okay.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, I read the scripts and I thought, phewww..man, how on earth am I gonna blog about it? The words were so nicely put in Bahasa ( Bahasa Melayu is such a wonderful language, okay) that if you turn it to English (being me and only me with such limited vocabulary), it'd sound less interesting.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But I'll try anyway, squeezing in my thoughts and the way I like to put things into prespective. See; if you like it. We're starting slow here, okay. I dont wanna dump everything on one post, haha.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Palestin- The land of prophets.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, you wake up everyday, listening to the news, pondering over the facts </span><hoping that="" it="" was="" real="" fact="" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">, open up a newspaper, rant on a magazine content, discuss with your friends and all... I'd say that 99% of the things that you are actually aware of and would love to be aware on are the current issues, right? I mean, come on, it is, as a matter or fact, the nature of humans to want take precaution with what's happening in the world and how they will be able to pave their way to move forward from there on, isn't it? And there's nothing wrong with that, really. There isn't. It's good to know what's up and what's down and be alert and all...<br /><br />but sometimes, you have to look back.<br />I don't believe in Hakuna Matata.. and if you do, no offence, but..here's what I think. I <span style="font-style: italic;">do think</span> that 'sometimes bad thing happens in the past, yes, but there's always a way for you to make a difference at present for the future of it.' Espescially if the past was manipulated.<br />Hakuna Matata means no worries.<br />And I think, if we live in no worries, we stop living.<br />There are things to be worried for, in life. Like your bloodpressure, your parents health, your academical future, your country's safety, your responsibility..<br />and yes, by responsibility, I know you know what I mean.<br />Palestine.<br /><br />So, if you have to look back on the history and see it for yourself that the present is wrong, then do it. For today will be gone, but there's always tomorrow.<br /><br />Going through history, Israel was said to be founded on the year of 1948 and since then, the brutal actions that they took, be it illegal or have somewhat caught the global attention, was simply tossed aside to not be further lamented by anyone in this earth. They'd do something cruel, they'll kill, they'll bomb, they'll rape, they'll attack an innocent ship, they'll do whatever, but they were able to remain doing what they do until today.<br /><br />So, herm, what are their so call reason to be doing all this? What could be so massively important that they have to take the life of even women and kids and people not in the armed forces to realize this dream of theirs?<br />Well, when asked. This is what they say.<br /><br />"There were no such thing as Palestinians. They simply did not exist."<br /><br />And with that, they made it loud and clear, they claim that Palestine was totally theirs. Every inch. Every scrap. They said that, by generation, it was supposed to be their land. The claim was that King David (which is prophet Daud a.s) was a man of the Bani Israel decedent and during his time which was around 1000 B.C or so, he have a built kingdom centralized at Jerusalem, and after that, it was passed down to King Soloman (prophet Sulaiman a.s). So, what Benjamin Netanyahu laknatullah was telling the world is that the zionist mission is to bring back the kingdom that were built by King David long time ago. And they have their rights to kill because the people that lived there were just not supposed to be there.<br /><br />Ironically, King David and King Solomon (Daud and Sulaiman a.s.) were also prophets in islam. And in the Quran, it was stated that David and Soloman built an empire, a kingdom that worships Allah s.w.t, inherits the teaching of Moses (Musa a.s) and not, as claimed, a secular and a racist kingdom. It was even stated in the history itself that there were numerous evidence that the people of the kingdom consisted of people from different tribes and races.<br /><br />And therefore, this gives no reason whatsoever for the Zionist to claim that the land was simply theirs and that people coming from different races and religion at Palestine should be just abolished and destroyed. But, being arrogant, superpower and all, here's what they did. On the previous 17th of April, statistic has it that around 750,000 (that's one 1/3 of the people was Palestine) has been recorded since 1967 to have been abducted and arrested. And the polls included 12,000 women, almost ten thousands or more of children and old people.<br /><br />There were also the Gaza incident, where a total of 1,300 people was killed. And then there were the Sabra and Shatila refugee camp slaughter tragedy where the number raised up to 3,000 to 3,500 people including babies, children and women all died in the most inhuman way possible. Be them raped and killed instantly or their guts get thrown over and their inside organs are all scattered around in pieces, it was totally unimaginable of what the Palestinian had to face.<br /><br />And no, they didn't keep quiet about it. The zionist was proud to announce that they were going to continue to the program they called "Ethnic Cleansing"<br /><br />And "Ethnic Cleansing" involved invading homes, property, lands, yards, everything. And one of the biggest agenda of invasion of the regime was to bring down Al-Aqsa, the holy Mosque of the muslims. Yes, <span style="font-style: italic;">that</span> al-aqsa. That one that Prophet Muhammad told us that we have responsibilty towards. That very one, that he mentioned in his hadith that if there were no oil to burn the lamp so as to light the place, it is then, our duty as muslims to go and aid over for it is our responsibility that will be asked in the hereafter.<br /><br />Today, the mosque have been attempted to being burnt down a few times, there's a tunnel underground currently being digged so that the base will part and bring the whole structure down to the earth. And what is the plan afterwards? Well, they're gonna build a temple on it. A temple where they will worship Satan and show their true side to the world. Them being zionist and freemasonist and all that.<br /><br />Everyday, we hear on the news that peacekeeping were being held, United Nation is doing their best, America namely Obama, was trying to lead humanity and sanity back into the world and at the end, this all goes down to nothing but more killing.<br /><br />There are zionist in United Nations and there are zionist in American political board.<br />and Why are we counting on them, again? err...<br />What,? They have the power?<br />No-<span style="font-style: italic;">we </span>have the power.<br />We're muslims.<br /><br />So, I figured it out, answering to all the questions that you guys asked me before,<br />well, today<br />I may not be able to make a change as much. I'm nowhere as close to be aiding the Palestinians, to be riding on trucks and handing out medical cares or u know, stuff, I'm also nowhere close to any stage to unite the Muslims to care, I'm also far far and far away from any highty-mighty political board of the any nation in the world. But you know, there's a cycle in life. Abraham Lincoln might want to hold America for as long as the earth remains but he died, anyway. Todays people will also die. And if He wills it, I'm gonna be somebody in the future. And you reading this, you're gonna be a somebody too. You'll be replacing people today.<br /><br />Now, the difference that if so much that this blog can offer for the same pose of Dr. Ir. Mr. Dato. Tan Sri. Datin Paduka. YB, all...is the awareness of the responsibility.<br />And by that time, it's no longer a group of people just watching from afar, praying hard...<br />I believe. Do you?<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;font-size:180%;" >by:<span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);"> Faith<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Hana</span></span></span><br /><br />there will be further evidences from historical view on the upcoming few posts. something that touches prophet yaakub (jacob), yusuf (joseph) and all. laters. stay onboard with the spirit. yeeha~<br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><span style="font-style: italic;">cokelatchip, saya lapar, penat menaip~</span></span><br /><span style="line-height: 115%;font-size:9pt;" lang="MS" ></span></hoping>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-85228766012832761902011-06-15T23:50:00.000-07:002011-06-16T22:07:15.668-07:00upcoming documentary...yeeha!<span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" >Salam alaikum all,</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Imagine you woke up at 4am this morning to the noisy sounds of sirens and gunshots in the air. The atmosphere was thick and dusty almost as if a sand tornado was present. Breathing was difficult it almost felt like asthma, no; worse. There were blinding flash of lights rotating around your home, some got penetrated through your bedroom window and hurt your eyes so much you had to look away. You rubbed your eyes a few times, knowing that it couldn't have possibly been anything worse than just a dream. You coughed a few times, one rougher after another. There were ongoing sounds of familiar screams that you recognized. There were shouts of names that you knew by heart. A heartbreaking cry of your neighbours' baby swelled in between of the mixed up chaos.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You peeped through the windows and a sudden chill ran through your spine.</span><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">____________________________________________________________________<br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:100%;">(just something to get the mood going. .)<br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br />Oh God.<br />My stuff-to-do list have lengthened so much these days, I don't even know what to think. There's the medical check-up to be settled, the shopping for necessary stuff, still on the line the registration forms to be filled out completely...others..(I'm so exeggarating, I know).<br />The thing is, I'm not exactly sure if I am really ready to bring the college life on. I mean, I've always been the school-kinda person, not taking things seriously and let it lay back till the last minute stuff~...<br />Well, you gotta move on when you gotta move on..huh?<br />so, yeah, lets face the music, shall we?<br /><br />And like what Cakelatchip have mentioned previously, yep, after 7 years of being at the same school, we'd be going to different places after this, taking different subjects, different course and being in totally different environment.<br /><br />So, lets just cut the chase. Man..I'm pretty good at telling my own life updates, huh. ^^ I could go on and on easily. Like yesterday, my Mum and I went to this very cool place called the....<br />okay, no more.<br />Palestine. Palestine.<br />Right.<br /><br />So, here's the real thing. A few months ago, one of my very very close relative came over to me and asked if I could help him to type up a paperwork for a TV documentary proposal that he had roughly drafted and was thinking of getting aired on the month of August this year. So, being totally unoccupied with studies and all, I said 'sure'. And only when I did type the proposal do I realize that it was a documentary about Palestine. Wow, I thought, this is cool~<br /><br />A few weeks later, the proposal was accepted and so, the real work began. Come meetings and discussions all..things started to slowly shape up. And then, it was final. With the courtesy of CIMB bank as the main sponsor , Astro OASIS has agreed to air the documentary during the month of Ramadan this year. The documentary has 30 episodes and will be aired in Bahasa throughout the fasting month, that is..29 to 30 days.<br />The airtime would also most probably be around 6.30 pm to 7.00 pm so as to make it flexible for people to actually watch it.<br />And, the best part is, the 30 episode will cover all you need to know about the issue of Palestine since the time of Prophet Abraham until today.<br /><br />So, if you are still, you know, clueless like I am and still finding answers of why exactly Palestine was attacked, where does this group of Israel came from, why do they want Palestine so badly they won't give it up?...stuff...here goes the answers....in a visual form, easy enough to be digested for everyone that knows Malay. There would be exclusive interviews with the experts, the priests to comment on the Bible's content regarding the issue, the contradictions of Israel's claim..and the painful reality that we all have to start taking action against and prove that we care. Or at least know about.<br /><br />So, once the promotion is out and all, could you guys please like...spread it around to all espescially Muslims, asking them to watch this documentary while waiting for the Maghrib prayer? Because, somehow or other, this is like, one of the best method to let EVERYBODY understands. because, haha, everybody watches TV right?<br /><br />And, well, the other day, while I was...whatever, I kinda had a look on the scripts for the voice overs and the narrator part for the documentary and it just hit me that hey, I could make those scripts my reference to blog, right? haha..and, for people that are thinking that they'd wanna watch the documentary, it would be no harm if I could lay out a thing or two from the episode just so that they could get the early picture before they watch the whole thing...ngee~<br /><br />So, that's what I'm gonna do. I'll read the copyright material (with consent, of course) and blog about it when i have time. yeah, sure...<br /><br />so, lets start.<br /><br />by: <span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 51, 204);font-size:180%;" >Faith</span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 153, 255);font-size:180%;" >Hana</span><br /><br />p/s: oh, and I do hope all the Muslims in Malaysia are gonna watch the documentary.<br /> <span style="font-style: italic;">Alamak...x smue org ade astro...aiya...~</span><br /></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><br /><br /></span></div><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div></div><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:100%;" > </span>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-4842042794243714542011-06-02T02:11:00.000-07:002011-06-02T02:12:41.951-07:00Just when you think a post couldnt get anymore random..!<div><div>Salam</div><div><br /></div><div>Quick updates about my life, Alhamdulillah, most of my peers already enrolled in various matriculations and universities. Up down left right, they're everywhere!</div><div><br /></div><div>And for others like me, I still havent moved on from the habits of 24-7 channels-surfing and over-sleeping. Both Faith and I are available at our homes until the end of this month, (yeay!) and we both are going to different places afterwards. (after seven years sharing same school names and adress, Im sure we'll be missing each other badly.. AWWW)</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorry it took me so long to post sth <span class="Apple-style-span">(as if anybody was waiting for any post from me pffftt</span>), but when youre stuck at home for months and barely step out into the world, your mind could go blank, literally.</div><div><br /></div><div>These seven months of holidays have been the least productive months of my life..! Well, to describe how unproductive it was, if time is comparable to the sky, and the beneficial things of every day life were the rainbows and the stars, then my sky is pitch black, with moonless night. Absolutely no exaggeration here.</div><div><br /></div><div>While I was trying to recall and list some of the things I've done for the past few months, I feel like.. like.. it was simply a simple repetitive routines. When I got a full free internet access at home to myself 24/7, I was.. unstoppable. And the days just went by so smoothly that sometimes I found myself couldnt care less about other things. Things like.. like this blog.</div><div><br /></div><div>Upon opening a new tab in Google Chrome, youtube.com is always more preferable than alaqsaarmy.blogspot. And yes, even for me.</div></div><div><br /></div><div>When it comes to getting a handful of information from the internet, looking up for blockbuster movie release date sounds a lot more interesting than searching for the date of the first intifadah.</div><div><br /></div><div>When YouTube could offer latest music videos of beautiful gorgeous K-Pop stars, why would I bother to watch sad documentaries about the life of people in where the towering Wall divides the land. And where armed watchtowers, military checkpoints and barbed wire are filling up the place.</div><div><br /></div><div>Sometimes, I am so proud to be the first among my friends that is kept updated about a movie star's controversial scandals, but I never feel it'd be something laudable to keep updated with what is happening in Gaza.</div><div><br /></div><div>I can memorize the lyrics of a tongue-twister Japanese songs in no time, but I always fail to master even a line from the Quran mentioning the obligation to free the land of Baitulmaqdis.</div><div><br /></div><div>I'm perfectly imperfect.</div><div><br /></div><div>If I could go through everything and spend the precious moment to entertain myself, why couldnt I do the same for some more serious matter.</div><div><br /></div><div>...</div><div><br /></div><div>Aaanyway,</div><div>since we came across some stuff about the media, lets jump into a new related topic.</div><div><br /></div><div>Since I was little, my dad loved to make me read the newspapers. He's a real genius when it comes to political issues or this country's latest policies and all that sort of boring stuff. "This world needs more 18-year-old knowledgeable girls who know exactly what is happening in this galaxy.. Not just what happens in the celebrities' world.." (he said when I was struggling to pull out the star's Show Biz section from the rest to be read first)</div><div><br /></div><div>But the reason why I hate to read or watch the news so much (despite the fact that I am too lazy to cram the words into my brain) was because news from the mainstream medias is corrupted. Bias. Full of lies. And deceiving.</div><div><br /></div><div>Flip the world newspaper now, you probably would notice that when a guy who happens to have a Muslim-Middle Eastern background commits a crime, we would read headlines like 'Middle Eastern Burglary' etc etc. Well, I never saw headlines that read Anglo-Murder or Caucasian-Rape, have you? Such media bias was obviously trying to make it looks like the guy's background/religion has anything to do with the crime he just committed.</div><div><br /></div><div>And same thing happens when a group of Muslim-extremists perform a deadly act that kill hundreds of civilians. The world is told about how the act was a part of Muslims' obligations to do jihad. But we should know better that most of the facts were twisted and exaggerated. And even if they were real, it is not what Islam teaches the Muslims, at all. We dont attack UNLESS we were attacked. Period.</div><div><br /></div><div>So yeah, dad. I hate watching the news. Sorry.</div><div><br /></div><div>Aaanyway,</div><div><br /></div><div>Sorry if this post has been so random.</div><div>I didnt plan to write about certain specific topics. And I got sick having to edit this post for the umpteenth times, so here's what went down. Of utmost importance is that I get my points across and my views heard.</div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>"You've got enemies? Good. That means you actually stood up for something in your life."</b></span></div><div><br /></div><div style="text-align: center; ">Till then,</div><div style="text-align: center; "><span class="Apple-style-span" >Cokelat Chip</span>,</div><div style="text-align: center; ">signing off</div><div><br /></div><div><br /></div>*Warriors*twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-58471113082622541352011-05-25T22:57:00.000-07:002011-05-26T09:13:03.227-07:00well, people said that words are sharper than swords, ^^<div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Salam alaikum;</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Hallo there, people.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">As you can see- ^^- from the left tab below, ^^, the number of followers ^^ for this particurlar blog ^^, have somehow, miraculously ^^ adds up to...^^ more than 100!!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Ha-ha. Which is, well, nothing to brag on exactly, considering the fact that there are millions of people out there whom have two or three blogs and all of them manage to score more than a thousand followers in one single post in one single day.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, 100 for the blogging world would be..umm...well, nothing much.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But, being immature and all, Cokelatchip and I was over the moon with this achievement. For us, being able to actually reach the three digit is a, well, you can call it a success, we even went out celebrating with Kyros Kebab and all (actually, she just wanted to return my books she've been borrowing for weeks, but who cares?)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Reminiscing back to the days on how this blog was actually formed, I came to realize it was pretty drastic exactly. It all started back then to a day where Cokelatchip and I was in this one classroom, discussing about random topics bla bla bla, and like fate or something, we started talking about Palestine. I couldn't remember what it was about but, I knew for sure, that it must have been pretty heartbreaking as there were tear flows along the with the line of words we formed.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And came exactly that night, we created a blog. The first post was in Malay, or rather bahasa rojak kinda Malay and the terms we used to address ourselves in the posts were ana, antum (LOL!) which totally goes beyond the way we really are. With one posts after another, the ana antum vanished and so does the Malay words..</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(not that we have anything against it, okay...)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We just became ourselves, and the posts became sincerer that way. We felt more attached to some of the things we voice out, and did our best to put thoughts into words. Man, it was hard.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Because somehow or other, we're not genuinely bloggers ourselves. We're not the kind of girl that posts on a daily basis and know how to exactly string a word together in less than a minute. Unlike, some of my friends, (total salute to them) of course, they blog almost everyday and their every words are addictive; you crave to know more. Some people, they blog one once a week. And for us, however, well lets just say, Cokelatchip and I didn't set up a timeline on when exactly do we have to post. And so, the blog doesn't become a burden but just merely a place where we could actually voice out our opinions to humankind of all ages that possess the internet line.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And yes, sometimes, having such blog becomes an issue in your life. Cokelatchip once asked me if I was feeling what she felt; hypocritical.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well,.....-.-" of course, I do. I feel it all the time I write down a post. Like, there I was, posting on how the next generation is going to make a change, how Islam shouldn't be mistaken as a religion that promotes terrorism, how Allah is looking at the effort of the muslims and all and yet; undeniably, there are times that I doubt whether or not I am actually the ideal person to be writing about such topic. Honestly, if you know me, you know me. I'm 'that' compared to ..'that' (with angelic cues on the background noise).</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So yes, I do feel pretty hypocrite sometimes. ^^</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And there would be times, when people would just dare to give you negative remarks straight on to you like it didn't actually matter how you'd feel (not that I was any dramatic about it either). I remembered a friend of mine saying out loud about her opinion on people who loves to exaggerate the big stuff and forget to look at the small, miniature things we often neglects. I didn't get her at first, but when I did, it hit me like a big slap on the face. Her words were pretty glassy. It goes like.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"Kite Palestine sane, Palestine sine, pom pang sane, pom pang sini, yang orang dalam Malaysia sendiri marane, kite tak kisah pulak. Ade orang tak cukup makan, tak boleh pergi sekolah..Ade yang hidup merempat, tu kita tak nak crita."</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">which simply would have meant (honestly, I just dont do direct translation), "Why can't we just sometimes look at the situation in our own country where there are also people at the verge of dying? There are people here in Malaysia with no food, no education, no home and yet, we don't even talk about them."</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(roughly, the Malay version sounded glassier)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And at that time she was saying it, I was just right there feeling OUCH..that hurts. Eventhough, of course, she must have not mean to like offend me or anything.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Not that I was much offended or demotivated at all, because, yeah, she has a point, somehow.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And there were times where I, personally, would also take this blog pessimistically. It usually happens when I blogwalk (which is a term used when you jump from a blog to another one based on the link provided from one or few of the other blogs you opened earlier). I would be reading posts after posts of what a person do in his or her life and I'd be very much amused by how interesting and fun their days always seems to be. Even if, you know, like they don't do anything much but some of their relatives just happen to drop by or something, I'd love to read it anyway because their link says I-AM-ROCKING-COOL-MAYBE or S.E.C.R.ET Diary of a PRincess or HARDCORE girl in DILEMMA which all to me, sounded, wow~catchy</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And here I am, having ALAQSAARMY and PALESTINE..OURS</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Like, who'd read that?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">*bangs head on the table, giggles alone*</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">yeah, maybe we should change it TWO ROCKING COOL GIRLS'S SECRET DIARY DILEMMA, then we might actually have more people reading the posts ^^..Oh God~</span><div><br /><a style="font-family: trebuchet ms;" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmlInT7ZdngX5ISgeODmnPLnBmGklX23fmVPUVE1NTfJuzMPf7brMy4rdvMqNRC9qvyYXKGaWuIxt-4tSpONYF8lIs8zWnHyEbf7WWPaqaV8TT5lodcv2FYwn7fE_eUOS3WydaMhQivA/s1600/muslimah+girl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"></a><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sDIM2WgKS-8kvDUBVyVq7LJzPG8O1yA_Leujcd11cx_F0P314aIGyqo6UpYjmu0vDpMrDyany6nQhc6hAnhMZJWA5ghzc_v1OSN5ENCoArnlrIHJIoL_UObl0j7Duv_B_An5P5Qjnqc/s400/rocking.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 155px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5611058218919756002" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">..will the blog's header look likes this?</span></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmlInT7ZdngX5ISgeODmnPLnBmGklX23fmVPUVE1NTfJuzMPf7brMy4rdvMqNRC9qvyYXKGaWuIxt-4tSpONYF8lIs8zWnHyEbf7WWPaqaV8TT5lodcv2FYwn7fE_eUOS3WydaMhQivA/s1600/muslimah+girl.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img style="text-align: left;display: block; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: auto; margin-bottom: 10px; margin-left: auto; cursor: pointer; width: 155px; height: 160px; " src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCmlInT7ZdngX5ISgeODmnPLnBmGklX23fmVPUVE1NTfJuzMPf7brMy4rdvMqNRC9qvyYXKGaWuIxt-4tSpONYF8lIs8zWnHyEbf7WWPaqaV8TT5lodcv2FYwn7fE_eUOS3WydaMhQivA/s320/muslimah+girl.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5610941589374556082" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, yes, creating this blog has been quite a something that fills in our life.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Then again,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We don't write in this blog to show how much we know (which exactly isn't that much) or to brag on our concern or to potray to the world the kind of girl we are (I've told you how I am not yet 'that good girl' I should have been). Nor is it because we don't care about what's happening in our own country (we do, for God sake, we do!) or that we lead an extremely boring life that no one would read even if we actually make a blog about it (hey,hello...).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's true that we're not that exactly perfect enough to be typing down things that are rated islamic and religion and most importantly, Palestine, but the thing that kept us going was the fact that we know that>> we're never gonna be perfect. And if we wanna wait till that one day where we have some PhD or u know, a few qualifications from the world that says we're good enough, it would take forever and we don't live 'forever'. Come tomorrow marks another day, and I doubt it that I'd be better everyday. I may get worse. I may lose interest, I'd get busy or I don't know...the point is,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I chose today because I live today.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Being me and only me, a person who is still learning.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sod the fact that we don't memorize every verse of the Quran, or that we can't quote a Hadith without making a mistake.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There will always be something that we lack of and if we choose to stress upon our weak side, we ain't going anywhere.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And I'm telling you, that's the biggest reason why Palestine can't be free until today. The mindsets of Muslims at this era is so different from how it was years and years ago. Today, people would give excuses all along, like "it's not my thing yet" or.."i'm not good enough" or.."well, i dont wanna be seen as an extremist, coz i'm not"...and all..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and I don't blame them. I've felt pretty much the same all the time.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm a human too.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I crave for what human desire and I crave for human's blessing. Often times, I'd look at what human would think than what Islam would.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Often times, I compromize~</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And I regret that, of course.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, if Cokelatchip and I are not perfect enough and we claim to have a super-duper interesting life, then why do we write in here? Why Palestine?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Because it's the least we could do.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And the least we could answer to Him. For the time being.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If I would love for the opression to stop, for Palestine to be free, for Islam to unite, I might as well do something than just lay behind my back, doing nothing.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">We may be not good enough, but at least, we're trying.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I'm 18. Cokelatchip's 18. And we might die at 18. We don't know.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">by: </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(204, 102, 204);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;">Faith<span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Hana</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. (A real post on Nakbah Day coming soon, sorry ^^)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Thanks again to the followers! You guys might not know this but by that simple click of public following, you have boosted our spirits like totally zooommm! thanx yo!</span></div></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-23961341715983077462011-05-04T07:48:00.000-07:002011-05-04T20:33:11.958-07:00Ignorance is not bliss<span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Salam alaikum,</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Yep, the holiday is getting to an end alright~</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">(Should I put a smiley there at the end or what? No, I guess, no.)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I mean, come on. Who can deny that this has been the fabbest holiday ever? You wake up in the morning with sunshine (ehem..),</span><ekhem.. style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> you get to finally learn how to drive (yippie!),<yippie!> you can actually roam around with your friends and have real fun<double yippie=""> not having to worry about the upcoming exam by the time the holiday ends...(double yippie!) and you get to learn stuf</double></yippie!></ekhem..><ekhem.. style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><yippie!><double yippie="">fs you thought you'd never be able to have the time in the world to.. (yip..yip..-.-").<br /><br />Anyway,<br />holidays are just too fab for words..and well, I bet one to ten that you guys have been reading blogs after blogs of holiday adventures of other people out there, not to mention the number of spaghetti bridge MARA interview experiences (yep, like thousands of them) <thousands, about="" the="" same="" thing="">, reviews of the royal wedding bla bla bla...<br />so, dear blogwalkers,<br />let's now get down to the isolated issue, shall we?<br />One that people (and sometimes I) would prefer, <and sometimes="" i="" would="" prefer=""> to ignore.<br />One that well, we know it's important, but we just...(this is the time you lay out 50 excuses. go on, start..)<now make="" up="" fifty="" excuses="" like="" i="" did="" all="" the=""><br />One that has no catchy songs, breakdances or plasticsurgery actors in it..<br />But for most of all, One that is reality.<br /><br />The ongoing issues of Palestine.<br /><br />Sounds like some pick-up line from an old history book, right? Well, yeah, I know. I mean, come on, I'm a teenage too okay. I know what it feels like to read an article of some hot gossips on one famous celebrity on a hollywood stand. I know the twinge of excitement you get as you discuss dramas and the rush you feel when you hear goood, touchy songs. And I</now></and></thousands,></double></yippie!></ekhem..><ekhem.. style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><yippie!><double yippie=""><thousands, about="" the="" same="" thing=""><and sometimes="" i="" would="" prefer=""><now make="" up="" fifty="" excuses="" like="" i="" did="" all="" the=""> know that once you see, alaqsaarmy.blosgpot, you'd thought, owh..okay..now this one's heavy...<br /><br />And, bingo!<br />You're right. It <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> heavy. This issue <span style="font-style: italic;">is</span> kinda hard to digest and I don't blame you if you feel so much uninterested by the topics laid upon by me and Cokelatchip. Hands now, no offence taken.<br /><br />But, well, lets face it shall we. We can't run away. Sooner or later, the happy days are gonna be over. One day, if God wills us to still be alive, we are all gonna be grandpas and grandmas and old people with wrinkles and go senile between words, we don't even notice we're talking craps. We're gonna have to sit at a corner and watch the generations after us do all the business and see things unfold slowly. And at that time, it might not be too late to make ourselves fell in love with the issue, but to make a change like we all dream for, now that that takes energy and</now></and></thousands,></double></yippie!></ekhem..><ekhem.. style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><yippie!><double yippie=""><thousands, about="" the="" same="" thing=""><and sometimes="" i="" would="" prefer=""><now make="" up="" fifty="" excuses="" like="" i="" did="" all="" the=""> well, wrinkles and energy are sadly not parallel.<br /><br />So, why don't we just, you know, get to know it little by little. I mean, I'm not asking you to be an extremist hard-core or anything. Cokelatchip and I are barely hardcore ourselves. We just happen to know some stuff, to want to give some of our own personal opinions and to want to dream big. That's it. We don't write down letters to Obama or Benjamin; no..we're not yet to that stage (hakhak..). We're just sharing around the message and hopefully, one day, by all means, people could actually be aware that there's this piece of land here in this world starting with a P and ends with a ALASTINE that as stated in the Quran as well as the Prophet's Hadith is the responsibility of the Muslims to take care of. And right at this minute as I'm typing this, it is slowly disappearing to....less than even 1% of the original area.<br /><br />Yeah.<br /><br />And, I know it;s something that everyone knows. In fact,<span style="font-style: italic;"> the world</span> knows about it. How the Israelis soldier are dead cruel and how the oppressions are beyond human rights and all, but, well, when you hear that only once a year, it sounds almost less important than it should have been.<br />What's more important in the eyes of the world is..<br />something like, like...like 9/11 maybe...<br /><br />I mean, okay, I know, it's a big deal. It's sad. Innocent people just died suddenly. And until today, well, <span style="font-style: italic;">espescially</span> today, since they come up with news that they've killed Osama bin Laden and all, people just couldn't stop talking about it. I watched Oprah with J.K Rowling episode once and they mentioned 9/11 and the bizarre incident where the two towers of the WTC just collapsed. I watched Yuna Inspired on hitz.tv and even that had a segment on which they talked about 9/11 and all the fear that wrapped New Yorkers on that day. I watched an episode of The Good Wife and...(okay, now I do sound like a potato couch..)...T_T<br /><br />Anyway,<br />It's 2011 and it has been nearly ten years since that incident happen. And I don't have to tell you how many experts have come up with the revealing proofs that it wasn't like what the news said it was. It was also nothing subjected to terrorism and unsurprisin</now></and></thousands,></double></yippie!></ekhem..><ekhem.. style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><yippie!><double yippie=""><thousands, about="" the="" same="" thing=""><and sometimes="" i="" would="" prefer=""><now make="" up="" fifty="" excuses="" like="" i="" did="" all="" the="">gly, it was also not planned by the Iraqis as it was claimed to be so.<br /><br />And yet, years later come today, and today, as soon as they announce that the leader of the al-Qaeda is dead, they go on harping again about islamic terrorism and how everybody that wear scarves have bombs under their blouses. -.-"<br /><br />Well, I have no comment regarding Osama coz I don't even know if he did really exist, let alone, died. And whatmore, from the moment they announced it on the news that he was dead, I 've practically stayed away from CNN coz I could already guess what's gonna come up on the screen and the big fat lies all up ahead for the million viewers worldwide...<br />And I can't help but to think...<br /><br />that yes, 9/11 is a huge, humoungous issue.<br />It's like..as they put it, totally unfair, its a grief and all..<br />and I have to admit, listening to the stories of the witnesses and families of the deceases are also pretty much heartbreaking..<br />but..<br />you know...<br /><br />today, there's no bombing at New York. And there are no walls surrounding the city. Nor are they oppressed under any other powers that were just supposed to be the neighboring country. 9/11 remained 9/11 the way it was. no further addition.<br /><br />And if you just look at Palestine today, you can't help but to wonder, if it was just you, or the world is really weird at some point.<br /><br />Palestine have been oppressed for 50 years until today and the disastrous happenings are much much worse that the falldown of World Trade Centre in 2001.<br />The houses are being bombed constantly, the roads are filled with checkpoints and armed soldiers, the women are raped, the guys are shot unnecessarily, the educations are banned, the technologies are as much limited, the food are not enough, the medication is even worse and when they fight back it's called terrorism..<br /><br />I bet if the New Yorkers stood up for protecting their rights, they won't be called terrorists, huh.<br /></now></and></thousands,></double></yippie!></ekhem..><div style="text-align: center; font-family: trebuchet ms;"><ekhem..><yippie!><double yippie=""><thousands, about="" the="" same="" thing=""><and sometimes="" i="" would="" prefer=""><now make="" up="" fifty="" excuses="" like="" i="" did="" all="" the=""></now></and></thousands,></double></yippie!></ekhem..><br /><ekhem..><yippie!><double yippie=""><thousands, about="" the="" same="" thing=""><and sometimes="" i="" would="" prefer=""><now make="" up="" fifty="" excuses="" like="" i="" did="" all="" the=""></now></and></thousands,></double></yippie!></ekhem..></div><ekhem.. style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><yippie!><double yippie=""><thousands, about="" the="" same="" thing=""><and sometimes="" i="" would="" prefer=""><now make="" up="" fifty="" excuses="" like="" i="" did="" all="" the=""><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKntgwbS-wP87Gcu0nS136HOfskERpuygq5B5TFo7zFnG4F_woylEiaUgDnuPpXPj9zyK0khCalVs-4gshlQsLRdDdWllC9D9CTmCFN7qqtMlhRaUYSKK6NULgsdrQz9lhP41kzfYwkA/s1600/gazabombing.jpg"><img style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 258px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbKntgwbS-wP87Gcu0nS136HOfskERpuygq5B5TFo7zFnG4F_woylEiaUgDnuPpXPj9zyK0khCalVs-4gshlQsLRdDdWllC9D9CTmCFN7qqtMlhRaUYSKK6NULgsdrQz9lhP41kzfYwkA/s400/gazabombing.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5602938077326610754" border="0" /></a></now></and></thousands,></double></yippie!></ekhem..><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"> Palestinians faced five times the horror of WTC collapse..EVERYDAY~</span><br /><ekhem..><yippie!><double yippie=""><thousands, about="" the="" same="" thing=""><and sometimes="" i="" would="" prefer=""><now make="" up="" fifty="" excuses="" like="" i="" did="" all="" the=""><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">I take it that there were no twin towers in Palestine, big enough to be bombed and collapsed down to the earth. And even if there were the same, exact twin tower collapsing at Palestine today, no one would know. And even if we do know, it's not America or U.K, it's a middle-east country, so why bother.</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Yep, media~ screw you, media.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Like, hello..</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Islam is not a religion of terrorism.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Israel have been killing and slaughtering and raping and all, and still people don't call the jews terrorist. why? because the media never writes that down.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">so, see?</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">they control, we follow.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">But we're smart, aren;t we? and we're the next generation. that hopefully, started today, passing the so call-heavy message on from one to another and tomorrow, we might be able to get back what's our responsibility in the right way.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">And like I've mentioned before in one of my previous post, we're media ourselves...</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">we write down blogs, we note down status in fbs and twitters..</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">It's entirely up to us, basically. To be in the game. Or to go against it.</span><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We can make a difference. We're the next generation.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">May Allah bless the journey. Amin..</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">It's 3 a.m sharp (^O^). good night, everyone.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">By: </span><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(204, 51, 204);">Faith</span><span style="color: rgb(255, 153, 255);">Hana </span></span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><um..well, sometimes=""><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /></um..well,></now></and></thousands,></double></yippie!></ekhem..>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-1276385632461518032011-04-23T22:29:00.000-07:002011-04-25T10:58:10.003-07:00Lets get smart, smarty pants!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEMlRcK7-9Kmv596IWlAHlDReT3-8YaQ3p5YXWVn6VKzUbbQ-o3Zuj9nf8k8c74Xy8g_hSudHlSH_7fITQ-Bs4DXhq8Muv9JjeP_CwNBdCkJlvoCcureh4y4EphGmkozm-zH5g2ZMIJg/s1600/blog.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><br /><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 78px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifEMlRcK7-9Kmv596IWlAHlDReT3-8YaQ3p5YXWVn6VKzUbbQ-o3Zuj9nf8k8c74Xy8g_hSudHlSH_7fITQ-Bs4DXhq8Muv9JjeP_CwNBdCkJlvoCcureh4y4EphGmkozm-zH5g2ZMIJg/s400/blog.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599572647398700722" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">*</span><span class="Apple-style-span">credits to faithhana for the caption above :) *</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Salam</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So yeah its been 5 whole months of holiday since I officially finished high school. The reality bites real hard when we realize that this long vacation is f</span>inally ending.. So it means no more usual time-wasting activities after this. No more watching as many korean dramas/hollywood movies as possible in one night<span class="Apple-style-span"> (m'dad: ''I cant stand it that you're such a couch potato nowadays!")</span>. And no more searching for random silly parodies on you tube or even bother to try and make one ourselves. Or even updating facebook status on my whereabouts 24/7. Or other typical not-worth-it silly stuff..</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">O yeah, no more that, and O no, here comes the university life.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">So lets just skip that intro part and go straight to my point.</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Reminiscing back in time when I was in high school (full residential, in this case), I was always whining about how I was so busy and never had time for myself. Or even about how the tons of homeworks never seemed to become less every single day, or on how much exams we had to take that we started to call it a 'weekly' thing. And a lot more<span class="Apple-style-span"> <span class="Apple-style-span">(I used to even comp</span><span class="Apple-style-span">lain every day about how the ayam masak merah was too spicy it gave me appendix, can you believe it?? I mean ayam masak merah IS supposed to taste that way duh!)</span></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Now there, that's cliche.<span class="Apple-style-span"><i> </i></span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">I never quite realised on how lucky I am to even have the chance to be able to</span><span class="Apple-style-span"> READ</span><span class="Apple-style-span">, what more </span>LEARN<span class="Apple-style-span"> and </span>HAVE A PROPER EDUCATION</span><span class="Apple-style-span">. </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span">Plus a comfy bed with a fluffy pillow and a cat to play with in the hostel!</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">To wake up every morning and worrying about not</span><span class="Apple-style-span">hing else b</span><span class="Apple-style-span">ut to study is the best part of being a full-time student. You earn pocket money from your parents, you receive full typed notes from your teachers, they make you play sports in the evening just so that you could be healthier, then what is there </span><span class="Apple-style-span">to complain about? But we still do, yeah, like everyday.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">Now lets compare this to the situation in Palestine. Fellow </span><span class="Apple-style-span">childre</span><span class="Apple-style-span">n in Palestine</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i> have been denied the chance and right to have EDUCATION </i></span><span class="Apple-style-span">every sing</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span">le day of their lives. They have to face the checkpoints which are ful</span><span class="Apple-style-span">ly-equipped with concrete wall and armed Israeli guards, trying to stop every single Palestinian trying to pass, especi</span><span class="Apple-style-span">ally if its for academic purpose. They dont want their enemies to be smart. No, it wont make them happy.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span">Pictures speak louder than words, so without further ado;;</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div> </div><div><div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4V_lDYlZoMgSQjWHu5MURR67_kpwJ93_j-oziKflxSPWymo0aeOzXa4xlbE3UHmXx1jt5iMH62XoFvlHk9SjVECvGcC7looDgXyMnHa9SLorU8Di7gc8C3pyh8T1gIsA31viC4Ng5dHM/s200/1.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599491053659337954" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">the children starting the day going to school to</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"> be faced with a checkpoint</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqanSWrVCZBmvn7-4flB2N2CCY-fMGcDDRDkJ7mYZgXRkZg9F9a-COg_MoKE2NRc7F28o1omtqZWoUwUM-KNwuhPeI69apGDfZeQ05yn234rHq4ZrDogA0SNX-uEE1vtL_jUPQMj0w0dY/s200/2.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599491202143879954" /><span class="Apple-style-span">the soldiers stop them from passing and give them order to go home</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVPclkzOQXJ-KOdGcoetWa5dRM0gD3CWFWF8RKu2kcTWsqYnRsSpjFJahAZyKDP9aXORHhfagieyc3iI-6XRFWUYM5OuaUZrgb47FSgyni2NKwUDLfzuWxrA3_K7Brm4UeHL7Gv0ZK7p4/s200/3.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599491261706941474" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">the children try to challenge the soldiers to pass the checkpoint</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQQtJ6o6vh-s7282uzeUq5leaxuzrfTnLl0kMx-gvi-fth79z9Hfu7L5DdBZZdoD4hBMkqC2bKNyc2NFGLdgtTdkgn1xkEKYMDOYT3K2wNm98Z-SWUJx33jfaFJIvqL4Rcdo8UQ89yxk/s200/4.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599491316248554978" /><span class="Apple-style-span">even younger ones try but in vain</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjItyXWGLyH-7g8Vi14D1SHkfERjysf19C8zZijhFGLSTFz4EXrp8uqh-FveMwiTrufaRf9MchsS3Prhdg8KfEgvjgmgTU_g1odCR1N-GppHhlxAnsy7xCptThfQAbK94Y3WoZ35zU0o6c/s200/5.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599491382380240098" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkrhdMwocznUopwSLofNVsMWKl36vU9kl0LkbrkRVkviH5L-YG1xGg6QZ9F-2es0YP0Yafa8bcBb1L7eqegkaicRTfYUfSYyz4okS3aadn2TftXdrEyMExX0KouNC6a9YxD0X5Qlm3z4A/s200/6.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599491461013708930" /></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">they ended up having their classes in the streets by the checkpoint</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV7VqpJLMkYv3hC7DxqCFTot1SLCrHd3u_LlHDuRIJ4iXQASfQsP_8OrBM3tGBXwo409fFySFwC0MuoQvHugaplPJxoBVIudOie7c0uab5sOTIdDu7R5pxo7PODG7CDSRTfKvAOS-uDU/s200/7.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599491522562897106" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">the boys try a little bit harder</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5gV76fRRJIyOvLEHNZqqdHdEI8cAEp5-ToU3qx_ChzTvOr7oivQZh20SgoKNgc4vBMqUZn2LAj4IAtuoOX6vc0dZPOrNzwOo1Sxwt5-PD_ogS85ksbmeVVJx4XAHJfcdv_5BM5yiDhG8/s200/8.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599491589814498066" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">they got shot at</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhx0ORid6eeTxBgdT7bF9et-nWGmDWaR2XmJZUhnqtNSnh1g8vFzEk1nll6JfZQDxGsWH0R0A8WcZdxuoZYhKcR7EjZdfF4XxvxjSa_N3f8JOYyS7BKgg4CWLVmeXZa1WNBz-wMYvmtdqc/s200/9.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599491647440045666" /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">and some got arrested</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqGjWqjRzCyRQDBYMWRpn0sPeKFnj4i49dGwxIQ1ylXpd7x8RYiv5XJEp8QxTw3kz-7c12DON1iONryon4pf44bJoBTDsN5HQ4ym5K6tuqF3lbay3l3_edrOpTZFW68Fn8uS1QjKW7tWE/s200/10.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 112px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599499489550925954" /><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span">yet in their eyes we see determination and dignity</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Basically, thats how their days went by, over and over again. They are oppressed and abused in their own country, and nobody out of it seem to care. <span class="Apple-style-span"><i>Where is our stand? We can handle and accept and couldnt care less about those oppressions just because we aint the victims? So are we just going to hang around until this happens to us, <b>ONLY THEN</b> we will start to care to take actions?</i></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">We have a full access to proper education and a one way ticket to the brighter future, yet we complain and whine over things that are insignificant and doesnt even make any sense. If we dont see this as an opportunity, I dont know what else is. </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">Now is the time to quote this; '<span class="Apple-style-span"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">gratitude is the best attitude</span></i></span>', yeah dude.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">And Oprah's saying goes "<span class="Apple-style-span"><i>education is an open door to freedom</i></span>" and that's very very true. </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">You wanna be a doctor, be one because that's the way you can help save lives.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">You wanna be a lawyer, be one so you can fight against crimes with justice (just as long you dont let politics take control of the system )</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">You wanna be an engineer, be one because you can make life easier for mankind with technology and stuff</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span">We <span class="Apple-style-span">CAN </span>be anything we want. We dont have to worry about gunshots in our way to school, we dont have to worry about our family at home when we're at school. So if that's the case, then we have no excuses but to<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "> </span><span class="Apple-style-span"><i style="font-weight: bold; ">study hard today to free them tomorrow. </i>Because so far, that is how much we can do for them.</span></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><br /></span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span">with love,</span></i></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>CokelatChip</b></span></i></div><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqo5cO_PvrvqDbWLl-wBv_itLKF79HnRSQRUE7AvwydJDJAIvnvN9ycQiNo3yX-yXgMBWkW-1hStlzGYbztXx2_ArVf-2VNZaPq39ZdYswZ-ab2KXh9Sc2LjlZrhodzw2gyt8AzDAg4Us/s200/pal.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 117px; height: 112px;" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5599562313018777394" /><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span"><i><br /></i></span></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-42037507433896215492011-03-26T01:22:00.000-07:002011-04-25T11:07:41.256-07:00Too late to repent, says WHO?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL6l1ENVnwuZfgXU1A_o6m6faEVWsrfuYniZkE5WcWzAlae5Kwtwa1iPsXrhCZ3dZ6A1Slk7nLONwVM3aaJPnQTzC2AeX5Iwz3LOCNTJA_dOss1M0EEaSZRYk3Ts6pG0aMBHjOnA3VNE/s1600/BLOOG.bmp"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 155px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5588567045800315426" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL6l1ENVnwuZfgXU1A_o6m6faEVWsrfuYniZkE5WcWzAlae5Kwtwa1iPsXrhCZ3dZ6A1Slk7nLONwVM3aaJPnQTzC2AeX5Iwz3LOCNTJA_dOss1M0EEaSZRYk3Ts6pG0aMBHjOnA3VNE/s400/BLOOG.bmp" /></a><br /><p style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:180%;">Salam Alaikum,</span><br /></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">God! I can’t believe I have been edittng this post up to almost<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> 5 </span></span>times already. My English’s proper sentence structure is totally fading away thanks to all those Phua Chu Kang’s grammar lesson I have to deal with.Duh.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, okay. If you’re reading this, then, that either means I’m pretty satisfied with this post or I just can’t be bothered to crack my brain anymore to edit it up. So, chill. And, no, today, the subject is not regarding SPM result or 'What's best for us' or any of the things you are expecting a former SPM candidate to be writing upon. In fact, today, I will be touching on the topic that CokelatChip have mentioned before. The disasters.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Because, somehow or other, even if the disasters did not take place in our own country as we’re reading this, or our own city or place or home or well, wherever we are at that particular moment it happened, it is still related to us. Confirmed.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Because why? Because, as a matter or fact, whatever that is happening in this world connects back to us. Be it social problems, epidemic disasters, world financial problem or what not, <span style="font-size:0;"></span>these things are going around in circles, illusionly sucking us into the matter. And if we want to stay away and be totally alienated by the circumstances; we can. It is a choice. Only that it would do no good and frankly speaking, <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic;font-size:130%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(153,102,51); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">I loathe people who can’t seem to be bothered about the world’s state or at least find a way to see these matters that are happening as something worth taking time to analyze for. </span></span><br /></p><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In terms of Islamic understanding, I know, I am in no high post whatsoever to be the one harping upon the subject of<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Relating the disasters Islamically</span>, but if there is one thing I would love to share my opinion about; it would be this matter.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The way I see it, it’s pretty straightforward. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(0,0,153); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">The earth and us both belongs to <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,102,0)">Him</span></span></span>. That is one thing we often forget.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">No matter</span> how powerful we become, <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)">no matter</span> how many changes we make, <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,0,0)">no matte</span>r how much control we hold, it’s His. And He can take it all back, whenever He wants to.</p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Looking at the disasters that are happening like tsunamis, earthquakes, volcanic<span style="font-size:0;"> </span>eruption and all, it is only relevant enough to say that the humans are afraid of what will happen next. Everyone had known for long that human’s power are limited to an extent. But everyone failed to bow down and accept that fact. <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(51,102,102); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">We prefer to act superpower and arrogant, am I right or wrong?</span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:0;"></span>For example to what have been happening at Japan, for instance, humans- they can shape up the strongest, anti-earthquake system nuclear power plant and get certified by dozens of reliable organizations and yet, if it happens, it happens. There’s nothing anyone can do about it. </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:0;"></span>Me, myself, for example. I am sitting on my bed now, typing this away on the laptop in total peace. I am by right 100% sure that the electrical system in my house is safe to use and will not cause any harm to me or my family under any cause. Then again, as I reached down to pull the plug connecting to the computer, one buzz of electric shock goes through me and stopped my heart beat. As simple as that, I could have just died. </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" >Humans can only control so much. </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" ><span style="font-size:0;"></span>And I question you, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(204,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">if the catastrophic disasters are scaring you, what are you scared of exactly?</span></span> Is it death? Is it being tumbled upon buildings wall and feeling the pain? Is it the horror of not being able to live and experience university life or marriage? Or what?. </p><p class="MsoNoSpacing" face="trebuchet ms"><span style="font-size:180%;">I am- in fact, among the infinite number of people that fear death</span>. I am no angel and I know that my day will come, disasters or not. I know that when it happens, nothing can stop it. Nothing. Even the most powerful technology human can create-nothing. Death is planned well for every human. They get their own death in their own way. Varies between people and undeniably, what will happen down there 7 feet under will also vary.</p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-size:0;">At this very second, the reason why I</span> am having the chance to write this down and you’re having the chance to read this up is because of the power of Allah. He wills for this to happen and if He wants me to be dead tomorrow, due to anything, He can also wills it.</p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">So, before my time comes, before I can no longer face this laptop or the world in general, I would like to take us to ponder for a while towards ourselves and reflect the happenings of the world, for once.</p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">As days passes, the world living in now is getting full with sins. What's with people killing each other, having sex, gamble, ruthless concerts and all, we can't deny the fact that it's not only the earth being sick, it's the people who can't run away from being sick-minded. The dark side of the world is creeping in and What did we, the Muslims do? we follow the tracks~</p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">I question you and myself. Just, think about it for a moment. What are the things in this world that we do that we are not proud of and would be totally ashamed if it is brought to the hereafter to be judged? What are the things, that we feel, we have taken so much time for and it has controlled us in some ways even though we keep on denying it? What are the things that we keep on doing eventhough we sometimes feel guilty about it? What are the things that we do that if Rasulullah is here to witness us doing it, he'd cry for sure, looking at how far we've cheated ourselves?</p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">Let's for once think about ourseleves and our own spiritual needs. Yes, we do have the dream of changing the world and making it a better place. But, we can't neglect our own world. Our own self. This being that has a choice of either working our way to heaven or otherwise.<br /></p><br /><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">The disasters that are happening in the world could also be because the world is ending. It could also be a reminder to us, humans, that keep on giving excuses. Allah have a reason for everything. And if one of the reasons is to knock the door of repent in our hearts, then lets open it. How much longer do we need? How much more disasters would it take for us to see that we're nothing.<br /></p><br /><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">After all, we can only see our BIRTH CERTIFICATE. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">When death is lurking, no one knows.</span></p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">An earthquake can also lands on your country. A car can also knock you down the street. A venomous bee can also sting your gut. And a bullet can also hit your chest. Repenting doesn't mean we have no life. Repenting doesn't mean that we get no fun. It only means that we understood our place and we are willing to let go ofindulging ourselves in the luxure of world heaven and endless excitement of maksiat.</p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">And if you can't stop rapidly, lets take it slowly. An constantly.</p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">This is a reminder for myself, as I have been swayed away too at some point. And I thank God, He still let me live today for I can't imagine dying in the state of gushing over somethings I shouldn't be.</p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms; COLOR: rgb(255,0,0)" class="MsoNoSpacing">Life is short, who are we to give excuses?</p><p style="FONT-FAMILY: trebuchet ms" class="MsoNoSpacing">I'm striking for a change. And I hope you will too. Because no mater how angelic you are, you also make mistakes. And you still don't know your place. We're on par, dudes.<br /></p><br /><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:180%;">by: <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">Faith</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,255)">Hana</span> </span><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"><br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNoSpacing"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">(taking the disasters as a push of reminder. Before it's too late)</span></span><br /></p>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-56799090556151886962011-03-17T02:46:00.000-07:002011-03-21T23:45:36.719-07:00a sick round old earth we're currently living on<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqClqJE4iQ2gXY9k_hsIv__q47UzhtnPqTrXKr1ZielVdaECMTma8qJvxEFhyphenhyphenquOMO0H9-EUYbjb43lMnPeaLfcpLBZ7TfD3csue52SZXq7Tpu8SqLkcG4gQvVa1u2HOOjAghBSAzdWPg/s1600/no+idea.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 76px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586789561354096914" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqClqJE4iQ2gXY9k_hsIv__q47UzhtnPqTrXKr1ZielVdaECMTma8qJvxEFhyphenhyphenquOMO0H9-EUYbjb43lMnPeaLfcpLBZ7TfD3csue52SZXq7Tpu8SqLkcG4gQvVa1u2HOOjAghBSAzdWPg/s400/no+idea.JPG" /></a><br /><div>Salam:: <div></div><div> </div><div>Man, its been like forever since i last published a post in this blog. and a lot of things have happened since then. to me personally as well as to the world generally.. my reason for not writing in this blog for so long would be because <span style="font-size:85%;">i spent days and months worrying my not-perfect-english would kinda spoil the whole mood of you readers to ever read and revisit this blog ever-again</span>.. haha. and also i admit it, sometimes ive been busy on the other not so important things in the world that could eventually lead me to nowhere..<br /></div><br /><div>so here i am, with a slight push from my buddy, FAITH, i decided to come back and maybe discussed about things currently happening to my and OUR world right now.</div><div><br /> </div><div>if you spend you days at home and listen to the news on tellies or even read berita harian newspaper or so, you must be fully aware of the world's current situation right now, right? flashfloods in <span style="color:#cc6600;"><strong>queensland; australia</strong></span>, earthquakes in <span style="color:#009900;"><strong>Christchurch; NZ</strong></span>, then another one in <span style="color:#993300;"><strong>China</strong></span>, then another massive one with the magnitude 9.0 in <span style="color:#339999;"><strong>Japan</strong></span> and all other similar stuff that keep happening on our world today. reading about them alone is enough to send shivers to my spine. a ferocious tsunami spawned by one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded slammed Japan's eastern coast, killing hundreds of people as it swept away boats, cars and homes while widespread fires burned out of control. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 139px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585002404521766770" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKOOAg_H3uOvoAnv9PkfPoSYnWWZ51S842IU7EXt2MUrAn5hi1WV2zpzr_EsGkiq_OmscWVyTmug86ZCIWfp9sDifcvHF9eRWPClif3krrFXgeUYYR4qtbbbEAPfbZ1MWcdgs0axtI0JY/s200/untitled.bmp" /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 135px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 200px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585001133746010226" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqkQDm_Z0h8uVD355ghS6Q9fzuJeDFXOcd1JhgS6G86y7SmILXa08RWtUm5opx1D14AhaFzfR7EHsroSUDR50bGXLpewqeaQ6ePF1ZUtw5gKRBDhv9hRwmUYoXGHGGfo950ySFJAFo9jE/s200/04.2.jpg" /><br /><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 130px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585000976001342738" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheMMUJ4sYhgHoTVc5B2mpFVdTJ2I3rS8LcE5BkN_PMnLh684unCnL9VlgBfABjKclwdcCwVZaxVM9PHDKxad9LCMRYdQwPm0QhtZDg9e2pkTRsEZCs6kFuVoNgs_FRnFXSj98-tiMINnc/s200/images.jpg" /><br />a total of almost <span style="font-size:180%;">12000</span> people have been assumed died of it (including quite a number of still-missing people)<br /></div><br /><div>and to make things sound a lot worse, the tsunami caused a nuclear plant in Fukushima to mulfunction, overheated, finally causing it to blow- even the attempt by the Japanese military helicopters to dump sea water onto reactors at the crippled Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear complex in a desperate effort to cool them down wasnt working. </div><br /><div></div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585001629136068018" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw9x_HDpHF3VUtLeoFfO5IqkESMDgq8JsckhrMFRvjk1gQb3gWq12PSYMLPfPPMz4GCTx2PPVzqwhNKc_89H7DFJS1ORhmCBgNeETu8VlFeuVX3ckmyCv9186yAdqCTVmBaq1R60T3OT0/s200/imagesCAQ5THHP.jpg" /><br /><br /><div>the blow caused radiation level rising until it is now announced that that place and others near it is no longer safe. u guys learnt biology right? suppose you know that exposure to a very high radiation/rays from nuclear explosion could penetrate into your body, your cell, even your DNA, causing a mutation there. its a <span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">BIG DEAL</span>, guys! </div><br /><div></div><br /><div><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 200px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 160px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5585001701534018722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgL8s869qiB-drAdXRA1HAhcCiRFnWc3Tlpqvd4ergKD5x9NQUhyME1IhAVpF6jKVnKs1qAi2e6xa2BkdK90vR7k46HjPxFgqp47dH-t3FKV-U5eKwpgk7CdY8uddezwPMD4RrkuNMk2rQ/s200/77202_officials-in-protective-gear-check-for-signs-of-radiation-on-children-who-are-from-the-evacuation-area-near-the-fukushima-daini-nuclear-plant-in-koriyama.jpg" /></div><br /><br /><div>i cant even read the newspapers everyday without worrying and wondering about what is going to happen tomorrow and the next day and the day after- if this never-ending catastrophies just wont stop. its a scary world out there! who knows, malaysia is going to be next? who knows, the person that's not surviving it is going to be me? and quoting back faith's say,, tsunami or not, we just might die tomorrow. of accidents, of heart attack, of diseases, who knows? its anytime from now, anyhow, anywhere.. its a fact we have to face: <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;">I AM NOT GOING TO BE IN THIS WORLD FOREVER.</span></div><br /><div>the world has really really really came to it's end. we need a wake up call. we are not even sure if there's gonna be another tomorrow for us. what more if there's a future awaiting. but since we're here today, now, why not make the best of it and <strong><span style="font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;">PREPARE</span></strong> for the akhirat. so then we'd not regret saying "ive seen so many disasters and catastrophies as His signs of keep reminding us that this world is ending, but i keep ignoring it and now look at where it had put me in." but there's no turning back then. </div><div> </div><div>its not a matter of <span style="font-size:180%;color:#333399;">WHEN AM I GOING TO DIE</span> anymore, instead, it's time to ask ourselves, <span style="font-size:130%;color:#660000;">HAVE I DONE ENOUGH TO DESERVE MYSELF A PLACE IN JANNAH?<br /></span></div><div>lets not forget that we are here for a purpose. <span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#660000;">it's memakmurkan bumi dengan agama Allah, kan? </span></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">cokelatchip </span></div><div align="center">back in bussiness</div></div><div></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-58103463195742036332011-02-22T05:58:00.000-08:002011-03-21T23:32:43.439-07:00Heroes to be-us?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51zbEMXF1fQn097lkTHlpo4I6Lqr6XAzlSlK_EYi5CEv-fffXf_l5mUqWnqbRBUcqwytVt-PJ68UiACQsXEFjlh47zMYWiRmbAh3bYWJnB0WLNI5W_cQGO2evdGXZ0RpAhlCxXFpLNQU/s1600/palpapl.JPG"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 78px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5586788419775040962" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh51zbEMXF1fQn097lkTHlpo4I6Lqr6XAzlSlK_EYi5CEv-fffXf_l5mUqWnqbRBUcqwytVt-PJ68UiACQsXEFjlh47zMYWiRmbAh3bYWJnB0WLNI5W_cQGO2evdGXZ0RpAhlCxXFpLNQU/s400/palpapl.JPG" /></a><br /><div><div><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Salam Alaikum everyone,</span><br /><br /><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(0,153,0)">This post is specially dedicated for Nana, Anis, Nana's big sis, my own big sis n everysinglefollower out there that has been following and asking me "when on earth are you going to update this blog with a new, fresh, post, huh?."<br /><br /></span><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">well-the answer is. <span style="font-size:180%;">Today.</span> Right<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0);font-size:180%;" > NOW</span>.</span><br /><br />Sure, I have like 9 pages of homework left to do but, sod that. I kept giving excuses these days; I don't even knew why. Well, for one of course, I get tired mentally and physically these few weeks. Whats with weekdays at class (KTM, MONOREL n 15 minutes walking back and forth) and weekends extra driving class, man...my schedule is kind of packed at the moment. And don't even ask about Cokelatchip. She had it worse. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(255,255,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">If you haven't been in a room filled with more than twenty "eight year-olds", you can't possibly imagine what she has to handle everyday</span>. It's well..., complicated.<br /><br />So, yeah, some people asked me.<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(153,51,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">."if you have that much time to comment and update your status at facebook, why can't you just write down a few words in your blog. Just for the sake of some new stuff, dude.."</span><br /><br />and some other went.<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(153,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> "You can never be a celebrity (*laughs* ^^), you dissapoint us; the followers."</span><br />which I might say; a little too exaggerating maybe, hah!<br />But yeah, she has a point (you know who you are. Yeah, go on. smile when you read this).<br /><br />So, okay. This post might not be the ultimate start of my new blogging momentum; but it could be a push. After all, once the airplane has landed; it took quite some times and most energy to get it back on air, right?<br />Ha-ha.<br /><br />Some people asked me, <span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(51,204,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">"what's going on in Palestine now?"</span></span><br />Well-that's tough. I wish I know.<br />But I don't. At least, not much. I do know for a fact that Benjamin Nentahyu,<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> the DEVIL in disguise, </span>is acting superpower by thinking that no one could take away ISRAEL from them. An that he won't let any "terrorist" so he call it, invade "his land". There was this news I watched...<br />Hmmm...<br />And there was also some politic matters;........ er..okay, okay, I'll check back on that. And write a new post about it. It was some Fattah, Hamas matter and yeah, it was pretty important but...no, that's not it.<span style="FONT-STYLE: italic"> something else sort of got me these days.</span><br /><br />Something that is very, <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-size:180%;" >very big</span>.<br /><br />Yep, you got that. <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(102,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">EGYPT. </span></span>The falldown of the Egypt President, Hosni Mubarak has somehow opened the eyes of the people not only in Egypt but the whole world. How the power of the people, the voices of the rights, outways the position and authority of an undeniably wealthy and powerful man who had the throne on his head for thirty years. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(204,102,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">How people was so consumed with anger and hatred that they couldn't care more or less of the present or the past but preferred to choose the future that they believe lies on their own hands.</span><br />And they were right.<br />With riots happening at the<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; COLOR: rgb(0,0,153); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> Tahrir Square</span></span> for weeks, and battles among the people with the government, it was a celebrated sucess when Hosni Mubarak finally stepped down and bowed to the single wish of the people of Egypt.<br /><br />And that marked a history.<br />Leaving a message; that it is possible. For A change to happen.<br /><br />What got me was that, well, that's Egypt.<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> One</span></span> EGYPT. <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102); FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-size:180%;" >A single</span> Egypt. That fought for a country's future.<br />And won.<br />Showing how strong their unity is when it comes to pursuing their needs.<br /><br />And...<br />yep, you've read my mind. Palestine.<br /><br />Scrap the number of Muslim countries. Just, scrap it. Lets focus on the Muslims. Yes, us. Every single one of us. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">Every soul on earth that bear witness that Allah is the one and only God and Prophet Muhammad pbuh is the messeger of God. Hoho.</span><br />The total of Muslims around the world would outnumber the people of Egypt, of course. Logically.<br />So, if these people unite for a mission to take down let say, another Hosni, wouldn't it be just like, a piece of cake. If people of Egypt, with that small, minute number could do it..then?<br /><br />Because status quo, what is happening exactly is that we depend on our own ways to make a change. We depended on our own countries to take a step and plunge forward for a bungee springing action. And we let them lead the way.<br />Which isn't such a bad idea, because at least, it did help. But no, not for a long term effect.<br /><br />Coz when we depend on the countries; that means we depend on the government. And like it or not, the fact is, like what we see today;<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> depending on different governments to unite for a mission just doesn't work.</span></span><br />It doesn't work when we separate our ways between countries and try to win something using <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">different</span></span> ways, <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0); FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-size:180%;" >different </span>methods, relying on<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold"> different</span></span> grounds and making <span style="COLOR: rgb(0,153,0);font-size:180%;" ><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">different</span></span> moves. Sure, it might looked as if it was a sucess. But it didn't last long.<br /><br />Lets take Egypt for example. Let's put it this way.<br />Lets imagine Hosni Mubarak is still on the throne. And the people of Egypt hated that fact and so, they sat down together and came up with a decision.<br />They would fight for him to back away from the president's seat.<br />uuuu...<br /><br />so, they lay out their plans and began to take actions. This is what they would do.<br />they chose to do it by making riots like, once every two weeks;.<br />Or they chose to urge every country on earth to make riots once in a while on the foot door of the embassy of egypt around the world.<br />Or they chose to boycott egypt's product so the government suffer...<br /><br />Sure, it would become a havoc for a while.<br />And Hosni Mubarak might back away,but there is a big possibility that he might NOT.<br /><br />What the people of Egypt realised beforehand was that, yes, all of those actions I've just mentioned will not work. And no, it's a not a possibility. It's <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic">for sure</span> that he will not step down if the people chose to put their hatred that way.<br /><br />so, <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">They fought hard for a few weeks; they battled, some got hurt, others got killed. </span><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold">It was moments of fear. </span></span>The Egyptians rallied hard; gathering. rioting non-stop. There were gun shots on air, bombs explosions, name it....it was a war in their own country. A war within brothers of different understanding, chosing two sides aiming for one and only seat.<br />The situation was tough. Every minute lasted slowly. The gunshots stopped at the call of Azan and that was it, after that, it went all over again. Non-stop. For they knew, if they take a rest; if they back down for just a while; it would mean that they gave up.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">So they chose to make it happen.</span></span><br />When Hosni Mubarak announced that he would back away on September; the roars got even louder.<br />Because <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">HELLO! THAT'S NOT WHAT WE WANT, MR. PRESIDENT!</span><br /><br />So they raised their volumes and.....!!!!!!<br />Finally, he just had to, it wasn't even a choice; he just had to say it "I'm off."<br /><br />The Egyptians know that if we they unite, at the same place, at the same time, roaring for the same thing; they'd get it.<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">They know it's not a matter of money; it's not the matter of actions they want from him or some other promises or negotitians or future manifestos. </span>No, that's not the aim. They pushed him to the limit.<br />They want him to sit elsewhere. Not the president's seat. That's it.<br />Regardless of his plans for the future. Regardless of his words...<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0)">No. They had enough. </span></span><br /><br />And I've been thinking, and I'm sure, by right, you might have as well, that, well, it worked. Whatever it is that the Egyptian did, it worked.<br /><br />And Palestine isn't a religious matter only. It's humanity concerns as well. Whatever the Israel is doing on the people of Palestine isn't just concerning Muslims. They are attacking a country under no civil, human rights and they have been violating war rules all along. And from what I saw, the world doesn't like that. They had made it riots. They have, really have speak out and showed their anger towards such actions implemented by the government of Israel.<br />But....<br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">it wasn't good enough.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">It wasn't something that will push Israel to the limit.</span><br /><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: bold">It wasn't something that will make a change-an everlasting change.</span><br /><br />And I question you and myself and everyone out there. You think raping womens, trampling on small kids, banishing educations,disallowing religious activities such as praying, killing families having picnic or as simple as putting gunshots on babies is anything close to human right? If no; then why can't we unite and show that it's time for them to back down ? Why can't we push them to the edge where they have to kneel and beg for mercy. Why are we being so kind and let they feel powerful when they are such a small country that we, the whole Muslim community can take over in a split second.<br /><br />How long will this last?<br /><br />I don't want to die on the day that Palestine is still isn't free.<br />I want to be one of the heroes. I want to fight for it.<br />Yet, I'm so small.<br />But it's this <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0);font-size:85%;" >small</span> me and <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0);font-size:85%;" >small</span> you and <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,0);font-size:85%;" >small</span> us that combines to bring down the <span style="COLOR: rgb(255,0,0); FONT-WEIGHT: boldfont-size:180%;" >big</span> them.<br />They're big because of their influence, their power.<br />But in terms of number; in terms of quantity, we're far larger.<br /><br />Yes, quality is what most important.<br />But I'm not harping on that now.<br />I believe that they would step down!<br />And I believe,<br />there was an Egyptian girl before,<br />having faith the gloom would be over.<br />And now, today, she could smile. For her dream came true.<br /><br />I am a Muslim girl. Believing. <span style="FONT-STYLE: italic; FONT-WEIGHT: bold">Still</span> believing.<br /><br /><span style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold;font-size:180%;" >by: <span style="COLOR: rgb(204,51,204)">Faith</span><span style="COLOR: rgb(255,153,255)">Hana.</span> </span><br />(<span style="COLOR: rgb(255,102,102)">Sorry, my sentences are not as structured. I haven't been blogging for long, remember?)~~^^</span></div></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-24284638621301967732011-01-06T19:06:00.000-08:002011-01-06T20:56:33.519-08:00"Back again~" DzulQarnain = Part 2. =p<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Salam everyone,</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Good news</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> is I'm back and done with schooling days.</span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);">Bad news</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> is, blogging is no longer my root. Thats why I've sort of shut down a bit these few weeks.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But don't worry; </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >I'll try my best to keep the spirit going hey.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I do wanna continue the story of Dzulqarnain, butsomehow, as I look back at the notes I've taken n the scribbles, all the things I doodled down on my green book, it turns out that </span><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">I couldn't understand so much of it either</span></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">To put it briefly under my very, very, shallow understanding,</span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;" > DulQarnain is a great conqueror and he conquers well.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> It was mentioned in the Quran that he went travelling to see him kingdom</span><span style="color: rgb(204, 153, 51);font-family:trebuchet ms;" > from the place where the sun rises to place where it sets (</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">oho, that's far and wide). And DzulQarnain matter is really important because there was a time when he went to this place where the people there begged him to built a barrier between them and the barbaric Ya'juj and Ma'juj, that's how the wall started being built. The wall was built between two mountains by stacking layers of irons until the mountains became one. Then, they sort of poured over brass so as to protect the layer of irons underneath (rate of rusting..chemistry thing). So the technology back then was proven to be quite outstanding and over the top. I mean; have you heard of any rulers today doing that? How possible is it to stack iron layers and all...it's a definite wower.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 0);">And it was said that as long as the wall exist, the ya'juj and ma'juj wouldn't interfere with the world. And when they do interfere, that means that the wall has gone and that it's the end of the world. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">There was a time in Prophet Muhammad's life where he suddenly wake up from a nightmare at night and said </span><span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >"The wall that was built by DzulQarnain has got a hole of this size"</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> by indicating the small hall using his fingers.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Now, that hits us.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The fact is.. today; experts around the world have gathered as many information as possible to find out who exactly is "ISKANDAR ZULQARNAIN" as it turns out that no great conqueror in history has the name Iskandar Dzulqarnain. </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >The name, therefore was taken as a nickname.</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> Allah mentioned him in the Quran as so and even to the name Zulqarnain; there are around if not three then, more of the reason for it.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">First </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Zu= in Arabic directly refers to "One who has"</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Qarnain = Qarn could meant "horns" and Qarnain refers to "two horns"</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, to put it in a direct translaltion; it could have meant that the name came because of the fact that Iskandar ZulQarnain was seen as a great conqueror that went on battles and what not because it is a fact that for the rulers at that time; they wear this armours that also included a .....(hat?), well something to shield their heads with and that thingy has pointy structures at two little ends that made it almost looked like horns.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">(Told ya this is hard to explain. Mail me the better explanation; anybody)</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(153, 51, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Second</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Zu= One who has</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Qarnain= Qarn could also be regarded as continents. And Qarnain is well, basically, two continents.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And this absolutely made sense because even in the writings of the Quran, it was mentioned that he had this very, very, wide kingdom and if you ask me, two continents; man...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">that's HUUUUGEEEE.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, yeah, it could have also been the reason why people call him Zulqarnain.</span><br /><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102); font-weight: bold;">Third</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Zue= One who has/rules</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Qarnain = Qarn is centery. Kurun; in Malay as we say it. So Qarnain is Two century. Or to put it, two phase. Two different times.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And that...shivers you down; don't it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Because as how it was stated before; he created the wall to prevent Ya'juj and Ma'juj from interfering and as they were non-civilized; they were totally outcasted so as to make the world a better place. They killed inhumanly...and man, they did a lot of destruction before the wall existed. And when the wall dissapear; meaning that they have somewhat managed to get through </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >(it must have been that highly techie constructed until it take that much of time for them to break through),</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> there comes another time of the world.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So; the presence of the wall and the presence of Zulqarnain himself plays a big agaenda in dividing the two segments of the world's phase. And so, it is justified if that is how he got the name DzulQarnain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, experts..they list down a few names of the great, feared ruler of all time; comparing it with the time-based, the other facts they've gotten from the Quran, and </span><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic; color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >they came up with around 9 conquerors on the list</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Alexander The Great was one of them. The description of power and mighty matches and it had became somewhat a little similar as what have been described by the Quran.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But when it comes to humanity, just and moral ethics as well as values, </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;" ><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;"><br />Mr. Alex lost completely.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">He didn't have that much to give when it comes to 'controlling himself'. He could conquer a wide kingdom but he's not thoroughly a very good man. He was said to be a womanizer, drunk and also totally unjust leader and the way he conquered his areas was no close to how Dzulqarnain did it. Alexander was very brutal, harsh and...i could go on and on about him.....^^</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The point is, he's not, definitely not the wise ruler, Iskandar Dzulqarnain.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Then, the experts still couldn't find the answer to "who is this guy?", and they started doubting whether or not he actually existed. But Quran never lies.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And they found out; from a very, very, very elderly of a place (i think they did this research also, somehow a looong time ago; ), that there was once (probably not his time too but his great, great, great ancestors..; of course. Zulqarnain is even before prophet Muhammad's time), this very nice ruler, this just, feared man that is very honoured and loved by all. He had a very wide kingdom and yes, he did built a wall....and that was a very very long time ago. This ruler brought a religion that worships a God and only a God..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">and so, they presumed, it was him....</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I totally forgot to write down the name; I'm sorry. My Bad. I'll ask him again, one day.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You know.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The thing; the really start-off reason why I'm actually writing this is because..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">well,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Experts have travelled far and wide to search for any wall that may have been the iron coated brass wall but..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">they couldn't find it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They try connecting the story to The Great Wall of China; but again, it didn't fit. And the search keeps on continuing until today.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Now..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If for say, they still couldn't find the wall...</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >would it be sane enough to say that, it's gone? That Ya'juj and Ma'juj had break through it...and, as scary as it sounds, it's..</span><br /><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(153, 0, 0); font-weight: bold;">THE END OF THE WORLD.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Many of the signs started to show rapidly over this past few years. Small signs and big signs. </span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br /><br />There would be people claiming they are prophets</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">; In Malaysia itself; few cases have taken place and so have places overseas.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br />Illegal sex will also take place rapidly</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">; and no one can deny that; last year, for the most record of all. Dustbin baby no longer becomes an issue until people started to accept such thing as the baby hatch programme knowing that it is one of the possible solution for the babies to at least survive. And that was the total result of illegal sex that was done that resulted babies. There were basically a thousand more cases slipped by where the couples decided not to make "a baby" matter happen. Technology was therefore used, and so they slide along the community; without any shame; forgetting that Allah is watching.</span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Childrens having power over their own parents.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Now, this is also another headline issue that no longer becomes the "shocking, o, really?" in the world today. Such a hush hush topic in the society where there are many, and many cases reported that the children abused their parents; one case reported that all the sibling joined forces with their lawyers and all, trying to get their old man to sign the property will. And there's another case, where an old lady was left naked at an old hut; and because of the fact that she was paralysed; she bathed; urinated and ate at the same place with her grown up children having no initiatives to give her a hand and let this mom of theirs that carried them in her wombs for nine months and took care of them ever since, at least a proper place, a proper cloth and a proper food to live with.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And there are of course, a lot others.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It was mentioned that one of the big signs of the end of the world is that...</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0); font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" ><br />the sun will rise on the west.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And people kept looking at the sun and be somehow delighted that it is not yet; the time.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But as much as we feared, a few ulama' also mentioned that it might have been a proverb; or a (majaz) from the Quran,,,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Sun rising from the west could have meant that islam is rising from the west.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And if that is true and not as physically as "the sun (assyams)"...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Well,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It is somewhat true that today...the eastern culture have been diluted a lot. And many muslims here at the east are born muslims without a proper understanding of Islam and how to practice it what not.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And the entertainment value, as I can put it from what this two eyes see, I see that we do dwell in entertainment so much; until to the point where concerts are also a place for people with scarves on and songs that worships other religion, idols, or just simply rotten rocks are preffered to be played or sung by the generations today be them muslims or non muslims. The community today has eroded far, far away from the truth and even when there are still a few muslims climbing thier way up, trying to make a change; it's hard.</span><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 153);font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">So, </span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">if the wall's gone, then <span style="color: rgb(0, 153, 0);">Ya'juj and Ma'juj</span> is out~</span><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">we might have already fallen in the phase of the end of the world.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">....</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">One of theories that are made is that Ya'juj and Ma'juj is the inhumane group of people today; that kills without mercy that...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">yes, you;ve got it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">could it have been the zionist.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After all, we do know that they are 92% of the Jews and the 8% of the Jews which are the real Jews even objected the opression they handled.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Theories could be right and undeniably; could be wrong.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And if talking about the end of the world doesn't seem to bug ya,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">somehow, someday; whether we like it or not; our day to die will come.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It could be when we're 60, 30, our first day at university, an air-plane crash going overseas; next week, tomorrow, tonite, 5 minutes from now on...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">any time.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">What is, the luxure of living pushing away all the islamic values aside when the 60 years of living at the world couldn't even match the length of time of one single day at hereafter. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's something that we all know..and we ignore. </span><span style=";font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">Yeah, that is something weird about human. They just don't get it once, do they?</span><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I might die today because as far as I am concerned, from the day I was born until at this very moment where I'm sitting down on the couch, lap tops on; no one has ever mentioned to me the exact date where The Angel of Death will take away my life and so, the possibilities are endless. I chose to write these down not because this post can change the world; but it could be a thread, a chain that makes it happen.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I know I can't change everything and I'm sick of complaining. </span><br /><span style="color: rgb(204, 0, 0);font-family:trebuchet ms;" >As long as I live, I believe that Allah controls everything</span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Palestine could be freed tomorrow if he wills it to.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The Jews can all die at a snap of a finger.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">He has the power beyond anything; any, anything.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So, I believe; there is hope. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >And He won't change the fate of someone unless that someone took a step.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >I'm taking, and forever will be taking one step after the other.</span><br /><span style="font-style: italic;font-family:trebuchet ms;" >Come with me; my friend. We can make it happen.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">by: haven't posted for long </span><span style="font-weight: bold;font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;" ><span style="color: rgb(204, 102, 204);">Faith</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 51, 102);">Hana</span></span>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-75517088685259094372010-09-17T02:08:00.000-07:002010-09-17T02:37:10.643-07:00DzulQarnain..Part 1 (Intro) At last=)<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#ff0000;">(Deep breath....God, I'm finally surfing again)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">Salam, </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;color:#009900;">So, I didn't exactly write this today.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">i've written this post like for <strong>the past one week, USING MICROSOFT OFFICE WORD instead of BLOGGER.COM</strong> n yes, yes, I am so so sorry to<span style="color:#ffcc66;"> everyone that has been mailing, commenting, asking me on IM or whatnot..</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">I"m not dead, I"m just...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">well, one..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;">I have an trial SPM after this hols</span></strong> (not that I STUDY 24/7 but it kinda bugs me when I face the computer)</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#990000;">It's Eid</span></strong>, n you know, Eid meant...away from electronic devices</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">n it"s also</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>a two week holiday + meeting my family</strong></span>.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">for the five of us to gather round n have a good, good vacation had seemes somehat impossible this few years,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">whats with boarding school, n the long distance call, n..u know, having to talk with web-cams n all..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">n at last, as a courtesy to the hardworking students, the school gave us the two week off..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">its kinda hard to stay focus on anything but just your family.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">N then there's the <strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">internet problem</span>..</span></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">last year, there was this free wireless I can actually hack into when I'm back home.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">But they blocked it sensibly at last this year</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">so...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">yeah, it wasn't really according to my own expectations too, fellas..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">but its okay, its my bad actually..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">i promised.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">I promised Eid'll be it.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">And i'll try my best,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">we'll have to see how far this time I can go, okay. If I can tell you the whole thing before I have to go back to hostel...then say a big Thank You Allah, for still giving me the chance.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">Oh, and yeah, thank you all, for being very, very patient.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#009900;">Peace!</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">..........................................................................................................................................................................<br />I have a theory. Well, I know I’m not Aristotle but I have a theory.<br />It's a theory about life..<br />That life is, as you knew it..<br /><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">Life is unpredictable.</span></em><br /></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">In fact, it is sooooo unpredictable, everybody talks about it. Thousands of theories and proverbs are made to reflect just how catastrophes can land upon us at any time..And that we have to be aware of it, of course.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">LOOK BEFORE YOU LEAP; </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">WATCH YOUR BACK; </span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#3333ff;">THINK BEFORE ACT</span>:::<br /><br />Because like it or not, we don't make scripts for our life. We pattern the scripts out, yeah...but if He does not want it to go with what we plan...then have at it.<br />You can't predict the future, you can't predict tomorrow, you can't even predict what's gonna happen tonight..<br /><br />Well, sure we can plan somethings out like..we'll cook ketupat and rendang ayam and kuah lodeh and then there's the satay plan.....but..you never know what could happen...<br />It happens. all the time, dudes...<br />Like,<br />One minute you're studying Biology with one hundred percent focus, ready to absorb in everything that you read...and then before you know it.., blackout.<br /><br />Or if you, (like after giving it a good thought, after discussing with your friends, after comparing and contrusting ) have this courage to go and tell your Mum about your SBP Trial additional mathematics mark and then like suddenly, when you open your purse, the i-talk that never leave its special compartment is not there.<br /><br />Unpredictable. Clashy..Rite?<br />Who agrees with me, hands up! You? You? Good, GIVE ME FIVE!<br /><br />So, Take it from me..<br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">1) If you're travelling at a distance that requires the usage of tickets/ boarding pases/ tokens or what not, it is best that you take an extreme PRECAUTION at the time oF boarding "CLEARLY PRINTED" on the ticket.<br /><br />2) If you bring your laptop around, be sure that you also have the wire to connect it to any power supply. DON'T RELY TO THE BATTERY, or else the laptop will simply be functionless.<br /><br />3) If you, by any chance, out of your own (and of course, a little bit of their) fault, missed your transportation, be cool, calm and relaxed...<br /><br />4) Try to go to some transfer desk, ask those people who are wearing those smart clothes and that heavy brass, if it is a possibility for the fastest transfer.<br /><br />5) If the fastest transfer is 30 hours from the time you were standing perplexed at the smarty clothy man, take a deeeeeeeep breath, remember it's Ramadan, and pray deep inside that this is all nightmare, and you'll wake up eventually, finding yourself on the way home, no trouble.<br /><br />6) If you've woken up, and somehow the nightmare is reality, and that the 30 hours is really 30 hours....take your laptop 0% battery and hover around the busy place for any chance bumping into someone that uses TOSHIBA and is kind enough to let you recharge your laptop.<br /><br />7) Now that your laptop is recharged (100%) =D! and there's still a remaining of 24 hours for you to wait....google over to your blog and start...start writing...<br /><br /></span>I-AM-STRANDED; for sure. I'm angry, I'm hungry and I'm...owh, okay, lets not waste my battery...let's cut it through. shall we.<br />Leave the unpredictable part of my life and lets just for a few minutes, fly back through history....fasten your seatbelt, we're up for a ride...<br /><br />I promised you guys a story that has a connection with Palestine. A story that takes place even before our beloved Prophet, The cHOSEN ONE; Muhammad Khair Khalqillah (pbuh) was born. A story that is mentioned in the quran by a few verses. A few verses that was constrcuted beautifullly by Allah to let us know about a fact...a fact that we should know.<br /><br />Like how my Dad puts it, when something is mentioned in the Quran, then that implies a message that it is important. Allah does not construct a verse without a hidden message. Those verses written are not just some bedtime stories, the histories that were mentioned has great connection with the world today and the world tomorrow.<br />Whatever that is written...it’s more than just some legend.<br />And for the record, none of is myth.<br /><br />Today, on the subject of DzulQarnain, there has been researchES done. And somehow or other, because of the fact that many of the things connected to him are lost and not found, people come up with many theories.<br />The orientalists played their part well, manipulating, as usual..<br />They managed to somehow make people believe that the famous Iskandar Dzulqarnain is Alexander the Great, oh yes, that one., that evil, “mighty” one....<br />And some other managed to turn it into some epic story, merely a myth, some legend known to exist few centuries back..a folk-tale. Yes, a simple folk-tale.<br />So, when it comes to us, when it comes to me, we didn’t take it seriously.<br />Until one day, (I must have hit my head on the wall or something), the question zapped through my head and so, I asked him about it.<br />It started then...the truth.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc0000;"><strong>DZULQARNAIN::(Part 1)<br /></strong></span><br />The first thing he asked me when I asked him was.. "So, when you hear the name, what comes into your mind?"<br /><br />"Um...meaning?"<br /><br />"What do you, so far, after 17 years of living, know about this particular individu?"<br />“Um...”<br />HELP! HELP!<br />“Well I know he is a great man..that...builds the.., um...he built something for sure, something significant. And that he’s not like how they say it. He’s not Alexander, like like how they put it in the film. He’s a different guy and....”<br /><br />“So? What’s so special about that? Anyone could be a great man and build something.”<br />• * * * *<br />“Alright, I give up, I know zero.....”<br />“No it’s not zero...you know stuff. But you don’ connect it”<br />“It sounds the same to me..”<br /><br />No, it’s not. After hearing his explanation, after leafing through the pages, after going through with his demands of wanting me to read the verses translation 10 times (“so you can really imagine how it goes” as he described it ), yeah...it wasn’t that I didn’t know the story.<br />I just didn’t read through the lines. I didn’t connect what I know and what I wanted to know.<br /><br />So, the story of DzulQarnain was mentioned in the Quran in Surah Al-Kahfi, verses 83-99. The <strong><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;"><em>Asbab An-Nuzul</em></span></strong> was that<br /><br />A group of jews at Madinah challenged Rasulallah and his prophecy. (pbuh). They told a group of Quraisy that if so he’s a really a prophet (like duh...after all the miracles before their own eyes..), then go and ask him about DzulQarnain and Ashabul Kahfi, he should know. So, the Quraisys went over to him, inquisitive for sure, doubts spiriling around in their heads...and like, let’s see what he gotta say for this-<br /><br />Rasulallah listened to the questions and asked them to return in a few more days for the answer.<br />And so, the verses was sent down to him, our beloved prophet, describing about a great conqueror, a king of a wide kingdom, a man that is also a human, a slave that became the slave to no one but Allah, he was just and he was full of wisdom. He was DzulQarnain.<br /><br />Iskandar Dzulqarnain..<br />Part 2 up next, stay tuned.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">By: <span style="color:#cc66cc;">Faith</span><span style="color:#ffccff;">Hana</span></span><br /></strong></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><em>P/s : Many of friends get to meet their family on Friday evening, some on Saturday morning. Me? Monday’s afternoon. It’s my fault somehow...but, whatever it is, I accept this stranded episode as a lesson for me. And there should be a good reason why He let me be here instead of there now. But only He knows and i trust HIM:<br /></em></span><br /></span><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-79389095300918415032010-06-18T22:44:00.000-07:002010-06-18T23:36:51.264-07:00Duty can't be done now...incomplete<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Salam all,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> The <span style="color:#33cc00;">Mavi Marmara</span> issue have somewhat opened up a few eyes and I am proud to say, that as I scroll down few of my friends blog, there would be at least one or two article regarding the issue; be it opinions, pictures, videos from the ship or just some copy-paste posts; I'm proud of you guys.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But, as a reminder to us all, (including this weak me),</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:130%;color:#cc0000;"><strong><em>let us not wait for some more death to be the reason for us to start spreading things around, okay?</em></strong></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> I want to spill a lot of beans here, now. But, unfortunately, some of the questions that I have are still unanswered and I still don't get the whole Ya'juj and Ma'juj thing yet. The agenda is so heavy and it even have some connection with DzulQarnain story (of course, he built the wall to prevent them from coming in). So, since I don't want to give half of the story and half of my own opinions or mix-it up, make it all trash or whatever, I'm gonna wait for all these questions to clear up and that until I have totally digested the points and all, I'll tell you guys about it, okay.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"> And sadly, that means...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">a long time from now on.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Because, I'm kinda of <span style="color:#3333ff;"><strong>in the middle of struggling with SPM</strong></span> and I'm staying at a boarding school (both me and CokelatChip, exactly), so it'll take quite a while for the school to allow us to get on the books ourselves or something. The next time I'll be leaving the gates of my school again, would be....well, maybe....maybe Eid. I dunno. It depends.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">But I'll try my best to give it a good shot. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And please, if you're currentlyl reading this article, that means you're in the mood for some moment of truth, so don't stop. <strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#33cc00;">Go, scroll down, open a few tabs, digest yourself in this matter and spill it all to the public. There are thousand of websites</span>.</span></strong> Go compare and contrust. Make youserself worth it; create an asset to meet Him on that day. And don't say <span style="color:#ff6600;">"I'm not good enough".</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If I wanted to wait for me to be perfect and by then, would I spill things out, this blog wouldn't have existed. I would have to wait until forever; coz I will never be perfect. <em>No one</em> will ever be perfect. So, why bother waiting. Sure, I made some mistakes (well, a lot of mistakes), I didn't know I hurted people's feeling, I didn't think before I talk, I...I well, I whatever. But everyone does that. And everyone has to improve themselves. And I'm improving...(well, trying too).</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><span style="font-size:180%;color:#cc6600;"><strong>You don't have to be someone that memorizes the Quran and all the Hadith to touch upon the Palestine issue</strong></span>. It is an advantage if you do, but it's not a compulsary. If you can talk, if you can write, if you make it casual chat, then go.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">The world is waiting for us. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If not now, then when. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A lot of people converted to Islam because of this issue. Because they wanna know who's the bad guys and who deserves the land most. And while they're studying, while they're at it, they found something more meaningful that changed their life. They found Islam. And somehow became connected to it. They are reporters, news-writer, people who randomly just go seeking out for another hot news to tell and like suddenly Allah granted them a great gift like that....it's marvellous. It's...mesmerizing..</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;color:#999900;">From someone who aids in manipulateing the story, to someone that holds the flag of Israel and burn it down in front of the public. Hero.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And a lot of people changed to better because of Palestine issue. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">They go through the Quran, they seeks meaningful Hadith that has connection and all, and Allah opened their eyes for more details that they've missed. Things that...we take for granted. Things like Qiyamullail, like appriciating life, like miracles...and all that.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">A lot of people take Al-Aqsa for granted before; I take it for granted too. Didn't, haven't actually dream of wanting to know anything about it, who constructed it whatever, what's its shape like, what's so special about it and...suddenly, because of this issue...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">up come <span style="color:#ff0000;">freemason</span>,</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">up come <span style="color:#ff0000;">Ya'juj Ma'juj</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">up come <span style="color:#ff0000;">DAJJJAL</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">up come <span style="color:#ff0000;">ISRAEL and Zionists</span>...murky zoinists, laknatullah.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And there's<span style="color:#cc0000;"> Benjamin Nentahyu</span>, there's<span style="color:#990000;"> WZO</span>, there's<span style="color:#cc0000;"> IMF</span> and there's <span style="color:#cc0000;">MCDONALDS.</span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">It's all around us</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">And it's our choice. To wake up, or to keep on preffering to sleep.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If....we think of victory, if we think of our own deaths...we'll wake up eventually.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">"You can't change the world." Says who?</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">If Allah let me become Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi.....</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">you never know.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">You never know what would tomorrow be like.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Or if you <em>really</em> get to experience what tomorrow would be like.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Like what my Dad says when some people asked him about being a palestine speaker and you know, the risks..he said, <span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;"><strong><em>"You'll die eventually. No matter what you do. So why not make it a syahid."</em></strong></span></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;font-size:180%;"></span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Though I cried, imagining things like this...</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I couldn't imagine crying out any louder, if I die as someone who totally strayed away from the truth, without me noticing it. </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I don't fear death.</span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;"><strong>I fear dying as a Munafiq.</strong> </span><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Saying she cared, when she......when it's otherwise.</span><br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">by: <span style="color:#993399;">Faith</span><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Hana</span></span></strong>. (pray for my trials and SPM, guys. I'll be needing it)<br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">DOWN YOU GO, <span style="color:#ff0000;">ZIONISTS</span>. </span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;">WE HAVE ALLAH.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"> WE'RE NOT AFRAID OF YOU.</span></div><div align="center"><span style="font-size:78%;color:#ffcc33;">(really wanted to photoshop this but my photoshop suddenly dissapeared)</span></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-14733604618448192382010-06-08T16:24:00.000-07:002010-06-08T17:28:34.055-07:00Flotilla matters<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Salam everyone,</span></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">First and foremost, thank you everyone. Thank you to fellow followers, supporters, blog readers..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'm high-spirited with all ye supports.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So, yeah, I'll update, don't worry =)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Cokelatchip'll update too..(soon)</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">there's a lot to spill out.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;">Like a total lot.</span></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i><br /></i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>So,</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><i>Living in a boarding school, like I've been writing down since like forever, somehow grabs you away from the real world. If you're not the kind that joins the crowd at the canteen for morning news or go and grab a newspaper from the KP's counter, you'd be totally left behind from all the current issues that happened in the world today.</i></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That was us,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">me and my friends, mostly 9/10 of all the students at my school.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Our initiative to ponder over"what is shaking the world today?" doesn't seem to strike out as much.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">So,we didn't get to know that much.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Until that day...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">That issue.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">The flotilla thing.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Everyone started raising their alarm, we discuss about it, we argue opinions, we lay of out facts and we cried together...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">For long...we have been sleeping under books and exams and...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">the volunteers's deaths just hit us again.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Haven't there be any deaths before that closes our eyes to this extend?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I mean, come on..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Even before the flotilla,</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:x-large;">The Palestinians are continously slaughtered everyday...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">And until some other people are terrorize, than do we say "Hey, what;s going on?"</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">My senior is totally right.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">We're slow.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">I'll post again soon. I'll touch upon a few current issue and some history regarding Ya'juj Ma'juj and the world today, which I'm telling you, also have its connection towards this whole conspiracy and what not. There's another story (yet. not another version) of who are these people that are slaughtering men around.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">But for now on, ponder over these lies...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">These are the example of media twisting knaves.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">DON'T GET FOOLED THAT EASILY.</span></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">THESE MEN THAT WROTE THESE WORDS....THEY'LL GET THEIR PAY SHORTLY.</span></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;">ALLAH IS JUST.</span></i></b></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;"><br /></span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size:medium;">Let's read the rubbish, garbage, stinking lies.</span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</div><div><br /></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: 16px; font-family:arial, helvetica, clean, sans-serif;font-size:13px;"><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1276038740_8"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Israel: I</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">nternational law</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> not mature enough to deal with Hamas threatIsrael sees it differently.</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Its justification for the flotilla attack and its Gaza policy rests on two pillars: First, Israel maintains – in the face of intense international disagreement – that Palestinians are not unduly suffering in Gaza. Second, it argues that international law is not mature enough to handle Israel’s unique security problems; </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I</span></span></i></b><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">srael lives in a rough neighborhood with a threat from Hamas</span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">too severe for </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1276038740_9"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">law professors</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to grasp, and it must rely on its own interpretation of international law.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1276038740_10"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Michael Oren</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, Israel’s ambassador to the US, told </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1276038740_11"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Fox News</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> that the flotilla raid was “perfectly legal, perfectly humane,” and that “</span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Israel acted in accord with international law.</span></i>..</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Any state has the right to protect itself,</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> c</span></i></b></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ertainly from a terrorist threat such as Hamas</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, including on the open seas.”</span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1276038740_12"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> asserted on June 2 that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#000099;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">H</span></b></i><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">amas continues to smuggle rockets </span>a</span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">nd that “th</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">ere’s </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">n</span></span></i></b><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">o humanitarian crisis in </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gaza</span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. Each week an average of </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">10,000 tons of goods enter Gaza</span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There’s </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">no shortage of food</span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There’s </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">no shortage of medicine</span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">. </span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">There’s </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">no shortage of other goods</span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> So our naval personnel had</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> no choice but to board these vessels.</span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">”</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The World Food program has said that 400 trucks are needed in Gaza per day, or 2,800 per week,</span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333300;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> to meet basic nutritional needs.</span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> According to Israeli data (PDF), an average of 371 truckloads of food products were delivered per week in 2009 and 310 per week so far in 2010.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Israel's legal argument for flotilla raidConfusion remains over whether Israel extended its naval blockade from 20 to 68 miles into the open sea – or whether Israel never extended but simply intercepted the ships on grounds they had intent to bust the blockade.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Israel claims </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">its flotilla raid was legal </span></i></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">under the </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1276038740_13"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">San Remo Manual</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> on International Law Applicable to Armed Conflicts at Sea. Israel says the law entitles it to enforce a blockade, even in </span><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1276038740_14"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">international waters</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">.</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">(from another websites that are full of stories from a well-trained storyteller</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style=" line-height: normal; font-family:verdana;"><table width="95%"><tbody><tr><td style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal Verdana; "><p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Lets call a spade a spade:</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Gaza Flotilla Was A Provocation</span></span></span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />The flotilla of ships seeking to break the blockade of Hamas-controlled Gaza</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> was a deliberate provocation, an elaborate sham used as a pretext for ambushing</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> and violently attacking Israeli military personnel.</span></span></p><p><span style="font: normal normal bold 10pt/normal verdana; color:red;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Myth:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> The Free Gaza flotilla carried only "peaceful Activists carrying Aid for Gaza Children"</span></span></p><p><span style="color: rgb(41, 133, 200); "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Truth:</span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">IDF Navy Soldiers were met by a well-planned lynch, </span></span></span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">with concealed handguns and other weapons. </span></span></span></i></b></p><p><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The Israeli Navy opened fire in </span></span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">self-defense</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> after sailors boarded a </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"peace flotilla" which was carrying, in addition to the much touted "humanitarian aid", </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">weapons and fertilizer [aka bomb/rocket fuel] into Gaza.</span></span></p></td></tr><tr><td style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal Verdana; text-align: justify; "><h2 style="font: normal normal normal 12pt/normal 'Verdana bold'; color: rgb(41, 133, 200); text-align: justify; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">�Go Back to Auschwitz�: Flotilla Activists to Israel�s Naval Ship:</span></span></h2><p><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Israeli Naval Officer</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">: </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">This is the Israeli Navy; you are approaching </span></span></span></b></span></em></p><p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-style: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">an area which is under a naval blockade..."</span></span></span></b></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><br /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mavi Marmara (man voice):</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"Shut up! Go back to Auschwitz...�</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mavi Marmara (woman voice):</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We have permission from the Gaza </span></span></em></p><p><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">port authority to enter."</span></span></em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br /><br /></span></span><strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Mavi Marmara (man voice):</span></span></strong><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span><em><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"We help the Arabs�don�t forget 9/11 guys�"</span></span></em></p></td></tr><tr><td><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></td></tr><tr><td style="font: normal normal normal 10pt/normal Verdana; text-align: justify; "><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">The soldiers carried crowd dispersal weapons (paint ball guns and mace, </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">not conventional rifles), as well as side arms. They were overwhelmed, and eventually </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">used their side arms to fire back. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#990000;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Ten </span></span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">of these supposed "peace activists" were </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">killed by the Israelis <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;">who were defending themselves</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> </span></span></b></i></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">from what was </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">essentially a lynch mob.</span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Also one must note that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#006600;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the Navy repeatedly offered the activists peaceful entry </span></span></b></i></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">into Israel's Ashdod port and </span></span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#666600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">help in taking the "aid" overland into Gaza</span></span></span></b></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">, pending weapons inspection. The "peace activists" declined.</span></span></p><p><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Israeli Navy: </span></span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#663366;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">We came to speak, they came to fight." </span></span></span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br />A commando who participated in the raid said that the attack </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">"looked like the Ramallah lynch." IDF said the </span></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">activists had prepared to kill the soldiers.</span></span></b></i></span></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0); "><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; "></span></span></b></i></span></p><i><b><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Was Israel's raid on Gaza Freedom Flotilla legal?</span></span></p></b></i><p></p><p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; line-height: 16px; "></span></span></b></i></span></p><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><i><b><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Israel's Netanyahu balks at UN investigation of Gaza flotilla raid</span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="yshortcuts" id="lw_1276038740_21"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Israel news coverage.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++</span></span></p></b></i></span><p></p></td></tr></tbody></table></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">I don't have to tell you how fat those lies are.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">How inmatured of them to say that "we did nothing, we're saints" when the numbers of babies they shot and left to die were infinity. when the girls they raped were increasing on every checkpoints possible that they planted and waited like foxes at dawn.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">the number of mothers they trampled upon, the kids they kicked</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we have the videos, we have the proofs, we know more than you do, media-twisters.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">we know how were on that ship, what do they bring (weapons or not), we know what was their plan, and we know you know that we know. so, before anything...you write these kinds of things down for some stupid belivers to find their way in. Go ahead, live in all these lies and be contented with it.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Israel, we will not go down with your lies. You may have conquered the media, but our faith and beliefs remains as long as ALLAH lets it be.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And ALLAH will show you our victory. You are nothing but storytellers and invaders,</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> people that are afraid of the truth, </span></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">people that lives in shadow.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"> People that kills the innocents, </span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">people that invade a country, terrorize in it and let the contrysmen be called terrorist, </span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">people that claimed that it is their land and what not, an after even being proven that Prophet Abraham didn't even come from there, they remain.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">People that said they follow the international law, when they are the ones who constructed it, change it everyday.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">People that said "even UN agrees with us", when they are the UN.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">People that said, we're giving basic necessities, when report of starvation and poverty are massively increasing.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Yeah...them.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">People that thought we're stupid.</span></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">If they so much prefer peace and wants everything to be under controlled, then why do they ever invade Palestine and kills.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';color:#FF0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">They thought they're that smart, huh?</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Gaza, we will not go down. We'll study hard and we'll get you back.We want to die not in our bedroom, holding a megazine, we want to be there, throwing a rock.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">And so when we face Allah one day.....</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; line-height: normal; font-size: medium; ">throwing a rock over to the tanks...will Allah let it be a reality for me?</span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">AMIN...</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">Spread the love, don't get twisted by the lies. Pray for them everyday. Our most powerful weapon of all. A real post coming over soon.</span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'trebuchet ms'; line-height: normal; "><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;">by : </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Faith</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC66CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;">Hana</span></span></b></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 1em; padding-left: 0px; line-height: 18px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:verdana;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: normal;"><br /></span></span></p></span></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-19869203607078670402010-04-16T11:17:00.000-07:002010-06-08T18:08:01.647-07:00the unfinished job<div><span style="font-size:130%;">Salam</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">2.20 am now, at home (finally).</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">gosh, it has been so so long since i've ever posted anything here. n dont blame me for it, it hasnt been my choice either..</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">so, </span></span><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">palestine</span></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">, </span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">independence</span></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">, </span></span><span style="color:#000066;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">peace</span></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">,, i wonder kenapa those words are not that familiar terucap kat bibir2 kita nowadays? </span></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size:130%;">have the palestinians gained</span><span style="font-size:130%;"> in</span><span style="font-size:130%;">dependence?? are they not in war anymore? is it all over?</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">I dont think so.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">stimes, </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">we dont forget, but we do forget to remember</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">.. but still, it shouldnt be an excuse..</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">'though we're not one of them; that have to directly face the enemies with stones and blood, and though it's not our family that is being brutally murdered every day,,, it doesnt mean we escape from the responsible to free palestine. There are great </span></span><span style="color:#cc0000;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">responsibles</span></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> we carry on our shoulders too, for Allah will ask us about it later</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">to remind those who knew this all along and to tell it to those who hasnt heard it before, </span></span><span style="color:#666600;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">IT IS OBLIGATORY FOR ALL MUSLIMS AROUND THIS PLANET EARTH TO HELP THE PEOPLE OF PALESTINE, FOR AL-AQSA IS NOT THEIRS ALONE, BUT OURS TOO</span></span></strong></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">. </span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">yusuf al-qaradawi</span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">so have we done enough to free any of them?</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">i'd like to share a story i've heard from a friend currently in france. she said this,</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">imagine if you are a student with a limited pocket money....</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">with a dash of luck, one day, you receive a bonus from your scholarship-sponsor, worths about RM 5000. for someone with a tight budget, when suddenly luck says hi, you'd be eager to spend the money for the things that you love, right? so then you have your way to </span></span><span style="color:#663333;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">louis vuitton</span></span></strong></span><span style="font-size:130%;">, in search of your favourite super expensive pair of shoes. youve always wanted to buy one anyway..</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">then you found the right shoes, sparkling diamonds right on top of it, real animal skin in and out.. The shoes were perfect and you cant wait to wear it to the upcoming functions.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">on your way to the cashier counter, suddenly, you receive a call from a friend, Kucha. Kucha suffered from a serious leg-disease, where if she doesnt get a treatment and surgery soon enough, she'll lose both her legs. she is so desperate that she has to call to beg for some help, for money> for the surgery. and it costs RM4000.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="color:#990000;"><strong><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">so what would you do?</span></span></strong></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">you'd have to make a choice... </span></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-size:130%;">you could end her pain instantly. but are you gonna do that?</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">Would you proudly wear RM5000 shoes on your legs when your friend would lose both of hers?</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">you would have the chance to look super pretty but your friends would lose the chance to walk... would you let her suffer so you can live your perfect never-there-was-any-problem-life? </span></span><strong><span style="color:#996633;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">are you that self-centered?</span></span></span><span style="color:#006600;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"> do you live in this world alone? </span></span></span></strong><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">the choice is in your hands</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">and only you can choose which.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">this story fits the real situation.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">maybe the palestinians wouldnt give you a call and ask for help directly, but knowing that you have the ability to help and if you dont, it would cost them dearly, wouldnt you help? are we still gonna let the media fools us?</span></span></div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><div><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">we still buy israel products, dont we? we still believe totally what the media says, and we still shut our mouths when others are hurting our religion. we still live our life happily, never once worries crossed over our minds. we care for ourselves, and ourselves only. we care about silly small issues that're not worth it. </span></span><span style="color:#990000;"><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;">THEN IT MEANS, WE JUST BOUGHT THE RM5000 SHOES AND WE HAD LET KUCHA LOSES HER LEGS..</span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">So where do we stand? what is our contribution?</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size:130%;">lets muhasabah diri balik, and constantly remind ourselves. be grateful for what we have and by that, contribute back to our people.</span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span></span></div><span style="font-size:130%;"></span><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="color:#000099;"><br /></span></span><div align="center"><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#000099;">"Kalau bukan kita, siapa lagi?"</span></span></div><div><span style="font-size:130%;"> </span></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5460978901959656546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 100px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 100px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjRNI082veX7Ln2oAJcI1W2bLCbHIL916aBkZlHmYj8xkkpyc-35tWkWoUMRz77GcavhlYKw8R-j5v9kxRMVEeUFj-XPnHxzHglsFzhTPG1wHWYzCgPwxO15oZL3OJnl-X4NCLJwmtPkk4/s200/palestine.jpg" border="0" /></div><div align="center"><strong><span style="font-size:130%;">by</span></strong><span style="font-size:130%;"> Cokelat Chip</span><span style="font-size:130%;color:#000000;"> </span></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-52203773207672641252010-04-10T17:23:00.000-07:002010-04-10T18:06:56.391-07:00We're fighting, they're smilling; dudes.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Salam,</span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">So, the last post wasn't really up to my satisfaction. I was practically dead bored at that time and therefore, yeah, like some of u would probbly hv said it, I didnt sound like me that much.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Right, eh?</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Wanted to delete the post...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but then..</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">just, u never know, if some people do felt something after reading it</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">so...</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#333399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">yeah, let it stay.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Just have been reading some magazine like three seconds ago, and that temptation to write just swirls in,</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">so, since it's only 8 o'clock, I'll take this half an hour to construct something.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Ok, ready?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">*crack knuckles* *neck spin* one, two...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">ekhem..</span></b></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Okay, so...the label of</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">'terrorist'</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> like we all have heard it, somehow evolves around the Muslims more than any other religion on this era, hey?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">No, I am rite.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Lets go with facts.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">How many terrorist label has the media gifted away?</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF6600;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Be it in terms of religion, political, or what not, </span></span></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">if you are armed and you're going against no, not the government, </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">if you're against some big power like the America or the Israel or UN or something..</span></span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">U are terrorist</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">even if you're doing the right thing</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">even if its abnormal and simply illogical to put the blame on u</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">even if its your country and you're the government and you're supposed to be ruling it...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">no</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">if the big powers says no, and you said "who am I to care?", </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you'll be gifted that label.... and there's nothing you can say about it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">TERRORIST</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> goes for negotiation.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Bombs at centrepoint by </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">TERRORISTS</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">TERRORISM</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> embarks..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Blah blah blah..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Facts says it, that the Muslims are known to get this label pretty often.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Moro Rac</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">e- fought for their rights </span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Pattani</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> - rose for independence at their own country (Thai)</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#009900;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">GAM</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> (Gerakan Acheh Merdeka) - again, independence in their own proper borders...</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Kashmir</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> - fought with the Indian government for their rights..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Chechen</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> - Again, for race rights, they fought with the Russian</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Afghanistan</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> - Though they have once fought paralelly with America and Pakistan to destroy the Soviet Union, today, if they back away and try to escape out of the grasp of the chocking powers, they'll get the label.</span></div><div><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Afghanistan</span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> - fought with Russian when they were invaded.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#33CC00;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Palestine</span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">-Israel. Who got the label? Who terrorize at who's country?</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Everyone knows for sure, which sounded far right more than wrong. And yet, everyone depended solely on some other thinkers out there to think for them.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">I</span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"> watched a broadcast of some travelling segments years ago. And I remembered watching an episode of the traveller going aboard to the states, at one of the big city (not washington), new york, maybe, where some of the citizens (mostly teenage dudes) were handing out flyers, remembering the incidence of 11/9</span></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And the way they put it, the way they explained to the passers-by and people who were intrested in knowing; it </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC0000;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">shocked </span></span></span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">me.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The dudes were explaining that the case, as proven, wasn't like how the propaganda made it.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">They lay out the facts, they talked about how </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Iraq didn't do it</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">How it was all a set-up plan blah blah..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">One elderly came out angrily and shove that dude aside and asked him</span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"Are you American?"</span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and he said </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"Yes"</span></i></b></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"Aren't you bringing shame to your own country?"</span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">and he said . </span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"Isn't my country bringing shame to me?"</span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The elderly was like...*baffled* "</span><i><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">How can you say that? What has America done to you? You know about this incident? Do you just know how many people died in this building because the Muslims planned it?"</span></b></i></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"Do you</span></i></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">," the dude said. "</span><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">know that our own government are killing its own people.And there, at Iraq, at Aghanistan, at Palestine, do you know how many they terrorize, how many women our soldiers kill, how many girls they raped.."</span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><b><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">"RAPED?!! Rape?! Oh my God! Don't you give me that?! They are the terrorist, not us. We don't do what they do."</span></i></b></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">The dude laughed and I did to synchronizingly.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">How....</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">How absent-minded.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">How come he doesn't know..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Mr, it's more than just raping. It's more than that..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#FF0000;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">And if you don't know, don't pretend like you do.</span></b></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">People are only spreading the label of terrorism today because they thought they know any better, that hey, I'm someone that read news...</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">but logic, knowledge and all that...that has to be parallel alongside with what you recieve</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">you don't just take in everything..</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">if you do</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">then the big powers will win.</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">spread the love, eat the cake</span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';"><br /></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">by : </span></b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#CC33CC;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color:#993399;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Faith</span></b></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family:'trebuchet ms';">Hana</span></b></span></span></div><div><br /></div><div>That's three post in a row this weekend! Read them, or it'll be a total waste of my time putting the words together =) Thank u all. I'll write again soon. And by 'soon', I mean...well, you know what I mean.. ^^</div><div><br /></div>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-29614924734430836572010-04-10T02:56:00.000-07:002010-04-10T04:03:33.745-07:00Freaky thoughts..Salam,<br /><br /><span style="color:#000099;">I got the opportunity to fly back home again this week.<br />Due to, of course, my unexplainable feet injury which I might call from now on ' a blessing n disguise' n it is so true.<br />Drove me awy from the hecticness of living in a hostel n back to this truly home sweet home of mine.<br /><span style="font-size:180%;">So, yes, thank you, Allah.</span><br /></span><br />As usual, i'm pretty packed up with stuffs at the moment which will ultimately be one of the reasons again why I didn't update my blog, why didn't I answer the mails or what not.<br />So, before the real holiday comes (where everyone actually goes back home n not only me ^^), let me update another post over so I wont hv to bother with the excuses and the sorrys later on.<br /><br /><span style="color:#cc0000;">n to the answer for some of u that asked me,<br />yes..im okay if u wanna follow this blog privately. No biggies.<br /></span><br /><span style="color:#cc9933;">Anyway,<br />with what life could call it 'a crazy roller coaster' going on back at the hostel, sometimes after you leave the tracks, many things could somewhat surprise you.<br />Like how actually stable the earth was and not like the crazy ride you just had. Or how everyone is actually not that ugly like the terror-stricken face you kept on seeing when u took that ride.<br />the point is...<br />if you've been meddling in something for so long<br />once you leave it<br /></span>its weird..<br /><br />Like a few days ago, when I entered the office of my school to ask one of the big bosses there to sign my slip so that I could go home over the weekends, I noticed a big flat screen hanging on the wall and couldnt help asking whether the thing on air is a tv broascast or someone's playing an everlasting advertistment on and on...<br />my math teacher happened to pass by and I asked her and she was like..<br />"That's freaky. Not to know the TV. It's TV3 la kakak..The advertistments are known to be over 4 minutes long."<br /><br />Owh...<br />well duh..<br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;"><strong><em>there's no TV in the hostel.</em></strong></span><br />There's one.<br />At the canteen. N the boys conquered that port every night.<br />You know...Boys...<br /><br />N there was the time when I asked my mum for towel n she handed me one with the name TOSHIBA embroidered on it and I was like...<br /><span style="color:#993399;"><em>"Seriously, what else that is going on that I do not know?"</em></span><br /><br />Of course, pretty much everything...<br /><br />The towel she gave me didn't have that much of an absorbent effect.<br />Though of course, I would have thought of it to be so much of a quality.<br />N then it just got me.<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">What if...tomorrow, one day when I wake up outside of my hostel life, I go to the stores and pick up something that is so much of a Malaysian product and later on, some sources inform me that<br /><span style="color:#339999;">"heyy, do u know that that brand is also another Israeli's biggest profitable product of the year"<br /></span><br /></span></strong>this happened before.<br />There had been many times I bought something like...<br />a fruit lassi for instance<br />n just at my last drop, I noticed a small box under the nutrition facts saying that<br />this product is another......by ......<br />n like...<br />great. thank u. how can i not notice that!<br /><br />so, what if...<br />if tomorrow i wake up and found out that all te alternatives that I have today..<br />are no longer alternatives..<br /><strong><em>that they have conquered everything, leaving you no choice but to buy,</em></strong><br /><br />i mean, come on, for God sake. They must have write it down somehow. Their plans..<br />to invade all product possible in the market.<br />nauzubillah..<br />Gee...<br />Are you scared?<br />No.<br />Don't be.<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">I'm not writing these down so we'll all be scardy mouse and so much afraid to face the future.</span><br />I guess we have to start expecting the unexpected. N not just to expect..<span style="font-size:130%;color:#000066;"><strong>we take actions</strong></span>.<br /><br />We go from basics..<br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">Like malls. Like TESCO, JUSCO, ASDA, BIG W, FRESCO...</span><br />If there's a big shopping mall in every country called HALAL or something like that...that is 100% owned my muslims and all the products in there r guaranteed halal n satisfaction guaranteed of high quality...or what not<br />we wouldn't have to live in this fear of eating something that would benefit the third party.<br />we'll feel so much safer...<br /><br />n then<br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">COSMETICS..Beauty products, fashions..</span><br />women stuff...n all that.<br />Today, yeah..<br />we have the franchises, we have some market at place for all those muslimahs stuff u'd love to get.<br />But it's not as KAA-BOOM!<br />If you have like one stop-point owned my the muslim that shakes the world<br />with its fabolousness<br />n yet, maintain the islamic idenity according to the al-Quran and as-sunnah.<br />wouldn't that just be fab<br /><br /><span style="color:#33cc00;">n then the entertainment industry.</span><br />if we get to somehow have our own<br />muslim international channel or something like that...<br />that combines all...everything accordingly...<br />ike our own Disney Channel kind of thing...<br />all that fun stuff that twirls in Islams way of putting it<br />in the halal and most respected manner of all..<br /><br />Couldnt help...<br />but the question<br /><strong><em><span style="color:#990000;">where is our standpoint?<br />when can we stop complaining...??<br />when can we conquer what they conquer today??</span><br /></em></strong><br />In the previous years, way back, way back...<br />during the rising era of Islam..<br />we conquered 2/3 of the world<br />and everything was at our hands..<br />education, economy, politics....<br />with the khilafah system..no one could deny our unity..<br /><br />n if that was the past<br />that was us<br />we could do it again.. today<br /><br />one step at a time,<br />we study hard, we work hard, we create ...<br />in the name of Allah, if we all strive together<br />we'll win for sure.<br /><br />Look at our numbers..<br />and look at how we're far behind<br /><strong>it's not the time to just cry on and on, to repent, to regret...</strong><br /><br />it's time to have a goal and to achieve it<br />not just for us<br />but to a whole new generation that awaits..<br />the generation of islam<br />who at that time<br />will have to lead their ways like how we are today..<br /><br />harder..<br /><br />but if we can counter that from now on<br /><span style="color:#003300;"><em><strong>if we can start planting the roots, they can fertilize them in the future..</strong></em></span><br />n before we know it, islam is growing back in...further upholded...<br />n one day...one day<br />Palestine will be free.<br /><span style="color:#993399;"><span style="font-size:180%;">We'll get Al-Aqsa back. <span style="color:#663366;">N our dream won't just remain a dream.</span></span></span><span style="color:#663366;"><br /><br /></span><em><span style="color:#cc6600;">Ya Allah...<br />Guide us. Give us the intelligence, give us the opportunity..<br />give us faith, n give us willingness to embrace Islam and to have the strong will to uphold it.<br />Ya Allah...<br />Allow us to give contribution to the jihad we try to potray.<br />Help us live a good life for us and others..<br />Help us see the faces of muslimeen and muslimat of a free Palestine..<br />Dont U let us die as anything except almusyahidin..<br />Amin..<br /><br /></span></em><br />Allah had given us so many ways to make up..we just have to find them<br />step by step.<br />into a better world<br />islamically<br /><br />Amin.<br /><br />spread the love : by : <strong><span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#663366;">Faith</span><span style="color:#cc66cc;">Hana</span><br /></span></strong>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-75211408961223889462010-03-30T07:44:00.001-07:002010-03-30T09:21:10.984-07:00Dead...without realizing it.Salam,<br /><br />So, okay<br />2 things to do before you format your laptop are<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">1) save every file possible except those that are just total craps.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;">2) dont take everything as total craps.</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;"></span><br />n i mean it. Totally.<br /><br />2 things to do if you have a blog<br /><br /><span style="color:#990000;">1) go update</span><br /><span style="color:#990000;">2) don give reasons if you cant update; people don wanna know.</span><br /><br />yeah, whatever...<br />at least, im here, back..<br />though its not even holiday, nor short two days break, or whatever that might sound as similar or under the definition of <em><strong>"<span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#993399;">staying at home in peace; away from the asrama torture essence</span>"</span></strong></em><br />in my kamus hidup (dictionary of life) la..<br /><br />As a matter or fact, something came up<br />well, okay...<br />something <em>bad</em> came up<br />I got a serious injury that requires the usage of crutches, and to put it shortly,<br />even crutches couldnt help me anymore<br />so,<br />they sent me back.<br /><br />n so, because I have a blog n a formatted ie zero files-in-it computer, I chose to spend my night today, typing things down.<br />before another excuse could be jot down<br />n be read before the world.<br />how-embarassing.<br />so, no excuse today. <span style="color:#336666;">the broadband thing is still on, the weather's ok, im not busy (yeah, coz i apparently cant move), n im not in mood for TV or books.</span><br /><span style="color:#336666;">So, here I come.</span><br /><br />Today, I'm gonna go slow.<br />Like, total slow.<br />Coz, to tell you the truth, thats how it has been going on somehow in my world, over this past few months.<br />things went pretty slow.<br />at least; on this particurlar issue.<br />the news didnt really hit it. Like it used to.<br />Expected.<br /><br />So, in my world, the regulars...<br />You know, how our faiths are being tested evryday. N how u dont know when can your faith go up and down and suddenly, befiore u know it, you have started accepting things u never did before...<br /><br />example.<br /><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#993399;"> "ALICE IN WONDERLAND 3D MOVIE"</span><br />I didnt get it why I cant go. When all my other friends could.<br /><em></em><br /><em>"It's the place where maksiat happens, girl."</em><br /><em>"But...it's a childish movie. For God sake, which crazy couple would go n take that as a port"</em><br /><em>"N if they do? You want a share of their sin?"</em><br /><em>"No, but.."</em><br /><em>"Don't take it as a norm. Once you allow its presence in your life, its hard to see the bad side of it anymore. Coz it is beautiful. In the eyes of the world;that is full of sin."</em><br /><em></em><br /><em>Tounge = cat got it.</em><br /><em>Mind = still pending the message up all the way to the medulla oblongata.</em><br /><em></em><br />When people are upset, they dont see anything as rational..<br />But people dont get upset for long<br />Espescially, if it is their parents, for the most.<br />N then, only did it sound quite.....quite similar.<br /><br /><strong>Don't take it as a norm. Coz the second no is always the hardest.</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />To take movies outing as a norm, that wasnt really a part of my intention. The plan was basically, to go, watch, n come back. No biggies.<br />N I thought that was good enough,<br />well,<br />at least, that I,<br /><span style="color:#999900;">1) Am not watching some 18 SX, SG thing but prefer to go to some cartoon adapted movie instead.</span><br /><span style="color:#999900;">2) Am not going with any of my friend, be it male or female, but preferred to take someone biologically related to me for that purpose. </span><br /><span style="color:#999900;">3) Am not asking any money for that matter as well.</span><br /><span style="color:#999900;">4) Am going to actually wear my usual attire without compromizing over the fact that "It's a cinema, gurl"</span><br /><span style="color:#999900;">5) Will not buy any popcorns or soda; note taken.</span><br /><span style="color:#999900;">6)</span><span style="color:#999900;">Have never asked for this before and this is my first time for so long.</span><br /><span style="color:#999900;">7)Am FaithHana, n I know what I'm doing. I've been over this. A hundred times.</span><br /><br />Well, at least that's what I thought...<br />That there are <span style="font-size:180%;">compromises.</span><br />That you can actually tolerate with the situation, if you know how to play with it.<br />Accordingly.<br />Coz you cant always say no to everything, rite?<br />Things like cinemas, concerts....has it place, if u know how to deal with it, rite?<br />Rite?<br />Rite??<br /><br />For so many years I've said a total no to myself for cinema, n suddenly this year, out of nowhere, came the desire for me to take a step; a brave step I call it, n make a revolution.<br />Coz I thought it was safe enough.<br />N was good enough to control myself, n the situation.<br /><br />But it wasn't,<br />N I wasn't any closer to that label itself. "Good enough to control"<br /><br /><strong>Once you make it a norm, its hard to turn back. You <em>can</em> turn, but its hard. N its gonna be painful to let it go.</strong><br /><br />To go to a place where sins are<strong> there</strong>; where sins have happened <strong>there</strong>.<br />Where everyone knows whats going on <strong>there</strong>;<br />where its famoulsy well-known for it's aiding criteria that facilitates the to-dos <strong>there</strong>.<br />where people actually learn tricks on how to apply it<strong> there</strong><br />n just to see on how it will work.<br /><br />No, it's not about Alice in Wonderland<br />Coz, yeah, like how I argued, its a chuldish movie, not really another aiding factor for the couples...<br />but all the same, I got his point.<br /><br /><strong>Dont make it a norm.</strong><br /><br />As in, today, it might be a childish movie..<br />tomorrow, when you dont see the bad side of it coz uve been blinded by the beauty...<br />u might as well think<br />that there hv never even existed a bad side<br />when there was<br />but only when u are rational, do u take it in.<br /><br />once u allow a maksiat to go through your life, it continues....<br />once u gave it a chance to penetrate, you'll give as much excuses..<br /><br />That was the lesson I learnt, that hit me back, just as I opened back this blog to write.<br />My fingers went numb.<br />Questions hit me one after another.<br /><br />What? Am I gonna write about boycott again?...<br />.................<br />....<br />..<br />.<br />.<br /><br />when I cant even say no to boycotting something I've been boycotting all along<br />there comes one desire<br />n i let it in. Without considering....without furthur analysing..<br />n thank God, he was there to tell me, no. Full stop.<br /><br />Boycott Israel product...<br />what's the point?<br /><br />when i am still evolving myself life around maksiat.<br />when i am still saying yes to all other beauties...<br />to all that songs<br />n all that dramas<br />n all that celebs...<br /><br />whats the point of covering urself from head to toe<br />of preventing urself from such thing as zina<br />when u cant even control ur tiny piece of heart<br />from liking it<br /><br />whats the point of writing down in a blog called palestine<br />where u dreamt to end the war<br />n u cant even fight with yourself<br />when it comes to coping with reality<br />with what the trend is<br />n how everybody"s taking it.<br /><br />I gave excuses<br />I was covered, my intention was sincere, it was nothing near what could happened that happened there<br />n i tried my best<br />to give a full neglection<br />to my guilty feeling<br />when i though<br />of how embarassing would it be if Rasulullah witness me going in there.<br />when i know i could have staryed away<br />as usual.<br />but because it was "in"<br />i prefered to let it "in", just this once.<br /><br /><strong>Dont take it as a norm. It doesnt just start and end. It takes effort to plant that seed of acceptance n once it grows into a tree, ull have to pull it from the root, to get everything out.</strong><br /><strong>N that"ll be a total hell of a pain</strong><br /><strong>so, y bother planting..</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />because it would be fun<br /><br /><strong>For how long?</strong><br /><br /><em>Message = sent to medulla oblongata. Recieveing responses.</em><br /><em></em><br />When it"s a haram, it"s a haram.<br />no matter how much you try to neutralize it.<br />N i didnt realize that...<br />for a while..<br /><br />wonder what happened to me.<br />until i didnt see it.<br />once, after so long...<br /><br />n if i dont take this seriously<br />one day<br />i might even say<br />"who cares"<br />to this,<br />this issue of Palestine. This issue I've been forever upholding..<br />Just like the princips i had about the cinema.<br />All washed away.<br />Because everyone"s doing it<br />Because it's a no biggie n why am i being such a nerd to take something that is not even a new trend to start off with.<br /><br /><strong>when u make it a norm, it becomes a part of your life.</strong><br /><strong>N from there on, start another new desire</strong><br /><strong>for everyday, a new acceptance towards something...</strong><br /><strong>that could be further "neutralized"</strong><br /><strong>n it wont stop..</strong><br /><strong>into creating a new you...</strong><br /><strong>that accept things...</strong><br /><strong>as long as that head is still covered, that dress isnt showing curves..</strong><br /><strong>but whats the point</strong><br /><strong>whats the point of shouting out aloud to the world to go and make a change</strong><br /><strong>when you're changing</strong><br /><strong>into something worse..</strong><br /><strong>day by day</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />have this faith went so down i didnt realize it,<br />the one to blame....is still again, me<br />coz my hisab will still be on me<br />my mizan too<br />n i will have to go through that sirat nustaqim alone.<br />so, let it be<br />that the whole world is saying yes to it<br />'cause i wont have my share in it.<br /><br />If I could really control myself<br />I wouldnt have had that dream to go there<br />I said I wanted to boycott Israel goods as their economy is powerful.<br /><br />n if I said yes to cinema,<br />Ill be saying yes to McDonald eventually<br />n one day..<br />ill be like them<br />them, those in scarves girls that were eating prouldly at the dinner table in there<br />that shared the laughs and the joy out of every savoury bite in..<br /><br />It isnt fair<br />there they are, dying, bleeding, still dared to stand up to take a rock and got shot.<br />Dying because of that burger.<br />N here we are<br />paying for that burger.<br /><br />Because we said.<br />We cant say no to everything<br />at least, I donated to the Palestinians before<br />n whats the point if I"m the only one boycotting..<br />the iSraelis hv thousands of brands in their pockets<br />no matter what i alone, dom things cant be changed.<br /><br />yeah, "neutralize it"<br />go, give excuses. as much.<br />be like me.<br />allow that thing in/<br />n once you said yes, it will be a forever yes.<br />too hard to turn back.<br />welcome to the family<br />as you are accepted.<br /><br />I don"t believe it..<br />I don't believe I'm that stupid...<br /><br /><br />Spread the love<br /><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">by : <span style="color:#cc66cc;">Faith</span><span style="color:#ffccff;">Hana</span></span></strong><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><em></em>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5113208175873706142.post-63577020833382724962010-03-19T05:03:00.000-07:002010-03-19T06:58:08.575-07:00Why can't I cry like I used to?So,<br /><br />SALAM; everyone.<br /><strong>At last! At last!</strong><br />Believe it or not.<br />All this time, I've been fighting this urge to jump off the window coz I don´t have internet in the house and how practically that isn´t practical at all considering the fact that I have a blog that has to be updated and like duh,...<br />suddenly, everything just like, fall down from the sky....<br /><br />My Dad went over to me and like casually said<span style="color:#ff9900;"> 'You know, that celcom broadband USB thing I bought that won't work on my laptop, could u like check the thing on ur sis'<br /></span>my jaw dropped open.<br />There was actually 'internet'. All these times.<br />And to think of all the days I've wasted. Man...<br />You gotta be kidding me...<br />And holiday is nearly over too-<br /><br />But anyway, lets not ponder over the wasted hours. Lets, top it up, okay, guys...<br /><br />So, in my previous posts, I did mention the fact that today, things have quitened down a bit. And how that is so virtual. Because in reality, it's getting worse there, day by day...<br /><br />I read an article once, from this unknown writer, he said..<br /><em>wouldn't it be nice, if the Palestinian, from the early start, could have actually considered Israel to have a bit of their land. Wouldn't that be nice? By now, if that have happened- <span style="font-size:180%;color:#009900;"><span style="color:#ff0000;">Israelis</span> and the <span style="color:#6600cc;">Palestinian</span> could walk side by side along the road, saying Hellos to each other, all in dramatic peace, no wars...just peace, together, sharing the land.</span> I mean, what's so wrong about that? Why be greedy and let everyone else suffer out of your own greed? I mean, sharing is caring, rite?<br /></em><br />Okay, first.<br />Mr. Writer, you think you know so much. Well, you don't-<br /><br /><br />But anyway, thanks. For enlighting to us all, that such ideas exists.<br />People do ask these question. People that don't serach for the facts, and don't dwell upon what they hear, but let the media do the job for them. Yeah...basically, these kind of ideas could have easily be formed.<br /><br />Logically, why bother fighting at all, rite? If such simple matter could be settled easily beforehand by just sharing the land together, rite? Why let the women and children suffer? why let the bazzuca enter the houses? why let the tears drop? why take away the lives of men and fathers? why? why don't you just negotiate it peacefully and if that is what the Israelis want, just give it?<br /><br />Mr. Writer,<br />That land that you want the Palestinians to give away, isn#t just the Palestinian's land. It#s the Muslims land. The whole community of Muslims throughout the world hold responsibility towards that land. If, say, the Al-Aqsa doesn't have enough energy to generate its power for electricity, the whole community of Muslims throughout the world would have to donate, for the land is ours.<br />And today, that land is being claimed by the Israelis, n therefore, the question to ask, the permission to land, is not just upon the Palestinians, but upon every single Muslims on earth, today.<br /><br />And what we did say,<br /> we said<span style="font-size:180%;"> <strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">no</span></strong></span><strong><span style="color:#cc0000;">.</span></strong><br /><strong><span style="font-size:180%;">That land is ours. We're not giving it away</span></strong>.<br />And what did they say.<br />They say,<br /><span style="font-size:180%;"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">who cares, we wanted it, and we have power.</span></strong><br /></span>So, they kill. They terrorize<br />and they manipulate the story.<br /><br />They said it was their land. They gave out the facts, they said they were the former founders. But it was proven, through searches, through history, through all the sources possible, that they were wrong.<br />They were proven wrong.<br />But still, today, they are still saying<br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"><strong>who cares, we have power. We could do what we want to do and who are you to stop us?<br /></strong></span><br />And so, they proceed. And keep on proceeding..<br /><br />So, Mr. Writer, I ask you. If,one day, you walk back to your house and suddenly a man come over with his troops saying that <span style="color:#ff0000;">'Hey, that's my house. I founded it first'</span>, would you just give it away.<br />No.<br />And if that man insist and give facts that he somehow have found that house first, would you believe him.<br />No. Cause the facts were lies. And it was even proven so.<br />So, the man got busted that he was a liar, but he doesn#t care. He wanted the house somehow, so he just rambled through and killed your family starightaway.<br />Coz he has the power.<br /><br />So,<br />r u blaming urself, that all this time, u could have shared the house with him.<br />When u knew, that actually, that man didn't want sharing.<br />He wanted the house for his own good.<br />And he doesn't care that it's yours.<br />As long as he gets it....<br /><br />R we clear?<br /><br />Some people...they just...<br />I don't know how to describe this, this kind of thinking. Some people could get really twisted. There were some others that thought these<span style="font-size:180%;color:#ff6600;"><strong> Palestinians, why they wouldn' give up, why they keep on fighting is because, they like to recieve all these medications, all these free donations and what not.<br /></strong></span>OH MY GOD!!!<br />How could you just say that?!??!<br />There they are, fighting to their last blood, for the sake of upholding Islam, our mosque, Al-Aqsa that is being destroyed,our beloved land that is being mentioned in the Quran, our people, our muslims brothers and sisters,and you, you just sit there, like you know everything, and keep on assuming this and that...and<br /><br />Go and throw a rock at yourself and feel the pain! Go and take a knife and bleed! Go and run over to some military guy and ask him to shoot you in the face.<br />Coz those children at Gaza, that is what they#re facing.<br />Everyday..<br />Risking their life, their education.<br />Risking everything....<br />And we are just...<br />If Salahuddin Al-Ayyubi see all of these...<br />If Rasulalllah see how much we didnt care today...<br /><br />No, no.<br />This is not just for Mr. Writer.<br />This is not just for that man who accused Palestinian of being greedy donation recievers.<br />This is for us all.<br />For me.<br />For you.<br /><br />When was the last time, we sit down and think about them.<br />The Palestinians.<br />When was the last time, we cried for them?<br />We keep on saying, day by day, that it isn't fair. The Palestinians doesn't deserve all this.<br /><br />But did we do anything.<br /><br /><span style="color:#339999;"><strong><em>WHAT COULD WE DO? WE'RE NOTHING! WHO WOULD LISTEN TO US? </em></strong></span><br /><br />Yeah...<br />We keep on giving excuses. We're nothing. So lets shut up.<br /><br />If, that man who was shot at his face, was stamped by fourteen foot , was kicked by sixteen legs, was tortured on and on--<br /><span style="color:#ffcc33;"><span style="color:#cc0000;">If, that man was your father.</span><br /></span>Maybe you wouldn't shut up.<br /><br />So, what are we waiting for? Our fathers? N then only do we scream and cry. When Allah had given us soo much, but we kept giving excuses.<br /><br />If you can jam thousands of word about your favourite celebrity and chat with your friends about The Twilight Saga, what's so hard about spreading the love for Palestine.<br /><strong><em><span style="color:#ff0000;">What? That you're afraid that all your friend would just go away and leave you all alone.</span></em></strong><br />....<br />N you wanted them free? N you had the dream? Well, did you really?<br /><br />Don't ever, ever, hope, or dream that Muslims will unite and get the land back, when u yourself, lie there, doing nothing..<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">The Palestinians don't terrorize in their own land</span>.<br />The Israelis shouldn't have been there. At all. They shouldn't have taken everyone's right. They shouldn't have <span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;">killed the men, rape the mothers, torture the children. </span><br /><span style="font-size:180%;color:#006600;"></span><br />That should have been made cut and clear.<br />IT WAS CUT AND CLEAR<br />But, why are there still people asking stupid questions, having stupid assumptions?<br />Media. <span style="font-size:180%;">You hated media</span>.<br />And you, having internet at your finger...<strong><em>aren't you media, yourself?</em></strong><br />Go,<br />Spread the love. What excuse do u have now? Or are you afraid of your own shadow?<br />Or is it that you're not ready.<br />Then, until when?<br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;font-size:180%;color:#993399;">When will we ever get that land back?</span><br /><br />by: <span style="font-size:180%;"><span style="color:#993399;">Faith</span><span style="color:#ff99ff;">Hana </span></span><br /><br /><em>If you get to change one mind today, maybe you've given so much change to a whole generation, without you realizing it.<br /> </em><br /><em>Another question of the day:</em><br /><em>Why can't I cry like I used to?</em>twoWARRIORShttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17520538064875891470noreply@blogger.com0