Free Yet Ignored.
1. Selamat Ari Gawai.Anyway, have a quality time with family and friends. Jimat-Jimat driving nuju menua. Nti mabuk anang ngiga ulah. Nti ngabang, nemu mah mai diri.
2. I've been thinking a lot why do we tend to ignore something free and getting thing illegitimately. I mean software. How do we feel if someone steal our car, break into our home or steal fruit form our farm? I think Bro. Bill has that bad feeling as well as Microsoft Inc is facing a great challenge with "Software Piracy". I think he want to be the world's richest but could not overcome Telco man, Carlos Slim. Why? because people get Microsoft software for cheap from pirates.
3. Open Source Initiative was a great idea on how to reduce software piracy and at the same time keeps Bro. Bill on second place of world's billionaire. That's another story. In, fact Microsoft had a bad time with Open Source Software. Somehow, due to their innovation and marketing strategy Microsoft is still world's best software company. The American, have adopt open source to their country to reduce their reliance on Microsoft software since 1983. This innovation has reduce the piracy problem in the US and at the same time protect Microsoft from loosing money to the pirate.
4. I think that government should introduce open source software to every department. The government can safe a lot of money because open source software is FREE. The corporate sectors should start now or pay more for software. I am wonder why Ta Aan group said that Sarawak is not ready for minimum wages. Because of operation cost la..or that want to keep a lot of money for the Board of Directors? I believe that ts is the time for the corporations to invest on human capital and innovation. Get free software and used them and pay the employee a good salary. Win-win situation.
5. I've present my proposal to Borneo Post today on the Open Source Software and they were quite impress with that. I don't know if my proposal are accepted and approve for the project but I hope that they will look into it thoroughly and think of it. Our government always talk about innovation. Last Teachers day theme's was "Innovative teacher projects national education transformation" and Najib keep on talking about transformation and innovation. I could not understand what does he mean with those? How much is the cost of Transformation? Can Malaysia be an innovative nation with the GTP (Government transformation Program) and ETP (Economic Transformation Program). Can we achieve high income country in 2020 with less brain and innovation? Where are the talented Malaysian professionals work? In the country or oversea? How many oversea graduate return home to work? How many Malaysian migrated overseas? Najib has to mobilize his government to be decent and think out of the box. I think political party is not the answer to the good governance and prosperous country. The economic power is the must do to fight crimes, corruption and power-abuse.
What am I talking about now? Let get back to the real topic.
6. The cost of technology is rising up tremendously and it is proven that IT business is the second largest and even 2 of them are in top 10 list (Oracle and Microsoft). They benefited a lot. A friend of mine said that the best prospect business are Telecommunications, Technology and MLM.
7. Some might ask; why Oracle gave free software and not Microsoft? The answer is Microsoft pay a lot of money to develop software but open source software are develop by internet community and Oracle gives it for free. Yet, Oracle give free software to the public and allow public to distribute those software. Are those open source software reliable? Yes! Of course. Air Asia uses Tomcat for their Web Server and they are the whorls' fastest growing air carrier. Some more, LOW-COST. Air Asia help the travelers save their money by adopting full innovation in their organization. Have MAS ever thinks out of the box like Mr. Fernandes? No. that's why MAS keep on losing revenue and always rely on government to bail them.
8. We cannot deny that one day we have to pay more for information technology if the refuse to seek alternative and invest on innovation. I believe that western countries have more ethic value in term of software piracy because they are innovative enough. In here, we do not border much because we are not the producer of those software and it doesn't affect us at all. Somehow, ignorance will lead us into offences and crimes because we are lazy to think out of the box.
Wednesday, May 30, 2012
Friday, May 4, 2012
Jihad dan Haram
Article published in Bahasa Malaysia Only
1. Semasa Kesatuan Soviet menawan Afghanistan pada December 24, 1979 – February 15, 1989, perjuangan Mujahidin menentang Kesatuan Soviet itu dianggap Jihad. Jidadnya juga dibantu oleh Amerika Syarikat kerana pada era tersebut, sedang berlakunya Perang Dingin (Cold War). Filem perang Afghanistan dan Soviet ada pada Rambo III yang dibintangi oleh Sylvester Stallone.
2. Hasilnya, kita melihat Mujahidin ini sebagai pejuang suci yang mati syahid demi kesucian agama Islam. Namun begitu, oleh kerana dasar Barat yang tidak disenangi oleh dunia Islam, maka Mujahidin ini telah beroperasi sebagai rangkaian pengganas seperti Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Abu Sayyaf dan banyak lagi. Kali ini Jihadnya adalah untuk menentang Barat dan tujuannya bukan lagi demi kesucian Islam tetapi dendam dan kebencian terhadap Amerika dan Yahudi. Sebab itu semua negara Islam, termasuklah OIC berasa selesa dengan apa yang berlaku di Syria kerana perjuangan menentang kerajaan yang korup itu bukan agenda Islam.
3. Minggu lepas, perarakan Bersih bertukar ganas dan media membuat laporan-laporan yang "mengairahkan' tantang peserta demonstrasi, Anuar Ibrahim, Ambiga dan pakatan pembangkang. Tidak kurang juga pandangan-pandangan dan dakyah-dakyah ahli ugama dan mufti-mufti negeri diselitkan dalam berita perdana untuk mengharamkan perarakan Bersih 3.0.
4. Saya kurang faham dan keliru kerana menurut ulama BN, perarakan Bersih 3.0 adalah haram di sisi agama Islam. Saya ingatkan minum arak dan berfoya-foya saja haram, tetapi menegur kerajaan yang haram pun dikira haram oleh Islam. Patutlah...dato menteri yang makan rasuah itu halal kah? Bagaimana dengan kerajaan yang menolak suara rakyat? Halal juga? Baru saya faham kenapa perarakan bersih 3.0 itu haram di sisi agama Islam; Anuar Ibrahim suka pergi hotel buat seks, Ambiga lesbian, Azmin suka main isteri orang dan Lim Kit Siang makan babi. Haramlah semuanya itu. Perjuangannya untuk rakyat juga adalah haram kerana mereka berkelakuan haram.
5. Jihad menentang kerajaan yang haram itu harus dipersetujui oleh ulama dan cendikiawan. Dato yang bayar perempuan 1.5 juta harus disingkirkan dari parti kerana perbuatannya tidak mencerminkan kesucian agamanya dan perjuangan politiknya. Maafkan saya. Dalam parti UMNO semua bolah jalan. Rasuah..Ok. Main luar?..Ok. Sebab itu UMNO suka mengutuk PAS kerana PAS lurus bendul akan agamanya sedangkan flexibiliy Islam harus wujud walaupun secara akidahnya "Flexibility" tersebut ternyata haram sama sekali.
6. Makanya, Jihad menentang kerajaan yang haram bukanlah haram. Apa yang haram adalah menipu rakyat., memutarbelitkan minda rakyat, menyorok dan menyogok dan sebagainya. Jihad untuk menyelamatkan negara daripada kerugian besar juga haram kerana yang melakukan korupsi akan ditangkap and tembelang kerajaan juga akan pecah. Seperti usahasama MAS-AirAsia. Apa sahaja teguran dan tindakan rakyat untuk menyelamatkan negara dari kemusnahan juga haram dan apa yang UMNO-BN sadang lakukan adalah Jihad dan suci.
1. Semasa Kesatuan Soviet menawan Afghanistan pada December 24, 1979 – February 15, 1989, perjuangan Mujahidin menentang Kesatuan Soviet itu dianggap Jihad. Jidadnya juga dibantu oleh Amerika Syarikat kerana pada era tersebut, sedang berlakunya Perang Dingin (Cold War). Filem perang Afghanistan dan Soviet ada pada Rambo III yang dibintangi oleh Sylvester Stallone.
2. Hasilnya, kita melihat Mujahidin ini sebagai pejuang suci yang mati syahid demi kesucian agama Islam. Namun begitu, oleh kerana dasar Barat yang tidak disenangi oleh dunia Islam, maka Mujahidin ini telah beroperasi sebagai rangkaian pengganas seperti Al-Qaeda, Boko Haram, Abu Sayyaf dan banyak lagi. Kali ini Jihadnya adalah untuk menentang Barat dan tujuannya bukan lagi demi kesucian Islam tetapi dendam dan kebencian terhadap Amerika dan Yahudi. Sebab itu semua negara Islam, termasuklah OIC berasa selesa dengan apa yang berlaku di Syria kerana perjuangan menentang kerajaan yang korup itu bukan agenda Islam.
3. Minggu lepas, perarakan Bersih bertukar ganas dan media membuat laporan-laporan yang "mengairahkan' tantang peserta demonstrasi, Anuar Ibrahim, Ambiga dan pakatan pembangkang. Tidak kurang juga pandangan-pandangan dan dakyah-dakyah ahli ugama dan mufti-mufti negeri diselitkan dalam berita perdana untuk mengharamkan perarakan Bersih 3.0.
4. Saya kurang faham dan keliru kerana menurut ulama BN, perarakan Bersih 3.0 adalah haram di sisi agama Islam. Saya ingatkan minum arak dan berfoya-foya saja haram, tetapi menegur kerajaan yang haram pun dikira haram oleh Islam. Patutlah...dato menteri yang makan rasuah itu halal kah? Bagaimana dengan kerajaan yang menolak suara rakyat? Halal juga? Baru saya faham kenapa perarakan bersih 3.0 itu haram di sisi agama Islam; Anuar Ibrahim suka pergi hotel buat seks, Ambiga lesbian, Azmin suka main isteri orang dan Lim Kit Siang makan babi. Haramlah semuanya itu. Perjuangannya untuk rakyat juga adalah haram kerana mereka berkelakuan haram.
5. Jihad menentang kerajaan yang haram itu harus dipersetujui oleh ulama dan cendikiawan. Dato yang bayar perempuan 1.5 juta harus disingkirkan dari parti kerana perbuatannya tidak mencerminkan kesucian agamanya dan perjuangan politiknya. Maafkan saya. Dalam parti UMNO semua bolah jalan. Rasuah..Ok. Main luar?..Ok. Sebab itu UMNO suka mengutuk PAS kerana PAS lurus bendul akan agamanya sedangkan flexibiliy Islam harus wujud walaupun secara akidahnya "Flexibility" tersebut ternyata haram sama sekali.
6. Makanya, Jihad menentang kerajaan yang haram bukanlah haram. Apa yang haram adalah menipu rakyat., memutarbelitkan minda rakyat, menyorok dan menyogok dan sebagainya. Jihad untuk menyelamatkan negara daripada kerugian besar juga haram kerana yang melakukan korupsi akan ditangkap and tembelang kerajaan juga akan pecah. Seperti usahasama MAS-AirAsia. Apa sahaja teguran dan tindakan rakyat untuk menyelamatkan negara dari kemusnahan juga haram dan apa yang UMNO-BN sadang lakukan adalah Jihad dan suci.
Friday, March 23, 2012
Fear
Hiding in Silence!!
1. When I was a young boy, I fear of big man, dog and deep water. I will hide and keep quiet if there some big man across. I would divert my pathway if there is a dog in front. I would take shower at home rather than following my friend to go to waterfall and swim.
2. When I become older and older, I am no more fear of those three major fears in my life. I start to be good with dogs, dive into 30ft deep water. I am no more scare of big fat man (Goliath).It has gone with time and my age.
3. Many of the Bidayuh fear of many things. Some fear of bad spirit and still practice polytheistic, paganism and other superstitious. Long time ago, the whole village will curfew during "head hunter season" and children are accompany by their parent on the way to boarding school. We used to fear of owl because it brings bad sign to the village.
4. In this new era with strong religion belief and practices, the Bidayuh are free from all those fears. There is no more head hunting in the village. The owl is just a night bird and not to scare of.
5. Nevertheless, there are great fear that the Bidayuh could not fight. They rather silent themselves to keep save. They fear of marginalization, suppression and negation.
6. The second class fear of daily survival challenge; merely forget the main purpose for the next generation. Less could work hard and safe money for their children education; at least to the local university. They prefer ignore and escape from the greatest burden for whole life change. Education is the only answer of poverty, marginalization, ignorance and deprivation. Some have lost hope and motivation and only provide a moderate education; until SPM or STPM.
7. The youngsters blind themselves from brighter future. They are dis-motivated, lazy and some are rebellious. In every village, there a pack of youngsters sitting on motorbike at the roadside. Some enjoining themselves with a bottle of "langkau" (rice liqueur) and get back home for long sleep until the afternoon. By the time their parent are working hard at the paddy fields, construction sites and estates, they are still sleeping and waiting for unprepared lunch at home. Some hanging on the "holo" table hoping for victory to buy a bottle of liqueur and cigarette. They rather hide form the real world and be the same typical kampung boy.
8. The elites, survive by their current position in politic, business and social relationship. They are live by abundant and comfortable living. Some are politicians, business person and professionals. The greatest politicians are those who could secure themselves in the greatest political party. They are untouchable, powerful and rich. Certain time, they look back at the village and observe those who toil until the last drop of sweat. The the election time comes, the politicians will give more paddy fertilizer hoping that the paddy production will increase.
9. The Bidayuh have never been teach to an entrepreneur. There is no imitative provided for the Bidayuh to be an entrepreneur. If there are; they are grass-cutter, cleaner and small construction work.
10. The association is now close its membership to the typical Bidayuh. They only interested in elite group who could donate more money and could afford for the annual fee. It seems the association has stop giving study aid to poor students. The new building has completed but empty. The Bidayuh could not pack the meeting hall because someone might ask for study aid and the association will close down due to lack of fund. To make it survive, the association is kept among the elites to perverse the interest of its members and reputation.
1. When I was a young boy, I fear of big man, dog and deep water. I will hide and keep quiet if there some big man across. I would divert my pathway if there is a dog in front. I would take shower at home rather than following my friend to go to waterfall and swim.
2. When I become older and older, I am no more fear of those three major fears in my life. I start to be good with dogs, dive into 30ft deep water. I am no more scare of big fat man (Goliath).It has gone with time and my age.
3. Many of the Bidayuh fear of many things. Some fear of bad spirit and still practice polytheistic, paganism and other superstitious. Long time ago, the whole village will curfew during "head hunter season" and children are accompany by their parent on the way to boarding school. We used to fear of owl because it brings bad sign to the village.
4. In this new era with strong religion belief and practices, the Bidayuh are free from all those fears. There is no more head hunting in the village. The owl is just a night bird and not to scare of.
5. Nevertheless, there are great fear that the Bidayuh could not fight. They rather silent themselves to keep save. They fear of marginalization, suppression and negation.
6. The second class fear of daily survival challenge; merely forget the main purpose for the next generation. Less could work hard and safe money for their children education; at least to the local university. They prefer ignore and escape from the greatest burden for whole life change. Education is the only answer of poverty, marginalization, ignorance and deprivation. Some have lost hope and motivation and only provide a moderate education; until SPM or STPM.
7. The youngsters blind themselves from brighter future. They are dis-motivated, lazy and some are rebellious. In every village, there a pack of youngsters sitting on motorbike at the roadside. Some enjoining themselves with a bottle of "langkau" (rice liqueur) and get back home for long sleep until the afternoon. By the time their parent are working hard at the paddy fields, construction sites and estates, they are still sleeping and waiting for unprepared lunch at home. Some hanging on the "holo" table hoping for victory to buy a bottle of liqueur and cigarette. They rather hide form the real world and be the same typical kampung boy.
8. The elites, survive by their current position in politic, business and social relationship. They are live by abundant and comfortable living. Some are politicians, business person and professionals. The greatest politicians are those who could secure themselves in the greatest political party. They are untouchable, powerful and rich. Certain time, they look back at the village and observe those who toil until the last drop of sweat. The the election time comes, the politicians will give more paddy fertilizer hoping that the paddy production will increase.
9. The Bidayuh have never been teach to an entrepreneur. There is no imitative provided for the Bidayuh to be an entrepreneur. If there are; they are grass-cutter, cleaner and small construction work.
10. The association is now close its membership to the typical Bidayuh. They only interested in elite group who could donate more money and could afford for the annual fee. It seems the association has stop giving study aid to poor students. The new building has completed but empty. The Bidayuh could not pack the meeting hall because someone might ask for study aid and the association will close down due to lack of fund. To make it survive, the association is kept among the elites to perverse the interest of its members and reputation.
Wednesday, March 21, 2012
Borneo Highland Resorts
Golf courses on top, paddy fields below .
1. Borneo Highland Resort was developed in the 1995-1999 by Tan Sri Lee Kim Yew, friend of Tun Mahathir. The resort is located at 1°14’41.4”N 110°17617’28.39”E.
2. If you go up to the resorts, there are first class golf courses, flower gardens, massage parlous and beautiful houses and one of them belongs to Tun Mahathir.
3. I've worked in there in 1996 as a gardener during school holiday. I collected small stone from the golf courses and cutting grass. During that time, the wage was RM10.00 per day. I managed to get RM 60 for my 1 week holiday part-time. I stayed in a small lodging house;- a temporary shelter (pankeng). It was very cold at night and I used a thick blanket to sleep.
4. Now, the resort is well managed and receiving tourist everyday. I still have some friends who are working there as gardeners, general workers and "massager". Now they can get RM 25.00 per day and some are paid monthly wage with E.P.F and SOCSO contribution.
5. What make me curious about the resorts is that the mountain top was suddenly declared as state land and the state government sold it to Borneo Height Berhad. There is not compensation given to the surrounding villages which claimed that the resort is build on the NCR land. They are, Annah Rais, Tebia, Sadir and other villages who used to plant paddy at the mountain foot.
6. Nevertheless, there are some ugly picture below the beautiful resort. There are still hardcore poor living below. Along the Jalan Puncak Borneo, there are still bamboo houses which are not relevance with the development of the resort. The local people who works there are cheap labor who worked very hard to feed their families.
7. The mountain are surrounded by paddy fields. At the south-east they are belong to the Kalimantan aborigines and at the west side are belong to the local people. Whenever the tourist or visitors enjoying themselves on the land that they never know about its story, the people below are toiling hard everyday. Who cares on the story of the resort if you have money to spend on the resort?
8. I hope that the politicians could do something to compensate the NCR land and reimburse the local dwellers' lost form the resort. Otherwise, the resort will only keeping a hatred and dispute among the local who are affected by the government.
Monday, March 19, 2012
Rumah Dayak
It’s More Than an Abandoned House.
1. Rumah Dayak was located at Jalan Satok as a greatest symbol of Dayak unity long time ago.
2. Somehow, the old building was demolished and new construction started in 1997 hoping that the new building will brings hopes and inspirations to the united Dayak.
3. The construction works for the new Rumah Dayak could not complete due to critical issue with the building plan that is not approved by the local government. According to SNDU, Rumah Dayak project halted due to intervention by others which hindered the construction works.
4. As everybody is pointing fingers to each other (SNDU as Client with developer to be unknown) the project could not continue and the Rumah Dayak is still a bad image of engineering’s picture in the heart of Kuching town. There is no news on the Rumah Dayak fate as it seems to be the hardest mega construction after Bakun Hydroelectric Dam and KLCC towers. Maybe the soiled beneath is not stable or there is no solid and strong steel can erect every level of the building.
5. I could not understand why Rumah Dayak project could not complete. There are great engineers and architect that can build great buildings. There are financial institutions that can provide loan for the project. What is so hard to build Rumah Dayak?
6. This could be the problem with the Dayak themselves. They could not work as a community to look after their own problem. I think it is not about the engineering difficulties that make the project halted. And not because of building material for sure.
7. Unity among the Dayak is a taboo among themselves. They quiet don’t know what the best is for the community. They are scattered away by their own ego and stupidity. Everybody is looking for better ground to live and let the others survive the quicksand.
8. Dayak once united and exited by SNAP and PBDS but both dead immature. UMNO and BN scared by the Dayak spirit and let them scattered away and ruled by their associates. BN managed to tame the loincloths hero by offering them Levi’s Strauss jeans pants. Federal associate managed to starve the hero and take the shield and give him umbrella to protect him from enemy and not save him from starvation.
9. And so it happened to Rumah Dayak, as not even a Dayak YB could look into this matter as a shame to the Dayak and initiate something to restore the dignity that standing still in rust. That is the reality of the Dayak identity; a rusty rods. Every Dayak could not look at Rumah Dayak as their failure. As the blame game is still in a row, the Dayak have missed their opportunity to be the best in Sarawak through SNDU by completing the abandoned house.
10. We could not blame it on the politicians as Rumah Dayak is not their aspiration but inspiration for all. Dayak should be independent as they are the most clan in Sarawak. While the Foochows is building their Foochow Association in each district, Rumah Dayak is still dispute on who should complete the task. When the other are progressing, the Dayak is still waiting for miracle by drinking rice wine with grilled pighead.
11. A loincloth is still a loincloth as it is an identity. But we cannot use it in the office today because it is not proper in front of female workers. We still can use it at longhouse if we love it. If the Dayak could not afford for bricks and steel, let the Rumah Dayak be build with the Barkcloth, bamboo and hardwoods.
12. They should forget of beheading their friend’s head but make friend with the world and change. The Dayak must ashamed of their past and build the new hope for the community so that people know that the Dayak are not timid but wise, educated and independent community.
13. After all, what changed them is not their surrounding and nature but their effort to change the whole world. Some fallen and some hanging on the life line. They will never realize until they fall into the dark valley as some of them already did.
Rumah Dayak project: picture by Mysarawak.org
1. Rumah Dayak was located at Jalan Satok as a greatest symbol of Dayak unity long time ago.
2. Somehow, the old building was demolished and new construction started in 1997 hoping that the new building will brings hopes and inspirations to the united Dayak.
3. The construction works for the new Rumah Dayak could not complete due to critical issue with the building plan that is not approved by the local government. According to SNDU, Rumah Dayak project halted due to intervention by others which hindered the construction works.
4. As everybody is pointing fingers to each other (SNDU as Client with developer to be unknown) the project could not continue and the Rumah Dayak is still a bad image of engineering’s picture in the heart of Kuching town. There is no news on the Rumah Dayak fate as it seems to be the hardest mega construction after Bakun Hydroelectric Dam and KLCC towers. Maybe the soiled beneath is not stable or there is no solid and strong steel can erect every level of the building.
5. I could not understand why Rumah Dayak project could not complete. There are great engineers and architect that can build great buildings. There are financial institutions that can provide loan for the project. What is so hard to build Rumah Dayak?
6. This could be the problem with the Dayak themselves. They could not work as a community to look after their own problem. I think it is not about the engineering difficulties that make the project halted. And not because of building material for sure.
7. Unity among the Dayak is a taboo among themselves. They quiet don’t know what the best is for the community. They are scattered away by their own ego and stupidity. Everybody is looking for better ground to live and let the others survive the quicksand.
8. Dayak once united and exited by SNAP and PBDS but both dead immature. UMNO and BN scared by the Dayak spirit and let them scattered away and ruled by their associates. BN managed to tame the loincloths hero by offering them Levi’s Strauss jeans pants. Federal associate managed to starve the hero and take the shield and give him umbrella to protect him from enemy and not save him from starvation.
9. And so it happened to Rumah Dayak, as not even a Dayak YB could look into this matter as a shame to the Dayak and initiate something to restore the dignity that standing still in rust. That is the reality of the Dayak identity; a rusty rods. Every Dayak could not look at Rumah Dayak as their failure. As the blame game is still in a row, the Dayak have missed their opportunity to be the best in Sarawak through SNDU by completing the abandoned house.
10. We could not blame it on the politicians as Rumah Dayak is not their aspiration but inspiration for all. Dayak should be independent as they are the most clan in Sarawak. While the Foochows is building their Foochow Association in each district, Rumah Dayak is still dispute on who should complete the task. When the other are progressing, the Dayak is still waiting for miracle by drinking rice wine with grilled pighead.
11. A loincloth is still a loincloth as it is an identity. But we cannot use it in the office today because it is not proper in front of female workers. We still can use it at longhouse if we love it. If the Dayak could not afford for bricks and steel, let the Rumah Dayak be build with the Barkcloth, bamboo and hardwoods.
12. They should forget of beheading their friend’s head but make friend with the world and change. The Dayak must ashamed of their past and build the new hope for the community so that people know that the Dayak are not timid but wise, educated and independent community.
13. After all, what changed them is not their surrounding and nature but their effort to change the whole world. Some fallen and some hanging on the life line. They will never realize until they fall into the dark valley as some of them already did.
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