Politicians vs. Imprisonment

I used to think that politicians possess wealth, authority and fame. However, a great politician who has aspirations to improve the society and make a better world, usually need to suffer lots of hardship before achieving a sanguine of success. Imprisonment is one of the common risk need to be faced by politicians when opposing against a higher authority. This is because it is not easy to change a system or tradition which has been practiced for a long time, nor the beliefs and thinking of the people.

Nelson Mandela

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the leader of the of the African National Congress's armed wing Umkhonto we Sizwe, is the most prominant black leader in south Africa and has become the significant figure of resistance of the anti-apartheid movement. Over four decades, he has received more than 100 awards, most notably the Nobel Prize of Peace. However, the story behind these glorious success is poignant and bitter. During his struggle in setting Africa free from apartheid, the South Africans court convicted him on charges of sabotage and other charges that were tantamount to treason. Thus, Nelson Mandela served 27 years in prison in accordance of his conviction, which 18 years were spent in Robben Island. It was his statement from the dock, has won him international attention and his reputation grew steadily during his period of imprisonment.

"During my lifetime I have dedicated myself to the struggle of the African people. I have fought against white domination, and I have fought against black domination. I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society in which all persons live together in harmony and with equal opportunities. It is an ideal which I hope to live for and to achieve. But if needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die."

Lim Guang Eng

The same thing did happen in Malaysia too. Lim Guang Eng, currently the Chief Minister of Penang, was arrested by Malaysian police in 1994 for criticising the government's handling of allegation of statutory rape of one of his constituents by former Chief Minister of Malacca. As a result, the Attorney General charged Lim Guang Eng under Section 4 (1) (b) of the Sedition Act 1948 for causing disaffection with the judicature in Malaysia. He was also charged under the Printing Presses and Publication Act (PPPA) because he printed a pamphlet containing allegedly "false information". He described the alleged rape victim as an "imprisoned victim" for she was detained by Malaysian police for 10 days without her parents' consent. In the end, he was sentenced to 18 months imprisonment in August 1998 but was released 12 months later, due to good behaviour. He also quoted this during the judicial process:

"If I fail and have to go to jail, I have no regrets. I have no regrets of going down fighting for the principles of truth and justice. And pursuit of human rights, especially women's rights. There can be no women's rights if women rape victims are considered equally responsible, and even detained, whilst the accused remain free."

Well, it is not easy to fight for human's rights and welfare in politics, but they have faith in themselves and their dreams, thus they are very successful politicians now. We must emulate their resoluteness and never succumb to any failure easily in our life.

^0^ Intenet Slang ~

Brb, bbl, cu, cya, gg, gtg, g'nite, sup, ttyl , afk ….

Are you familiar with these words?
Internet slang is also known as Internet language, Internet Short-hand, netspeak, or chatspeak.This is slang that Internet users have popularized and, in many cases, coined.

Why they use this?
To save keystrokes. Many people use the same abbreviations in text messages, instant messaging, and social networking sites.

In simple words, is to save time typing words and ….CHAT MORE! ( LOL~~XD )

Origins of internet slang….
In 1975, Raphael Finke at Stanford compiled a collection, the Jargon File, of hacker slang from technical cultures such as the MIT AI Lab, the Stanford AI Lab (SAIL), and others of the old ARPANET AI/LISP/PDP-10 communities. Two items on this list in current use as internet slang are "flame" and "loser". By 1990 the Jargon File had been enriched with examples of shorthand used in talk mode between two terminals as well as some slang expressions in use on Usenet and new commercial networks like Compuserve .
A Computerworld article discussing the origin of some current web slang terms cites a still-online Fidonet article from 1989, which displays emoticons in addition to all-caps shortcuts like "LOL" and "BRB" and also "TYT".

~Common internet slang~
brb: Be right back
bbl: be back later
cu: See you
cya: See ya( USA )
gg: good game
gtg: got to go
g'nite/ nite: goodnight
sup: What’s up
ttyl: talk to you later
afk: Away From Keyboard
asap: As soon as possible
atm: at the moment
bf: boyfriend
brt: be right there
bs: Bullshit
btw: By the way
dunno: don't know
fyi: For Your Information
gf: girlfriend
gg: good game
gj: good job!
gl: goodluck!
l33t: elite
5P34k: speak
n080DY: nobody
me$$4gEb04rD: messageboard



(more internet slang on :
http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Internet_slang)


10q~CU & HAND!
[Thank you ~ See you and have a nice day!]
^_~

Hear ye! Hear ye!

Attention to all UPMKB student, please each one of you wear the mask to prevent the virus Influenza A H1N1..

opps sorry wrong picture!

very pretty mask

see even the pig wearing the mask.. :)

Satellite Communication

A communication satellite (sometimes abbreviated to SATCOM) is an artificial satellite stationed in space for the purpose of telecommunications. For fixed (point-to-point) services, communications provide a microwave radio relay technology complementary to that of submarine communications cables. They are also used for mobile applications such as communications to transfer the information to the ships, vehicles, planes, and for TV and radio broadcasting, for which application of other technologies, such as cable.



Telephony

The first and historically most important application for communication satellites was in intercontinental long distance telephony in other word it is also known as telephone. The fixed Public Switched Telephone Network relays telephone calls from land line telephones to an earth station, where they are then transmitted to a geostationary satelitte. Improvements in submarines communications cables, through the use of fiber-optics, caused soem declined in the use of stellites for fixed telephony in the late 20th century. There are also regions of some continents and countries where landline telecommunications are rare to nonexistent, for example large regions of South America, Africa,China, Russia and Australia. Satellite communications also provided connection to the edges of Antartica and Greenland.

Satellite Television

Television became the main market and one of the most important media in our life, its demand for simultaneous delivery of relatively few signals of large bandwidth to many receivers being a more precise match for the capabilities of geosynchonous comsats.Two satelite types are used for North American television and radio: Direct Broadcast satellite (DBS), and Fixed Service Satellite (FSS).




Direct Broadcast Satellite

A direct broadcast satellite is a communication satellite that transmits to small DBS satelliet dishes (usually 18 to 24 inshes or 45 to 60 cm in diameter). Direct broadcast satellites generally operate in the upper portion of the microwave Ku band. DBS is used for DTH-oriented ( Direct-To-Home) satelliet TV services, such as DirectTV and DISHNetwork in the United States, Bell TV and Shaw Direct. FSS satelitte technology was also originally used for DTH satellite TV from the late 1970s to the early 1990s in the United States in the form of TVRO ( Television Receive Only) receivers and dishes. It was also used in its Ku band form for the now- defunct Primestar satellite TV services.

~*~ Harajuku ~*~

'Harajuku style' is a street fashion at Harajuku,Japan.At the end of World War 2, U.S. soldiers and their families began to occupy the area known as Harajuku.The young generation in this area were then affected by the 'Hip -Hop',which was the earliest of the 'Harajuku tribe'.This area was quickly occupied by fashion designers, models, and photographers, further developed, and the idea of “Harajuku” slowly began to take a more concrete shape which become a distinct culture and style unique from different groups and the area. From this distinct style grew the culture of Harajuku as a gathering ground for youths and as a fashion mecca.

The term 'Harajuku Girls' has been used by English-language media to describe teenagers dressed in any fashion style who are in the area of Harajuku.This fashion infuses multiple looks and styles to create a unique form of dress.They dressed in many fashion styles ranging from Gothic Lolita (or gothic loli) ,Visual Kei, Ganguro, Gyaru,Kogal to Kawaii style clothing.Young adults in Harajuku may also dress as anime or manga characters (known as cosplay).




>>Gothic Lolita
Gothic Lolita or GothLoli is a youth fashion among Japanese teenagers and young women.
Gothic Lolita clothes have a sometimes very dark look or sometimes very kawaii (cute) look.
It has the style of 'princess'...










>>Kawaii

Kawaii, which means "cute" or "pretty. They wear like children or cute clothes.Normally is pink in colour~









>>Visual Kei




Visual Kei refers to a movement among Japanese rock (jrock) musicians and is characterized by the use of elaborate costumes, eccentric, looks and hairstyles. The Visual Kei usually involves striking make-up.Eg:eighties goth rock, heavy metal , punk or combo of the three.



>>Ganguro & Kogal




Ganguro style consists of a deep tan combined with dyed hair (bleached gray, silver or various shades of orange). Ganguro girls also wear white lipstick and eye shadow. And black ink is often used as an eyeliner along with false eyelashes and facial gems (plastic) and pearl powder. They wear brightly coloured clothes including miniskirts, tie-dyed sarongs, lots or rings, necklaces and bracelets.


Kogal girls are know for prominently "showing off" their disposable income through the fashions they wear, their taste in music and their social activity in general. Kogal girls sport designer accessories such as louis vuitton handbags and are often the first consumers of japanese mobile phones.





>>Cosplay


Cosplay is an abbreviation of Costume Play. A Japanese subculture based on dressing up like characters from manga, anime,and video games!

Demographic - Income and Expenditure of Staff of Local Authorities in Johor

OBJECTIVE:

• to study the income level and expenditure pattern of the support staff in the public sector
• to determine if the main income of the staff in the local authorities is adequate for them to meet their household needs

From the table above, we can see that majority of the respondents is staff grade 1-16 (963 people) . Most of them are between age 40 to 49 (500 people) and have already married (1231 people). Malay people is the largest ethnic group among the staff of local authorities in Johor (1455), while Chinese and other ethnic groups only consist of 19 people.

For staff grade 1 -16, majority of the male staff earn less than RM1500 (33%), while majority of the female earn between RM3000 and RM3999 (32%). Most of the male staff between grade 17 to 40 either earn between RM2000 and RM2999 (27%) or RM4000 (27%) above while female staff mostly earn RM4000 above (33%). On the other hand, both male (61%) and female (65%) staff worker grade 41 above mostly earn RM4000 above.

Based on this graph, we can know that for staff grade 1 - 16, the household items they can own are lesser because they have lesser income. For staff grade 41 above, they own the most household items as they have higher income. The least household item own among all staff is the subscription to Internet while the most common household item own among them are refrigerator and television. One special case is that the staff grade 1 - 16 own more motorcycles compared to other workers above staff grade 17.

FACTORS:　

1. the increase of bus tickets (starting from 1st August) and taxi fares, causing the expenditure on food and transportation to rise.
2. serious inflation; the monthly income of the staff is not enough to cover the amount they spend on daily needs although their income has been increased.

* This phenomena affects the general workers staff grade 1 - 16 because they have lower income (less than RM1500) .

PREDICTIONS:
Life will be more difficult for the staff in local authorities in Johor because their daily expenditure will continue to increase. Staff grade 1 - 16 will be affected the most as they have lower income. Below are some facts to substantiate our opinion:

1. world economy growth is still not stable after the economic crisis earlier in 2009; this will bring negative influence to Malaysia economy and society.
   
2. Oil price fluctuates as the conflict between the Middle East countries and Western countries still continues.
   
3. Electricity bill may increase in the future since the proposal of increasing electricity bills has been brought to Parliament to be debated.
   

CONCLUSIONS:
Malaysia government must put in more effort to improve local economy so as to upgrade the welfare of staff workers in public sectors. One of the avenue we suggested is to collaborate with ASEAN countries and OIC members to increase the value of Ringgit Malaysia.

Cowboys Of The East

Bajau, is the second largest ethnic group in Sabah. They live primarily in Kota Belud, Kawang, Papar, Tuaran, Banggi, and Putatan areas. Kota Belud is the cultural heartland of the west coast Bajau. Therefore, the Kota Belud Bajau horseman is also call Cowboys Of The East.

One of the traditional food of the Bajau is Kima. Kima is a species of cockles that Bajau people usually eat raw after being sliced into smaller pieces and added with lime water and other spices according to the favour of the person. It can also be dried under the sun before being cooked with vegetables.

Kima

Pieces of kima

Types of kima

Besides, Bajaus also eat sagol, a type of traditional food made from puffer fish and stingray meat. The meat is minced and added with tumeric before being served. To make the sagol tastes better, liver oil from puffer fish or stingray is used instead of using palm oil.

Sagol

Bajau's traditional dance is known as 'Tarian Daling-Daling'. This dance was preserved by the bajau in Philipine. This action, that prevent the culture of Bajau from being extinct, has encouraged Bajau in Sabah (Malaysia) to bring up and develop the arts of 'Tarian Daling-Daling' especially among the younger generations.
The word 'Daling-Daling' in Bajau means movement of the whole body according to the beat or tempo. This dance used to be an entertaiment in wedding ceremony. A singer will recite poem during the dance. Musical instrument that use in this dance is called 'Gabang'.
Research found that 'Tarian Daling-Daling' becomes more lively and entertaining when it was danced by a pair of couple or in 'Magbono' situation.







Bajaus used to practice animism in nature traditionally; a variety of spiritual beings interact with humans beings both positively and negatively. For instance, people are discouraged from being going out on bare foot alone at night owing to the presence of spirit of the death, or ghoulish creatures that seek to eat babies or the flesh of recently deceased people.

However, most Bajaus have subscribed to both traditional and islamic beliefs in this contemporary, like practicing some of some of the islamic customs like performing alms, fasting during the month of the Ramadhan, performing daily prayers and prayers associated with special days or events in Islamic calender. Minor of Bajaus even have converted to Christianity.

A Bajau wedding is different with the Malay Wedding that epitomizes the notion of 'Raja Sehari'. A buffet is held beneath a tent where the guests can enjoying their food while waiting for the groom. There will be a group of teenagers playing 'sepak manggis' nearby. It is similar to sepak takraw but without net.

Beautiful mats and cloths line the wall insides while the copper trays fill the shelves. The bride for this Bajau wedding will prepared herself here. She will be wearing in a copper headgear, a traditional Bajau blouse with sleeves 3 inches longer than the tip of her fingers and a long skirt draped with Bajau motif.

Sounds of gongs, big and small, herald the arrival of the groom of the Bajau wedding. It is easy to identify the groom. He will be wearing a bright yellow upper garment and a headdress. He has to appear on a horseback because Bajaus of Kota Belud is famous as ' Cowboys Of The East '. An escort holds a parasol over his head. He will ride through a path leading to his bride's house decorated with colourful pennons and he has to stop in front of a huge pennon at the front door. Of course, Members of the bride's household flock out to grant him permission to enter.

As the groom in a Bajau wedding, groom is not allowed to walk. two escort strech out their arms to carry him. at the balcony, a performance of malay martial art and Bajau traditional dance welcome him. The escort deposit groom on a special mat where the kadi greets him and proceeded to carry out the solemnization. After the poem is recited, the dividing curtain behind groom is pulled apart to reveal his bride sitting in a dais.
Groom will take out a handkerchief, waves it three times around his bride's head before leaving it on her lap. Next, he places his thumb on his palate and with it, he touches the bride's forehead to signify 'till death do us apart'. As the couple sit side by side on the dais, Bajau singers dancers entertain those present, serenade by a band of musicians at the balcony.

When the marriage ceremony is over, the couple greet their new-in-laws and relatives. The family's meal are served individually on trays covered with lids. There days later, the newlyweds go to the groom's house to stay there for a day. Then they to the bride's home to receive gifts in forms of kitchen utensils such as glasses, plates and bowls. This symbolizes blessing from their parents to build happy family.

The wedding ceremony

Traditional dance custome