Tunku Besar Seri Menanti, Tunku Mukhriz Tuanku Munawir hari ini dimasyhurkan sebagai Yang Dipertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan yang ke-11 dalam upacara penuh istiadat di Balairung Seri, Istana Besar Seri Menanti di sini hari ini.
Baginda yang diputerakan pada 1945 merupakan satu-satunya putera kepada Yang Dipertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Munawir Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman (1960-1967).
Tunku Mukhriz merupakan calon Yang Dipertuan Besar bagi menggantikan ayahandanya selain Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar dan Tuanku Abdullah, namun baginda tidak dipilih atas alasan usia yang terlalu muda ketika itu iaitu 18 tahun.
Mufti Perak, Datuk Seri Harussani Zakaria dan tokoh ulama dari Syria, Prof. Dr. Wahbah Al-Zuhayli hari ini diumumkan sebagai tokoh Maal Hijrah 1430 Hijrah Peringkat Kebangsaan di Pusat Konvensyen Antarabangsa Putrajaya (PICC)
Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar disenangi rakyatYang di-Pertuan Besar Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Ja'afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman, mangkat di Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar Seremban (HTJS), di sini, kira-kira jam 11.45 pagi semalam kerana angin ahmar.
Setiausaha Kerajaan Negeri Sembilan, Datuk Norzam Mohd Nor, berkata Tuanku Ampuan Negeri Sembilan, Tuanku Najihah Tuanku Besar Burhanuddin dan anak baginda, Datuk Seri Tuanku Puteri Jawahir serta dua cucu berada di sisi baginda ketika mangkat.
Tuanku Ja'afar Tuanku Abdul Rahman begitu dekat di hati rakyat dan sudah tentu kemangkatan baginda begitu dirasai oleh segenap lapisan rakyat tanpa mengira kaum.
Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar, 86, yang memerintah negeri ini selama 41 tahun mangkat di Hospital Tuanku Ja'afar semalam selepas mengadu sakit kepala sebelum tidak sedarkan diri di Unit Rawatan Rapi (ICU) hospital berkenaan.
Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar menjadi Yang di-Pertuan Agong mulai 26 April 1994 hingga 25 April 1999.
Menu tauge untuk hidangan makan tengah hari mahupun makan malam sering kali dipandang sebelah mata oleh kebanyakan kita. Tauge dilihat sebagai hidangan yang langsung tidak menyelerakan.
Tapi tahukah anda, tauge yang kerap kali menjadi pilihan terakhir untuk dijadikan sayur ini sebenarnya mempunyai banyak khasiat. Tauge dikatakan mampu menyumbang kepada kesuburan lelaki dan wanita.Pengambilan tauge oleh kaum lelaki mampu membuatkan sperma yang dihasilkan oleh golongan ini makin baik. Begitu juga wanita, ia cukup berkesan membantu kesuburan telur yang dihasilkan.
Bagaimanapun, khasiat tauge tidak sekadar penyumbang kesuburan, ia juga terbukti melalui kajian mengandungi bahan yang dapat melumpuhkan bibit kanser, usus besar, pankreas dan juga penyakit leukimia.
Mengikut kajian yang dijalankan tauge sama ada dari jenis kacang hijau, alfalfa dan sebagainya mengandungi banyak unsur fitokimia ya berkhasiat. Salah satunya ialah kanavanin (canavanine), sejenis asid yang amino. Kanavanin, dukatakan mampu melumpuhkan bibit kanser leukimia, usus besar dan pankreas.
Selain itu, tauge juga mempunyai estrogen semulajadi berfungsi sama dengan estrogen sintesis. Estrogen dalam tauge dapat meningkatkan kepadatan dan susunan tulang, serta mencegah kerapuhan tulang (osteoporosis)
Pengambilan tauge oleh wanita secara kerap dapat membantu mereka menghindar mereka dari kanser payudara, gangguan menjelang menstruasi,simptom pra-menopaus, dan gangguan akibat menopaus.
Sewaktu kacang-kacang dicambahkan untuk dijadikan tauge secara umum kadar saponinya meningkat sehingga 450 peratus. Mereka yang berisiko penyakit strok dan serangan jantung, gara-gara kadar lemak darah yang tinggi dianjurkan lebih banyak mengambil tauge dalam menu harian mereka. Saponi dalam tauge, menghalau "lemak jahat" LDL, tanpa mengganggu kandungan lemak baik HDL.
Selain sarat DNA, tauge padat dengan antioksida kuat yang menghalang tubuh dari radikal bebas perosak sel DNA. Pelindungan ini menguatkan kesimpulan tauge merupakan sayuran yang membuat anda menjadi lebih muda.
Satu lagi khasiat tauge yang tidak kurang hebat adalah membantu membuang kotoran dalam usus besar kerana mengandungi banyak serat dan air. Inilah yang menjadi tunjang utama tauge dalam memerangi sel kanser.
Apabila kotoran segera meniggalkan usus besar, tiada lagi zat-zat racun dalam kotoran yang yang dapat diserap tubuh. Ia akan mencegah pengumpulan bahan beracun yang dapat merangsang berseminya benih kanser.
Selepas membaca kebaikan sayur tauge janganlah ragu-ragu lagi untuk mengambilnya
Persidangan Meja Bulat Pengajaran dan Pembelajaran Sains serta Matematik dalam bahasa Inggeris (PPSMI) yang berakhir di sini semalam, merumuskan tujuh pilihan untuk dipertimbangkan kerajaan dalam membuat keputusan mengenai masa depan PPSMI.
Antara 7 pilihan PPSMI;
Meneruskan PPSMI seperti sedia ada.
Menggunakan bahasa Melayu atau bahasa ibunda di peringkat sekolah rendah tetapi meneruskan PPSMI di sekolah menengah.
Memulakan PPSMI dari Tahun Empat hingga sekolah menengah.
Menggunakan bahasa Melayu atau bahasa ibunda di sekolah rendah dan digunakan sepenuhnya di sekolah menengah.
Penggunaan bahasa pengantar untuk Sains dan Matematik ditentukan oleh sekolah.
Penggunaan bahasa Melayu atau bahasa ibunda di Tahun Satu hingga Tiga, diikuti dwibahasa pada Tahun Empat hingga Enam dan penggunaan bahasa Inggeris sepenuhnya di sekolah menengah, dan
Memansuhkan mata pelajaran Sains di Tahun Satu hingga Tiga, tetapi mengajar ilmu Sains dalam mata pelajaran lain.
SEJAK beberapa tahun lalu, masyarakat semakin menyedari kewujudan penyakit Sistemik Lupus Eritematosus (SLE) atau lupus yang mampu melumpuhkan kehidupan pesakit dengan simptom-simptom berbahaya termasuk mengalami serangan apabila terdedah pada cahaya matahari.
Di Malaysia, terdapat hampir 12,000 penghidap SLE dengan 90 peratus merupakan wanita manakala 10 peratus lagi terdiri daripada lelaki dan kanak-kanak berusia antara 15 hingga 50 tahun.
Ia merupakan penyakit auto-imun kronik di mana sistem imunisasi tubuh mula menghasilkan antibodi yang menyerang bahagian tubuh yang sepatut dilindunginya.
Auto-antibodi berkenaan mengakibatkan keradangan sehingga merosakkan organ badan seperti sendi, kulit, buah pinggang, paru-paru, saluran darah dan otak.
Naib Presiden Persatuan SLE Malaysia (PSLEM), Dr. Yeap Swan Sim berkata, simptom yang melanda setiap pesakit berbeza-beza mengikut individu namun setiap satunya memerlukan kaedah rawatan, pengurusan dan sokongan moral sebagai perangsang.
"Buat masa ini, tidak ada ubat khusus untuk SLE malah sejak 40 tahun lalu, pakar saintis masih belum menemui kaedah rawatan terbaru untuk mengubatinya.
"Ubat-ubatan yang digunakan kini merupakan rawatan untuk penyakit lain namun ia dapat membantu menangani kesan sampingan akibat SLE,'' katanya.
Sebahagian ubat-ubatan yang digunakan untuk mengurangkan simptom SLE dan mengawal lebihan aktiviti sistem imunisasi boleh menimbulkan kesan sampingan mudarat manakala ubat yang baru pula memakan perbelanjaan lebih besar.
Ini kerana, pengambilan corticosteroid (prednisolone) dan immunosuppresant untuk jangka panjang boleh mengakibatkan komplikasi seperti darah tinggi, diabetes, katarak dan kerosakan anggota badan lain selain menopaus awal seterusnya kemandulan.
Pun begitu, kajian mendapati berlaku peningkatan pada taraf kehidupan pesakit SLE di mana 97 peratus pesakit berupaya memanjangkan kehidupan sehingga lima tahun manakala 80 peratus hingga 90 peratus lagi hingga 10 tahun.
"Penemuan itu berkait rapat dengan pilihan rawatan lebih baik berbanding dahulu yang boleh diperoleh oleh para penghidap SLE sekarang.
BAGHDAD – On an Iraq trip shrouded in secrecy and marred by dissent, President George W. Bush on Sunday hailed progress in the war that defines his presidency and got a size-10 reminder of his unpopularity when a man hurled two shoes at him during a news conference.
"This is a farewell kiss, you dog!" shouted the protester in Arabic, later identified as Muntadar al-Zeidi, a correspondent for Al-Baghdadia television, an Iraqi-owned station based in Cairo, Egypt.
Bush ducked both shoes as they whizzed past his head and landed with a thud against the wall behind him.
"It was a size 10," Bush joked later.
The U.S. president visited the Iraqi capital just 37 days before he hands the war off to his successor, Barack Obama, who has pledged to end it. The president wanted to highlight a drop in violence in a nation still riven by ethnic strife and to celebrate a recent U.S.-Iraq security agreement, which calls for U.S. troops to withdraw from Iraq by the end of 2011.
"The war is not over," Bush said, adding that "it is decisively on it's way to being won."
In many ways, the unannounced trip was a victory lap without a clear victory. Nearly 150,000 U.S. troops remain in Iraq fighting a war that is intensely disliked across the globe. More than 4,209 members of the U.S. military have died in the conflict, which has cost U.S. taxpayers $576 billion since it began five years and nine months ago.
Polls show most Americans believe the U.S. erred in invading Iraq in 2003. Bush ordered the nation into war against Saddam Hussein's Iraq while citing intelligence claiming the Mideast nation harbored weapons of mass destruction. The weapons were never found, the intelligence was discredited, Bush's credibility with U.S. voters plummeted and Saddam was captured and executed.
"There is still more work to be done," Bush said after his meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki.
It was at that point the journalist stood up and threw a shoe from about 20 feet away. Bush ducked, and it narrowly missed his head. The second shoe came quickly, and Bush ducked again while several Iraqis grabbed the man and dragged him to the floor.
In Iraqi culture, throwing shoes at someone is a sign of contempt. Iraqis whacked a statue of Saddam with their shoes after U.S. marines toppled it to the ground following the 2003 invasion.
White House press secretary Dana Perino suffered an eye injury in the news conference melee; NBC News reported she was hit in the face with a microphone. Bush brushed off the incident, comparing it to political protests at home.
"So what if a guy threw his shoe at me?" he said.
Al-Maliki, who spoke before the incident, praised postwar progress: "Today, Iraq is moving forward in every field."
After the news conference, the president took a 15-minute helicopter ride through dark skies over Baghdad to Camp Victory. Telling hundreds of troops he was "heading into retirement," Bush blamed Saddam for the 2003 invasion and said, "America is safer and more secure" than it was before the war.
For Bush, the war is the issue around which both he and the country defined his two terms in office. He saw the invasion and continuing fight as a necessary action to protect Americans and fight terrorism. Though his decision won support at first, the public now has largely decided that the U.S. needs to get out of Iraq.
Air Force One, the president's distinctive powder blue-and-white jetliner, landed at Baghdad International Airport in the afternoon local time after a secretive Saturday night departure from Washington. In a sign of security gains in this war zone, Bush received a formal arrival ceremony — a flourish absent in his three earlier trips.
Bush soon began a rapid-fire series of meetings with top Iraqi leaders.
He met first with Iraqi President Jalal Talabani and the country's two vice presidents, Tariq al-Hashemi and Adel Abdul-Mahdi, at the ornate, marble-floored Salam Palace along the shores of the Tigris River.
Later, Bush's motorcade pulled out the heavily fortified Green Zone and crossed over the Tigris so he could meet al-Maliki at the prime minister's palace. A huge orange moon hung low over the horizon as Bush's was ferried quickly through the city.
The two leaders signed ceremonial copy of the security agreement.
The Bush administration and even White House critics credit last year's military buildup with the security gains in Iraq. Last month, attacks fell to the lowest monthly level since the war began in 2003.
Still, it's unclear what will happen when the U.S. troops leave. While violence has slowed in Iraq, attacks continue, especially in the north. At least 55 people were killed Thursday in a suicide bombing in a restaurant near Kirkuk.
It was Bush's last trip to the war zone before Obama takes office Jan. 20. Obama won an election largely viewed as a referendum on Bush, who has endured low approval ratings because of the war and more recently, the U.S. recession.
Obama, a Democrat, has promised he will bring all U.S. combat troops back home from Iraq a little over a year into his term, as long as commanders agree a withdrawal would not endanger American personnel or Iraq's security. Obama has said the drawdown in Iraq would allow him to shift troops and bolster the U.S. presence in Afghanistan.
The new U.S.-Iraqi security pact, calls for all American troops to be withdrawn by the end of 2011, in two stages. The first stage begins next year, when U.S. troops pull back from Baghdad and other Iraqi cities by the end of June. Gen. Raymond Odierno, the top U.S. commander in Iraq, said Saturday that even after that summer deadline, some U.S. troops will remain in Iraqi cities.
Journalists and staff who made the 10 1/2-hour trip to Iraq with the president agreed to tell almost no one about the plans, and the White House released false schedules detailing activities planned for Bush in Washington on Sunday.
Dana untuk pelaburan jamin kelangsungan pendapatan apabila minyak habis: Najib
KUALA TERENGGANU: Datuk Seri Najib Razak berkata Kabinet secara prinsipnya sudah meluluskan cadangan penubuhan Lembaga Pelaburan Terengganu (TIA), dengan dana permulaan RM10 bilion untuk melabur di dalam dan luar negara.
Timbalan Perdana Menteri berkata, cadangan dana yang dizahirkan Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin itu menjamin kelangsungan pendapatan Terengganu terutama apabila minyak sudah habis.
Katanya, Kabinet akan memperhalusi lagi struktur pentadbiran dan perjalanan TIA bila kertas cadangan dana itu siap. "Pada prinsipnya, cadangan ini diluluskan jemaah menteri pada mesyuarat semalam (kelmarin)," katanya selepas majlis penyerahan bayaran royalti minyak separuh kedua 2008 di Stadium Negeri di sini semalam. Pada majlis itu, Najib yang juga Menteri Kewangan menyerahkan cek bayaran royalti minyak berjumlah RM408.6 juta kepada Menteri Besar Terengganu, Datuk Ahmad Said. Turut hadir, Menteri Perdagangan Antarabangsa dan Industri Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Menteri Pelajaran Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Menteri Kemajuan Luar Bandar dan Wilayah Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib, Menteri Penerangan Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek dan Ketua Wanita Umno Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz. Sementara itu, ketika berucap pada majlis jamuan rakyat di Masjid Tengku Intan Zaharah di sini, Najib berkata, penyerahan wang royalti minyak kepada Kerajaan Terengganu bakal menyaksikan pelbagai lagi pelaksanaan pembangunan dijalankan di negeri itu. Katanya, kerajaan negeri boleh menambah lagi pembangunan modal insan, fizikal dan aspek kerohanian di bawah kerajaan Barisan Nasional (BN). "Kerajaan Pusat mengembalikan hak rakyat Terengganu dengan menyerahkan wang royalti kepada kerajaan negeri sebanyak RM408.6 juta. "Dengan itu, Kerajaan Terengganu sudah cukup pitih (duit) untuk melaksanakan pelbagai pembangunan yang dirancang selama ini," katanya. Najib yang juga Menteri Kewangan berkata, Kabinet juga memutuskan pemberian wang ehsan akan dihentikan kerana Kerajaan Pusat menghormati perjanjian yang termaktub dengan Kerajaan Terengganu berhubung pembayaran royalti. Katanya, selepas ini pembayaran royalti yang akan dibuat setiap suku tahunan akan disalurkan terus ke dalam akaun kerajaan negeri bagi melaksanakan pelbagai program pembangunan untuk rakyat negeri itu. Najib berkata, hasil minyak perlu diguna untuk meningkatkan keupayaan produktif negeri hingga membawa kepada percambahan kegiatan ekonomi dan pendapatan perkapita rakyat kerana minyak tidak kekal selamanya.
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thousands of supporters of former Thai Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra thronged a Bangkok stadium on Saturday to hear his "phone-in" speech, which organisers hope will sway votes for a new premier next week.
The rally was meant to "stop the military intervention" in politics, rally organiser Jatuporn Prompan told Reuters, adding that the former ruling coalition is trying to cobble together a new alliance after some of its partners joined the opposition.
Thailand's parliament is expected to vote for a new prime minister on Monday, with the opposition Democrat Party the favourite to emerge at the head of a weak coalition government.
"The military and the Democrats are launching a disguise coup, claiming to have royal backing and coercing our friends to form a Democrat-led government," Jatuporn said.
Army spokesman Sunsern Kaewgumnerd denied the allegation, saying Army chief Anupong Paochinda has no formal power to do so. He was only "giving advice" to politicians who came to seek his opinion about a new government, Sunsern said.
The army has put 2,500 troops on standby to help 1,500 police officers keep peace during and after the rally if requested, Sunsern said.
Dozens of buses arrived at a downtown soccer stadium, unloading hundreds of red-shirted supporters with anti-military banners and slogans praising Thaksin.
Human behavior is acting in a responsible and acceptable manner when interacting with others. Social behavior is the act of keeping in accord with good and acceptable social standards.
What is social interaction?
In order to define acceptable social standards, one must first understand social interaction. All humans are individualized in manner and actions. To quote William Shakespeare, "The world is a stage and people are merely actors" is truer than we would like to admit. Behavior is simply the progress of performing. Human behavior comes in many forms as it is indicative to any given situation. What then is the difference between human behavior and social behavior? Human behavior is the process of privately revealing one's inner self while social behavior is oriented towards other people or group of people.
What is social behavior indicators ?
The process of expressing oneself while interacting with others within a social environment, could be called, "social behavior". Such behavior includes talking, sharing, morality, values, relationships, working, objectives, touching, etc. Each avenue of expression contains an element of rationality in its expectation and therefore displays a segment of its provider.
Is behavior an expression of intent?
Expressional behavior displays to others a persona of consciousness that has the ability of perception, conveying ideas, morality, restraint, rational, and reasoning to another person's experience. Expression also involves the possibility of interacting with another's behavioral system. Self expression must take into account any personal actions, and performances.
Responsible behavior.
Behavioral responsibility lies with the individual for his/her actions while operating within a social environment. Society sets acceptable standards and expatiations for individual behavior. Each individual is a part of the sum of the whole society which expresses itself as a culture.
Cultural behavior.
Cultures consisting of many individuals, are responsible for its behavior. Cultures interact with other cultures much like an individual. The possibility of one culture warring on another culture is much higher than individual inaction. This is because a small fraction of the culture has the ability to direct the total population into conflict. Actions of one culture may conflict with another's beliefs and values resulting in discord between the cultures. Any discord could result in bad behavior from either side.
Social behavior and progressive cultures.
Social involvements should be directed towards the progression of the culture. If an act is in discord with accepted policies then the act is deemed antisocial and rejected as an unacceptable procedure. Each behavior within a society is for the unity of the society so long as its objective is a social act. Cultures who demand accountability by their leaders tend to have a much higher possibility of progress while cultures who are lead by force tend to regress.
Social expatiations and beliefs.
While nonsocial acts are a possibility the main degree of behavior within a civilized society continues to benefit the total population. A person who expands his/her education, self worth or social skills is a tribute to his/her society. A person who chooses to live in degradation exhibits bad behavior and is a burden to his/her social framework. Societies who allow poverty are responsible for accepting it as part of its' structure.
Social practices and emotions.
In conclusion, there are also social practices and emotions. In many societies there are thousands of years of customs, habits, practices, and laws which make up normal and accepted actions. Many of these actions involve personal emotions, drives, and beliefs, that honor interactions with others. The simple action of greeting by shaking hands, refusing to be immoral, imposing upon others are examples of interactions. Building relationships and creating higher values for society are examples of good deeds. Helping a neighbor or someone in distress, taking part in social procedures are examples of good citizenship.
While behavior is a responsibility, it also delivers character and meaning to one's actions. Always do what's good and proper.
If you meet a guy (especially Indian) who rides a motorbike with bloody hand knocking your window demand you to stop and asking for tissue paper to clean the blood when you are driving a car, remember DO NOT stop the car. At all. Even how he damages your car or holds the side mirrors tightly also DO NOT stop the car but directly drive to the nearest police station. This kind of criminal tactics had been reported about 40 cases in Seremban,K. Lumpur, Shah Alam, P.Jaya and Klang Town police stations (actually around the whole country also happen). These guys are mainly Indian gangsters, They work in a group and dared to commit this criminal even in the crowded area whereby no body will dare to stop the car to help you. The main purpose of this dirty tactic is to rob you and / or even commit rape if you are female d river driving alone. Please forward this message to the people you care about at your best.
Dengue Fever Remedy I would like to share this interesting discovery from a classmate's son who has just recovered from dengue fever. Apparently, his son was in the critical stage at the ICU when his blood platelet count dropped to 15 after 15 liters of blood transfusion.
His father was so worried that he sought another friend's advice and his son was saved. He confessed to me that he give his son raw juice ofpapaya leaves. From a pallet count of 45 after 20 liters of blood transfusion, after drinking the raw papaya leaf juice, his pallet count jumped instantly to 135. Even the doctors and nurses were surprised. After the second day he was discharged. He asked me to pass this good news around.
Accordingly it is raw papaya leaves, 2 pieces just cleaned, pounded and squeezed with filter cloth. You will only get one tablespoon per leaf. So two tablespoons per serving once a day. Do not boil or cook or rinse with hot water, it will lose its strength. Only the leafy part and no stem or sap.. It is very bitter and you have to swallow it like 'Wong Low Kat'. But it works.
*Papaya Leaves Juice - Cure for Dengue*
A friend of mine had dengue last year. It was a very serious situation for her as her platelet count had dropped to 28,000 after 3 days in hospital and water started to fill up her lungs. She had difficulty in breathing. She was only 32-year old. Doctor said there's no cure for dengue. We just had to wait for her body immune system to build up resistance against dengue and fight its own battle. She already had 2 blood transfusions and all of us were praying very hard as her platelet continued to drop since the first day she was admitted.
Fortunately her mother-in-law heard that papaya juice would help to reduce the fever and got some papaya leaves, pounded them and squeeze the juice out for her. The next day, her platelet count started to increase, her fever subsided. We continued to feed her with papaya juice and she recovered after 3 days!!! Amazing but it's true. I found that it's also good when one is having sore throat.
Please spread the news about this as lately there are many dengue cases. It's great if such natural cure could help to ease the sufferings of dengue patients. Furthermore it's so easily available. Blend them and squeeze the juice! It's simple and miraculously effective!!
Hi, Please pass this around to as many contacts as possible cos it may save someones lives.
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A group of alumni, highly established in their careers, got together to visit their old university professor. Conversation soon turned into complaints about stress in work and life.
Offering his guests coffee, the professor went to the kitchen and returned with a large pot of coffee and an assortment of cups made of Porcelain, Plastic, Glass, Crystal, some ordinary looking, some expensive, some exquisite. He told them to help themselves to hot coffee.
When all the students had a cup of coffee in their hands, the professor said: "If you noticed, all the nice looking expensive cups were taken up, leaving behind the plain and cheap looking ones. While it is but normal for you to want only the best for yourselves, that is the source of your problems and stress. What all of you really wanted was coffee, not the cup, but you consciously went for the best cups and worse, you were eyeing each other's cups. Now if life is coffee , then the jobs, money and position in society are the cups. They are just tools to hold and contain. Life, but the quality of Life doesn't change. Some times, by concentrating only on the cup, we fail to enjoy the coffee in it." So folks, don't let the cups drive you..., enjoy the coffee instead.
The Urdu and persian word Qurbani (Sacrificial slaughter) is derived from the Arabic word Qurban. Lexically, it means an act performed to seek Allah's pleasure. Originally, the word Qurban included all acts of charity because the purpose of charity is nothing but to seek Allah's pleasure. But, in precise religious terminology, the word was later confined to the sacrifice of an animal slaughtered for the sake of Allah.
The sacrifice of an animal has always been treated as a recognized form of worship in all religious orders originating from a divine book. Even in pagan societies, the sacrifice of an animal is recognized as a form of worship, but it is done in the name of some idols and not in the name of Allah, a practice totally rejected by Islam.
In the Shari'ah of our beloved Prophet, Sall-Allahu alayhi wa sallam, the sacrifice of an animal has been recognized as a form of worship only during three days of Zulhijjah, namely, the 10th, 1lth and 12th of the month. This is to commemorate the unparalleled sacrifice offered by the Prophet Sayyidna Ibrahim, Alayhi Salam, when he, in pursuance to a command of Allah conveyed to him in a dream, prepared himself to slaughter his beloved son, Sayyidna Isma'il, Alayhi Salam, and actually did so but, Allah Almighty, after testing his submission, sent down a sheep and saved his son from the logical fate of slaughter. It is from that time onwards that the sacrifice of an animal became an obligatory duty to be performed by every well to do Muslim.
Qurbani is a demonstration of total submission to Allah and a proof of complete obedience to Allah's will or command. When a Muslim offers a Qurbani, this is exactly what he intends to prove. Thus, the Qurbani offered by a Muslim signifies that he is a slave of Allah at his best and that he would not hesitate even for a moment, once he receives an absolute command from his Creator, to surrender before it, to obey it willingly, even if it be at the price of his life and possessions.
When a true and perfect Muslim receives a command from Allah, he does not make his obedience dependent upon the command's reasonability' as perceived through his limited understanding. He knows that Allah is All-knowing, All-Wise and that his own reason cannot encompass the knowledge and wisdom underlying the divine command. He, therefore, submits to the divine command, even if he cannot grasp the reason or wisdom behind it.
This is exactly what the Prophet Ibrahim, Alayhi Salam, did. Apparently, there was no reason why a father should slaughter his innocent son. But, when came the command from Allah, he never asked about the reason for that command, nor did he hesitate to follow it. Even his minor son when asked by his father about the dream he had seen, never questioned the legitimacy of the command, nor did he pine or whine about it, nor did he ask for one good reason why he was being slaughtered. The one and only response he made was:
'Father, do what you have been ordered to do. You shall find me, God willing, among the patient".
The present-day Qurbani is offered in memory of this great model of submission set before us by the great father and the great son. So Qurbani must be offered in our time emulating the same ideal and attitude of submission.
This, then, is the true philosophy of Qurbani. With this in mind, one can easily unveil the fallacy of those who raise objections against Qurbani on the basis of economic calculations and depict it to be a wastage of money, resources and livestock. Unable to see beyond mundane benefits, they cannot understand the spirit Islam wants to plant and nourish among its followers, the spirit of total submission to Allah's will which equips man with most superior qualities so necessary to keep humanity in a state of lasting peace and welfare.
Qurbani is nothing but a powerful symbol of the required human conduct vis-a-vis the divine commands, however "irrational" or "uneconomic" they may seem to be in their appearance. Thus, the distrustful quest for mundane economic benefits behind Qurbani is, in fact, the negation of its real philosophy and the very spirit underlying it.
No doubt, there are in every form of worship ordained by Allah, certain worldly benefits too, but they are not the main purpose of these prescribed duties, nor should they be treated as a pre-condition to submission and obedience. All acts of worship, including Qurbani, must be carried out with a spirit of total submission to Allah, irrespective of their economic, social or political benefits. This is what Ibrahim, Alayhi Salam, did, and this is what every true Muslim is required to do,
Keeping this in view, we are giving here some rules governing the worship of Qurbani in our Shari'ah according to the HanafiSchool.
The Time of Qurbani
Qurbani can only be performed during the three days of Eid, namely the 10th, Ilth and 12th of Zulhijjah. It is only in these days that slaughtering of an animal is recognized as an act of worship. No Qurbani can be performed in any other days of the year.
Although Qurbani is permissible on each of the three aforesaid days, yet it is preferable to perform it on the first day i.e. the 10th of Zulhijjah.
No Qurbani is allowed before the Eid prayer is over. However, in small villages where the Eid prayer is not to be performed, Qurbani can be offered' any time after the break of dawn on the 10th of Zulhijjah.
Qurbani can also be performed in the two nights following the Eid day, but it is more advisable to perform it during daytime.
Who is Required to Perform Qurbani?
Every adult Muslim, male or female, who owns 613.35 grams of silver or its equivalent in money, personal ornaments, stock-in-trade or any other form of wealth which is surplus to his basic needs, is under an obligation to offer a Qurbani. Each adult member of a family who owns the above mentioned amount must perform his own Qurbani separately. If the husband owns the required quantity, but the wife does not, the Qurbani obligatory on the husband only and vice-versa. If both of them have the prescribed amount of wealth, both should perform Qurbani separately.
If the adult children live with their parents, Qurbani is obligatory on each one of them possessing the prescribed amount. The Qurbani offered by a husband for himself does not fulfil the obligation of his wife, nor can the Qurbani offered by a father discharge his son or daughter from their obligation. Each one of them should care for his own.
However, if a husband or a father, apart from offering his own Qurbani, gives another Qurbani on behalf of his wife or his son, he can do so with their permission.
No Alternate for Qurbani
Some people think that instead of offering a Qurbani they should give its amount to some poor people as charity. This attitude is totally wrong. Actually, there are different forms of worship obligatory on Muslims. Each one of them has its own importance and none of them can stand for the other. It is not permissible for a Muslim to perform salah instead of fasting in Ramadan, nor is it permissible for him to give some charity instead of observing the obligatory Salah. Similarly, Qurbani is an independent form of worship and this obligation cannot be discharged by spending money in charity.
However, if somebody, out of his ignorance or negligence, could not offer Qurbani on the three prescribed days (10th, 1lth and 12th Zulhijjah) then, in that case only, he can give the price of a Qurbani as sadaqah to those entitled to receive Zakah. But during the days of Qurbani no Sadaqah can discharge the obligation.
The Animals of Qurbani
The following animals can be slaughtered to offer a Qurbani:
1. Goat, either male or female, of at least one year of age.
2. Sheep, either male or female, of at least six months of age.
3. Cow, ox buffalo of at least two years of age.
4. Camel, male or female, of at least five years of age.
One head of goat or sheep is enough only for one person's Qurbani. But as for all other animals like cow, buffalo or camel, one head of each is equal to seven offerings thus allowing seven persons to offer Qurbani jointly in one such animal.
If the seller of animal claims that the animal is of the recognized age and there is no apparent evidence to the contrary; one can trust his statement and the sacrifice of such an animal is lawful.
Rules about Defective Animals
The following defective animals are not acceptable in Qurbani:
1. Blind, one eyed or lame animal.
2. An animal so emaciated that it cannot walk to its slaughtering place.
3. An animal with one-third part of the ear or the nose or the tail missing.
4. An animal that has no teeth at all, or the major number of its teeth are missing.
5. An animal born without ears.
The following animals are acceptable in Qurbani:
1. A castrated he - goat. (Rather, its Qurbani is more preferable).
2. An animal that has no horns, or its horns are broken. However, if the horns of an animal are uprooted totally so as to create a defect in the brain, its Qurbani is not lawful.
3. An animal the missing part of whose ear, nose or tail is less than one third.
4. A sick or injured animal, unless it has some above mentioned defects rendering its Qurbani unlawful.
The Sunnah Method of Qurbani
It is more preferable for a Muslim to slaughter the animal of his Qurbani with his own hands. However, if he is unable to slaughter the animal himself, or does not want to do so for some reason, he can request another person to slaughter it on his behalf. In this case also, it is more preferable that he, at least, be present at the time of slaughter. However, his absence at the time of slaughter does not render the Qurbani invalid, if he has authorized the person who slaughtered the animal on his behalf.
It is a Sunnah to lay the animal with its face towards the Qiblah, and to recite the following verse of the Holy Quran:
I, being upright, turn my face towards the One who has created the heavens and the earth, and I am not among those who associate partners with Allah. ( Al-An'am, 6:79)
But the most essential recitation when slaughtering an animal is: Bismillah, Allahu Akbar. (In the name of Allah, Allah is the greatest). If somebody intentionally avoids to recite it when slaughtering an animal, it does not only make his Qurbani unlawful, but also renders the animal haram, and it is not permissible to eat the meat of that animal. However, if a person did not avoid this recitation intentionally, but he forgot to recite it when slaughtering the animal, this mistake is forgiven and both the Qurbani and the slaughter are lawful.
If somebody is unable to recite "Bismillah Allahu Akbar" in the Arabic language, he can recite the name of Allah in his own language by saying, "In the name of Allah".
Distribution of the Meat
If an animal is sacrificed by more than one person, like cow or camel, its meat should be distributed equally among its owners by weighing the meat strictly and not at random or by mere guess. Even if all the partners agree on its distribution without weighing, it is still not permissible according to shari'ah.
However, if the actual weighing is not practicable due to some reason, and all the partners agree to distribute the meat without weighing, distribution by guess can be done with the condition that each share necessarily contains either a leg of the animal or some quantity of its liver.
Although the person offering a Qurbani can keep all its meat for his own use, yet, it is preferable to distribute one-third among the poor, another one-third among his relatives and then, keep the rest for his personal consumption.
All parts of the sacrificed animal can be used for personal benefit, but none can be sold, nor can be given to the butcher as a part of his wages. If somebody has sold the meat of the Qurbani or its skin, he must give the accrued price as sadaqah to a poor man who can receive Zakah.
Di kesempatan ini Kak Peah ingin mengucapkan Selamat Menyambut Hari Raya Aidil Adha. Kak Peah doakan kepada semua yang melayari blog Kak Peah dengan ucapan; "Semoga Segala Pengorbanan dan Usaha Kita Semua DiRedhai dan DiBerkati Yang Maha Esa, Amin....."
Sepuluh orang termasuk seorang doktor dari Hong Kong maut, manakala 18 yang lain cedera selepas bas ekspres yang mereka naiki terbabas lalu terbalik di Kilometer (KM) 146.5, Lebuh Raya Utara Selatan arah selatan berhampiran Tangkak, di sini, kira-kira jam 2 pagi semalam.
Sehingga malam tadi, identiti lapan daripada yang terbunuh akibat tersepit di bawah bas dalam nahas ngeri itu termasuk seorang kanak-kanak berusia 9 tahun, sudah dikenal pasti dan dituntut waris masing-masing, manakala dua mayat lagi masih dalam proses pengecaman.
Tujuh mangsa yang dikenal pasti berasal dari Pantai Remis, Perak iaitu lima wanita, seorang kanak-kanak perempuan serta dua lelaki, termasuk seorang daripadanya doktor warga Hong Kong.
Ketika kejadian, sebahagian besar penumpang bas ekspres itu sedang tidur dan hanya terjaga selepas terkejut apabila bas berkenaan terhuyung-hayang lalu terbabas sebelum melanggar pokok lalu terbalik.
Ketua Polis Daerah Muar, Asisten Komisioner Mohammad Nasir Ramli, berkata tujuh daripada mangsa maut di tempat kejadian, seorang dalam perjalanan ke hospital, manakala dua lagi disahkan mati di Hospital Pakar Sultanah Fatimah (HPSF), Muar.
14 daripada mangsa yang cedera berusia antara 11 hingga 40 tahun termasuk dua pemandu bas berkenaan, masih menerima rawatan di HPSF dengan ada di antaranya berada dalam keadaan kritikal, manakala empat lagi menerima rawatan pesakit luar.
"Bas ekspres yang membawa 26 penumpang itu bertolak dari Pantai Remis, Perak pada jam 7 petang semalam (kelmarin) menuju ke Singapura.
"Tiba di KM 146.5, polis difahamkan bas berkenaan tiba-tiba hilang kawalan dan terbabas sebelum melanggar sebatang pokok di tepi lebuh raya lalu terbalik serta terseret menyebabkan bahagian bumbungnya tercabut.
"Pemandu bas berkenaan yang berumur 38 tahun dan pemandu keduanya berumur 26 tahun bagaimanapun terselamat dan hanya cedera ringan," katanya.
Mohammad Nasir berkata, hasil siasatan awal, polis mendapati bas berkenaan mempunyai beberapa saman lalu lintas tetapi tidak memiliki waran tangkap.
"Siasatan lanjut sedang dijalankan untuk mengenal pasti sama ada kedua-dua pemandu bas itu berada di bawah pengaruh dadah atau alkohol ketika kejadian dan polis akan menahan mereka sebaik saja mereka dibenarkan keluar hospital nanti, bagi membantu siasatan.
"Saya merayu orang ramai yang mengetahui atau menyaksikan kejadian itu supaya menghubungi Ibu Pejabat Polis Daerah Muar di talian 06-9521301 untuk menyalurkan maklumat bagi membantu siasatan kami," katanya.
Beliau berkata, kejadian itu ialah nahas jalan raya yang pertama meragut 10 nyawa di daerah ini dan beliau menasihatkan pengguna jalan raya supaya lebih berhati-hati terutama apabila memandu pada waktu malam.
Masa saya kecik-kecik dulu,mak selalu sangat suruh saya habiskan belen-belen( sisa-sisa) nasik yang dia makan ...dan pagi-pagi sebelum pergi sekolah,mak akan tuangkan air teh untuk saya minum itu dan macam biasa,mesti ada sikit belen ... tapi taklah everytime secara puratanya seminggu sekali mesti ada mak suruh buat macam itu ...
Dan sampailah saya dah besar panjang nie pun situasi ni still berjalan ....either belen makanan mak atau abah ... tapi kalau belen makanan anak-anak memang jadi satu kepantangan bagi mak atau abah untuk habiskan... kami kena habiskan sendiri atau akan dihabiskan oleh adik beradik yang lain ... samada kami perasan atau tidak ....so satu hari itu tergerak nak tanya pasal isu ini kat mak ...
Akhirnya mak dedahkan bahawa memang purposely dia buat macam itu sebab itu petua yang dia dapat dari arwah mak mentua dia sendiri ...arwah tok perempuan kami lah sebelah abah ....mak kata,supaya hati anak-anak sentiasa melekat kat mak bapak...dan saya sendiri akui kesannya .....makin umur kita meningkat,hati kita senantiasa belas tengok mak bapak kita yang makin tua itu..
Kalau kena marah ke kena tengking ke memang kami adik beradik diam membisu..jer lah namanya nak menjawab balik memang tak dak walaupun kita tahu yang kita betul dan mak pesan,dah ada anak sendiri esok ...jangan sekali-kali makan lebihan makanan anak... samalah ceritanya ..dan mak kata jugak, pagi-pagi jumaat masa dia bancuh air untuk kami semua,dia akan selawat 3 x dan berdoa semoga kami selamat pergi dan selamat balik ...dan guru saya pesan, antara kesan terbesar bagi ibu bapa yang tidak menunaikan solat maghrib ialah,mereka- mereka ini akan Allah cabut rasa hormat anak terhadap mereka ... solat berjemaahlah dengan anak-anak tiap kali waktu maghrib ... kalau ada lebih dari sorang anak,suruh sorang azan dan sorang Qiam ... kemudian berganti-ganti bacakan doa lepas solat... ini yang kami sekeluarga amalkan sampai sekarang ...
Saya personally memang cukup malu kalau tak sempat solat jamaah maghrib dengan mak abah secara praktiknya,inilah yang paling paling paling berkesan sekali ....tak caya try buat ...solat jamaah dengan anak-anak tiap kali maghrib .... dapat semua waktu lagi baik ...sangat besar 'rahsia' dan peranan dapur rupa-rupanya. ..dan jugak kesan solat jamaah walau hanya bagi waktu maghrib.
"Apabila kita kejar dunia,dunia akan lari; tetapi apabila kita kejar akhirat, dunia akan mengejar kita". Just to ambil iktibar untuk mendidik diri & family.Usia dunia sudah terlalu hampir ke penghujungnya, terlalu! So,it's good if we can remind each other because in Rasulullah's last sermon,baginda pun did mention that all those who listen to him (on shall pass on his words to others,and those to others again; and may the last ones understand his words better than those who listen to him directly....
Yang baik datang dari Allah & yang kurang itu is from my weaknesses. Do impart this knowledge; you'll lose nothing.
Bintang Bollywood, Shah Rukh Khan hari ini menerima anugerah Darjah Mulia Seri Melaka yang membawa gelaran Datuk di Seri Negeri di sini, jam 11.30 pagi tadi.
Anugerah itu disampai oleh Yang Dipertuan Negeri Melaka, Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob.
Lebih 1,000 tetamu hadiri pada istiadat itu termasuk Ketua Menteri, Datuk Seri Mohd Ali Rustam.
KUALA LUMPUR: 8 orang dikuatiri maut apabila 14 banglo tertimbus dalam kejadian tanah runtuh paling dahsyat di Jalan Bukit Mewah dan Jalan Mewah Utama di Bukit Antarabangsa, Ampang, kira-kira jam 4 pagi tadi.
TRAGEDI...pemandangan dari udara menunjukkan kemusnahan yang berlaku di Bukit Antarabangsa yang membabitkan runtuhan di dua kawasan perumahan dengan sekurang-kurangnya 14 banglo tertimbus dalam kejadian kira-kira jam 4 pagi tadi.
Dua beranak yang maut ditemui di bawah runtuhan salah satu daripada 14 banglo yang tertimbus di Bukit Antarabangsa di sini setakat jam 8 pagi tadi.
Ibu dan anaknya itu adalah antara 8 mangsa yang tertimbus dalam kejadian tanah runtuh kira-kira jam 4 pagi tadi.
Sementara itu, 15 lagi penghuni dilaporkan cedera, manakala 93 lagi terselamat.
Pasukan mencari dan menyelamat giat melakukan usaha-usaha mencari mangsa yang masih hilang dipercayai tertimbus di kawasan tanah runtuh di Bukit Antarabangsa menggunakan jentera berat.
Sementara itu, seorang penduduk warga emas yang tinggal di Kondominium Impian Selatan yang terperangkap akibat kejadian itu berjaya dikeluarkan menggunakan helikopter pada pukul 5.30 petang.
Mulai jam 5 petang ini, pasukan penyelamat akan menggunakan jentera jengkaut sepenuhnya dalam usaha mengeluarkan mangsa yang terperangkap di celah runtuhan banglo di Bukit Antarabangsa di sini.
Ketua Polis Selangor, Datuk Khalid Abu Bakar, berkata arahan itu dikeluarkan selepas 12 jam kejadian berlaku bagi menyelamatkan mangsa yang masih bernyawa.
Bagaimanapun, katanya usaha menyelamat menggunakan jentera itu akan dilakukan secara berhati-hati dengan mewujudkan pasukan pemantau. Beliau juga berkata, usaha juga sedang dibuat untuk membina dua laluan alternatif bagi membolehkan lebih 5,000 penghuni sekitar runtuhan untuk meninggalkan kediaman masing-masing
Bomba dan Penyelamat percaya tanah runtuh di Bukit Antarabangsa, Ampang, dipercayai berpunca daripada pergerakan air dalam tanah.
Pihak tentera, Jabatan Pertahanan Awam (JPAM), Pasukan Mencari dan Menyelamat Khas Malaysia (Smart), Bomba dan Penyelamat dan Majlis Perbandaran Ampang Jaya (MPAJ), kini sedang giat menjalankan kerja menyelamat.
Kerja bermula dari membuang kulit kayu bakau hinggalah mengeluarkan arang daripada 'iglu'
USIANYA mencecah 65 tahun. Layaknya seorang wanita seperti ini boleh dibiarkan bersenang lenang di rumah sambil melayan cucu menghabiskan masa menjelang penghubung usia.
Namun, bagi warga emas, Sapiah Hitam, sejak kematian suami 12 tahun lalu, beliaulah bapa dan ibu kepada tujuh anaknya. Walaupun kini semua anaknya sudah besar dan mampu berdikari, Sapiah sedar mereka juga bukannya hidup senang seperti orang lain.
Atas dasar itulah beliau meneruskan kerja di kilang arang kayu bakau di Kuala Sepetang, Perak sejak 20 tahun lalu. Selayaknya beliau kini menerima bayaran pencen pada usia itu, tetapi situasi jauh berbeza bagi Sapiah. Jika tidak bekerja, siapa yang akan menanggung perbelanjaan harian.
“Siapa nak bagi anak makan. Saya ada tujuh anak, syukur sampai sekarang saya masih mampu bekerja. Tuhan bagi kekuatan mencari rezeki. Anak saya pun kerja di sini,” katanya merujuk kepada Zuraida Talib, 24, juga bekerja di bahagian mengeluarkan arang dari dapur pembakaran di kilang berkenaan.
Kerjanya bukan senang. Bersama enam lagi wanita termasuk Zuraida, mereka mengambil upah mengeluarkan arang daripada dapur besar berbentuk iglu untuk diproses dan dibungkus sebelum ia dipasarkan.
Mukanya penuh calitan arang, tetapi senyumannya tetap terukir di bibir melihat aksinya dirakam kamera. Gelagatnya turut mencuit perasaan rakan setugas.... kata mereka selepas ini Sapiah akan menjadi popular dan jangan lupakan mereka.
“Macam mana nak ambil gambar ni, muka pun lebih hitam daripada arang,” katanya berseloroh sambil mengangkat keluar kayu bakau yang sudah siap dipotong.
Sapiah dan anaknya adalah sebahagian daripada wanita yang bekerja di kilang arang itu. Mereka digelar suri arang iaitu sekumpulan wanita pelbagai lapisan usia yang menjadikan produk arang Kuala Sepetang antara yang terkenal untuk pasaran tempatan dan antarabangsa terutama ke Jepun.
Kerja di kilang arang tidak semudah yang disangkakan. Ketika wanita di zaman moden ini mementingkan kecantikan, penampilan diri yang kemas dan menarik, situasi itu jauh berbeza dengan kumpulan suri arang.
Memang diakui, antara menjaga penampilan diri atau keperluan mencari rezeki, kedua-duanya sama penting terutama bagi wanita moden dan bekerjaya khususnya yang membabitkan aspek perhubungan dengan orang ramai setiap hari.
Namun, suatu yang jauh berbeza dan jarang diketahui umum, wanita di sini nyata mempunyai penampilan berbeza untuk mencari rezeki.
Soal bersolek, berpakaian cantik, kemas diketepikan sama sekali. Semua itu dianggap remeh dan tidak perlu difikirkan sangat kerana lebih penting mereka berdoa setiap hari semoga sentiasa sihat untuk bekerja.
Kehidupan kumpulan pekerja wanita di kilang arang ini mendapati mereka seronok dan gembira dengan apa yang mereka lakukan, berpegang pada prinsip ‘asalkan ia halal’, kami tak kisah lakukan semua ini.
Seorang lagi ibu tunggal, Hasnah Hussin, 54, juga mengalami nasib yang sama. Walaupun baru empat tahun bekerja di situ, ia menjadi sumber pendapatan tetapnya menyara keluarga selepas kematian suami lima tahun lalu.
“Empat daripada lima anak saya dah berkahwin. Saya tinggal dengan anak lelaki bujang, bekerja nelayan. Jika nak harapkan dia seorang, tentu teruk sebab nelayan ni rezekinya tak tentu, kadang-kala ada, kadang kala langsung tak dapat.
“Jadi, inilah tempat saya mencari rezeki. Datang jam 8 pagi, habis jam 1 tengah hari,” katanya yang juga dianggap sebagai warga emas berbanding rakan setugas lain, Norizan Abd Rashid, 33 dan Zurina Khalid, 34.
Di kilang bersebelahan, kami menemui dua lagi wanita yang hanya mahu dikenali sebagai Che Su, 40, dan Kak Yam, 39, berganding bahu menyiapkan kerja membuang kulit bakau. Menggunakan pisau panjang diikat kayu rotan, mereka cukup tekun dan sabar.
Asalnya, mereka berdua bekerja di sebuah kilang elektronik di Pulau Pinang tetapi disebabkan masalah pengangkutan, mereka terpaksa berhenti kerja dan mencuba nasib di kilang arang. Layaknya kerja itu cuma dilakukan lelaki, tetapi mereka membuktikan wanita juga mampu jika mahu.
“Ini punca rezeki kami. Kalau tak kerja, dapur tak berasap. Dah empat tahun saya kerja, mula jam 8 pagi sampai 12 tengah hari, kadang kala sampai 2 petang. Kalau ada bekalan kayu lebih, kami balik rumah tengah hari dan datang semula sebelah petang,” kata Che Su.
Dengan upah 17 sen bagi setiap batang kayu bakau yang dibuang kulit, Che Su dan Kak Yam mampu menyiapkan lebih 200 batang sehari atau dalam perkiraan mudah, mereka mendapat upah kira-kira RM35 sehari. Jika dibahagi dua, seorang akan memperoleh RM17 sehari.
Kadar pendapatan bergantung kepada berapa jumlah kayu yang dibersihkan. Menjelang musim perayaan atau musim baru persekolahan, mereka akan bekerja lebih kuat untuk mencari perbelanjaan tambahan.
Rakan mereka, Zamri Zainon, 40, juga bekerja di situ sempat mengusik, katanya jika Kementerian Belia dan Sukan mahu mencari bakat sukan dalam acara lempar cakera, merejam lembing, datanglah ke sini, ramai wanita kuat dan cekal bekerja di sini.
INFO: Kadar bayaran bekerja di kilang arang
17 sen sebatang bagi kerja mengopek kulit kayu bakau
RM37 seorang bagi upah mengeluarkan semua arang didapur (kebiasaannya mampu disiapkan dalam tempoh sehari).
14 sen sebungkus upah di bahagian pembungkusan.
Jenis kayu arang
Kayu bakau minyak (Rhiziphora apiculata)
Kayu bakau kurap (Rhizophara mucronata).
Proses: 1) Pertama
Kayu bersaiz ukur lilit kira-kira 8 inci dipotong sepanjang empat meter.
Kayu bersaiz lebih 8 inci dibuang kulit di hutan dan saiz kurang 8 inci dibuang kulit di kilang.
2) Kedua: Pembakaran
Kayu disusun menegak di dalam ‘dapur’ tanah liat dan bata berbentuk iglu, berdiameter 6.7 meter.
Satu dapur diisi antara 14,000 hingga 15,000 kg kayu atau 1,500 barang (4 tan).
Pintu utama bersaiz kecil diguna untuk menyalakan api besar selama 7 hari.
Selepas 7 hari, saiz api akan dikecilkan dan dibiarkan selama 10 hingga 12 hari
Suhu api di dapur mencecah sehingga 85 darjah celsius bertujuan mengeringkan air kayu bakau.
Dapur mempunyai lubang kecil di atasnya untuk mengeluarkan asap dan pekerja menghidu baunya untuk mengetahui arang sudah masak atau tidak.
3) Ketiga: Penyejukan:
Api dipadamkan dan pintu dapur ditutup menggunakan simen antara 10 hingga 13 hari.
Selepas proses hampir sebulan, semua kayu dikeluarkan untuk dibungkus.
4) Keempat: Pembungkusan
Dibungkus dengan kertas khas yang ditimbang antara 4.5 kilogram dan 5 kg.
Arang dibungkus terus arang di situ atau dihantar ke Kuala Kangsar, Perak untuk di eksport.
Did you know that you can find insomnia cure from the kitchen? Super-food honey is said to contain sleep inducing properties that is useful for overcoming insomnia. Thus, to promote sleep, some people have inculcated the habit of mixing a teaspoon of honey into a glass of herbal tea or warm milk before bedtime. And for children who have bed wetting problems, taking a teaspoon of honey before bed is believed to be helpful as honey aids water retention, and promotes relaxation of the body.
Unlike processed sugars, eating honey raises your blood sugar level only slightly. The controlled rise of insulin causes the amino acid tryptophan (which is also present in honey) to enter our brain, where tryptophan is then converted into serotonin, a hormone which promotes relaxation. And in darkness, serotonin is converted into melatonin, a well-known cure for sleeping disorders. The Hibernation Diet also advocates the consumption of one or two tablespoonfuls of honey at night to promote good quality sleep.
Our body stores ready-to-use energy as glycogen in the liver. When the liver runs out of glycogen at night, our brain starts to trigger stress hormones such as cortisol and adrenalin to convert protein muscle into glucose. Long term metabolic stress from cortisol production as a result of inadequate liver glycogen stores leads to insulin resistance, diabetes, and risk of obesity, cardiovascular disease. Pure natural honey is believed to be the best food for glycogen storage as it contains the ideal 1:1 ratio of fructose to glucose. When taken prior to bed, it is able to provide sufficient glycogen storage for the necessary fuelling of the liver, ease stress hormones and help us get a restful sleep at night.
Bangunan Sultan Iskandar, yang sebelum dikenali sebagai Kompleks Kastam, Imigresen dan Kuarantin (CIQ), yang dirasmikan hari ini, merupakan pintu masuk moden ke Malaysia khususnya ke Wilayah Pembangunan Iskandar di sini, kata Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.
Seramai sembilan juta pengunjung dianggarkan menggunakan kemudahan di situ setiap tahun, kata Perdana Menteri dalam ucapan pada majlis perasmian bangunan oleh Sultan Johor Sultan Iskandar.
Menurutnya, pembukaan Bangunan Sultan Iskandar merupakan titik bersejarah kepada rakyat dan bangunan yang dibina di tanah seluas 113 hektar itu akan menjadi mercu tanda terkemuka.
“Bangunan ini bukan sekadar satu usaha pembangunan tetapi juga adalah satu simbol penting yang melambangkan kemajuan serta potensi wilayah ini.
“Ia merupakan pintu masuk yang moden, cekap dan indah, yang akan memberikan satu gambaran kepada setiap pengunjung dan pelabur dari luar akan kemodenan, kecekapan dan keindahan Wilayah Pembangunan Iskandar, Johor dan pastinya, Malaysia,” katanya.
Bangunan Sultan Iskandar akan beroperasi 24 jam sehari dan bakal dihuni oleh 21 agensi terdiri daripada jabatan kerajaan persekutuan, kerajaan negeri, badan berkanun dan agensi swasta.
Jabatan Imigresen akan bertanggungjawab menyelaras operasi serta pengurusan Bangunan Sultan Iskandar.
“Polis Diraja Malaysia harus memastikan bahawa kawalan keselamatan yang rapi sentiasa diberikan di bangunan ini demi keselamatan dan kesejahteraan pengguna dan negara kita secara amnya,” katanya.
Abdullah juga berkata setiap kakitangan yang berkhidmat di Bangunan Sultan Iskandar merupakan ’duta Malaysia’ kepada dunia luar.
“Kita harus buktikan, malah serlahkan status Malaysia sebagai antara negara yang bukan sahaja maju tetapi juga mempunyai rakyat yang ramah dan berbudi bahas serta tinggi adab nilainya,” kata Abdullah.
Dalam titahnya pula, Sultan Johor berharap Bangunan Sultan Iskandar akan memberikan keselesaan dan kesejahteraan kepada rakyat seterusnya kemajuan kepada negeri.
“Hari ini adalah menjadi satu sejarah kepada negeri Johor kerana mendapat satu bangunan baru. Saya ucapkan tahniah kepada semua pihak yang terlibat dalam menjayakan projek ini,” titah baginda.
Turut berangkat ke majlis itu Sultanah Johor Sultanah Zanariah, Tunku Mahkota Johor Tunku Ibrahim Ismail dan isteri Raja Zarith Sofiah.
Your name in japanese...try it.. what is your japanese name ?Take each letter of your name and substitute it with the japanese sound to the right of the letter. Names might be kinda long.
A- ka * B- zu * C- mi * D- te * E- ku * F- lu * G- ji H- ri * I- ki * J- zu * K- me * L- ta * M- rin * N- to O-mo * P- no * Q- ke * R- shi * S- ari * T-chi U- do * V- ru * W-mei * X- na * Y- fu * Z- zi
Hatim al-Asamm said, "I have chosen four things to know and discarded all other things of knowledge."
"The first is this: I know that my daily bread is apportioned to me and will neither be increased or decreased, so I have stopped trying to add to it."
"Secondly, I know I owe to Allah a debt which no one else can pay for me, so I am busy about paying it."
"Thirdly, I know that there is someone pursuing me ---Death --- whom I cannot escape from, so I have prepared myself to meet him.
"Fourth, I know that Allah is observing me, so I am ashamed to do what I should not."
Let us share what Datuk Dr. Fadilah Kamsah used to say :
" Ada orang datang ke pejabat dengan perasaan penuh gembira & ceria , ada datang dengan perasaan "biasa" dan ada datang dengan perasaan serba tak kena .."
Ingat lah, sesiapa yang datang hanya dengan perasaan "biasa" saja, hasilnya adalah "biasa" saja, sesiapa yang datang dengan ceria, hasilnya akan jadi lebih daripada biasa ataupun luar biasa.
Bekerja la dengan ceria agar menghasilkan produktiviti yang luar biasa yang akan menggembirakan orang di sekeliling kita. Semoga hasil itu akan mendapat keberkatan insyallah..." Jadi renungkan lah....
1. Ada antara kita datang ke pejabat hanya memenuhi tanggungjawab 'DATANG BEKERJA' tapi hampa, hasilnya macam kita ' TAK DATANG' kerja
2. Ada kala kita rasa kita BUSY giler, rupanya kita hanya 'KELAM KABUT' .
3. Adakala kita rasa kita PERIHATIN , tapi rupanya kita BUSY BODY.
4. Adakala kita rasa kita OPENMINDED and OUTSPOKEN tapi rupanya kita KURANG PENGAJAR'AN.
5. Adakala kita rasa kita berpemikiran KRITIS , rupanya kita hanya lebih kepada KRITIK yang mencipta KRISIS .
6. Adakala kita rasa kita ingin menjadi LEBIH MESRA tapi rupanya kita di lihat lebih MENGADA-NGADA .
7. Adakala kita suka bertanya 'KENAPA DIA NI MCM TAKDE KEJE', adalah lebih baik kita tanya 'APA LAGI KEJE YANG AKU BOLEH BUAT ?'
Pejam mata dan renung lah diri, kalau kita perlu melakukan ANJAKAN PARADIGMA , maka lakukanlah segera...tapi manusia tetap manusia.. sukar untuk berubah kerana kita selalu beranggapan kita lebih baik... adakah dengan merasakan itu kita sememangnya terbaik?
Maka untuk itu , mari kita mula senyum, ceria, mesra sesama kita dan tingkat kerjasama dalam kerja, tak rugi kita semai rasa 'kekeluargaan' dalam tugasan ... kalau kita kurang kerja, cari la kerja membantu teman-teman yang lain.
Tak dapat gaji lebih pun tak apa sebab pahala dapat.. kita withdraw kat akhirat nanti... tapi kalau kita asyik dengki mendengki.. nasib la sebab sudah ditentukan jalan yang sukar itu yang kita pilih..
Renungi lah, berapa ramai kawan kita dan berapa ramai lawan kita, nescaya itulah kayu pengukur diri yang sebaiknya...
"Mengkritik tidak bererti menentang, Menyetujui tidak semestinya menyokong, Menegur tidak bermakna membenci, dan berbeza pendapat adalah kawan berfikir yang baik."
In brief, the above article says: According to research done by a U.C., the car dashboard, sofa, air freshener will emit Benzene, a cancer causing toxin (carcinogen) . In addition to causing cancer, it poisons your bones, causes anemia, and reduces white blood cells. Prolonged exposure will cause Leukemia, increasing the risk of cancer. May also cause miscarriage. Acceptable Benezene level indoors is 50 mg per sq. ft. A car parked indoors with the windows closed will contain 400-800 mg of Benezene. If parked outdoors under the sun at a temperature above 60 degrees F, the Benezene level goes up to 2000-4000 mg, 40 times the acceptable level. The people inside the car will inevitably inhale an excess amount of the toxin. It is recommended that you open the windows and door to give time for the interior to air out before you enter. Benzene is a toxin that affects your kidney and liver, and is difficult for your body to expel.
This is a REAL neurological test to detect alzheimer disease.
1- Find the C below. Do not use any cursor help. OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOCOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO
2- If y ou already found the C, now find the 6 below.
3- Now find the N below. It's a little more difficult.. MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMNMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM MMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
This is NOT a joke. If you were able to pass these 3 tests, you can cancel your annual visit to your neurologist. Your brain is great and you're far from having Al zheimer Disease. Congratulations!
