Thursday, August 16, 2012

Diskriminasi; Aku. HA?



Assalamualaikum ... greetings, earthlings! 


Ramadhan mula nak melabuhkan tirainya, cube cek diri kita sat, "Camne aku tarbiah diri aku sendiri sepanjang Ramadhan kali ini?" 

Mungkin ni last post kot that I'll be making....before going off untuk beraye kat Johor nanti. Bertolak petang esok rasanya..singgah kl sehari then terus pi direct la gamaknye. 

Main2 ape.... ak balik Pontian ni haa Kawasan jajahan Jawa dan Bugis tu! #eh

Ok enough with the chit chat, now to get on the topic. Now, as I reach 21 (still green, I know), banyak jugak yg aku lalui, dengan Chinese look gini -inherited from my ah kong. Bless u, old man  -  bergaul dengan komuniti yang majoritinye Melayu-Islam, kekadang aku terasa awkward jugak bila berada dalam majlis full dengan mereka ni. 

Now, I'm not making a huge fuss out of it, since dah biasa dah dengan dialog lebih kurang mcm ni, 

"Eh ingatkan awak ni cina" 

"Hi, sir what can I get for you, sir?" ----waiter tu xtau aku leh cakap Melayu dengan fasihnye LOL

dan bnyk kali jugak Uncle2 kedai or brader/amoi promoter cong ceng2 dengan aku kalo jalan sorg2 kat Qb ke pape ke. Nasib baik aku tau a little bit of Hokkien. Boleh la mnyamar sat; lepaskan diri! Hahah

Recent events prompted me to come up with this post, sambil share sikit2 pe yang aku pernah blaja satu ketika dulu...

Semalam, assignment aku satu je...kena pi Tabung Haji, Bayan Lepas cover event donation dari federal government utk kariah masjid & golongan underserved la (single mothers, OKU, warga tua, miskin) sempena Ramadhan. 

*banyak event macam ni dihighlightkan time Ramadhan ni* 

Masa tu aku dah lewat sebenarnya...yela dah tempat dekat je dari umah so boleh la rilek2 bawak kete slow2 pi ke tempat kejadian. heh heh 

Malu bertanya, sesat jalan. Banyak bertanya xtau malu, ye dok? Jadi dah sampai2 aku tanya la sorang pakcik ni (pakai uniform). 

"Assalamualaikum encik. Kat mane ye event Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop tu?" 

Tak dijawabnye salam tu =.= padahal makhraj huruf sume betul dah uollss. takpe la sangka baik dia tak dengar (padahal dh cukup adequate pun volume suara aku time tu)...tapi tak pe la dia tnjuk dah tempatnye. 

Maka aku pun rushing la ---masa tu I'm running late! >.< 

Then jumpe lagi sorang ni brader pkai baju F1 Barisan (ni event Barisan hokay), "Assalamualaikum, bang...Sy Adam dari The Sun. Event dh mula ke? Kot mana sy nk masuk ye?" 

Tak dijawab jugak...hu hu sedih nye. Bukan sekali dua kena mcm ni. Banyak sgt dh, smpai kekadang tu malas jugak nk bagi salam. Setakat "good morning" dan sewaktu dengannya lah even though aku berurusan dengan depa nih. 

*Seriously, I felt awkward that day being in there..terasa mcm depa dok usha aku ja* 

Kadang2, if I'm in the mood, aku kenekan jugak diorang ni ckp Manglish, buat2 tak reti cakap melayu btul2. hahaha *oh tak baik ish3* 

Ok serius *ahem*. Sebenarnya kita sebagai Muslim, kalau org bukan Islam bagi salam, boleh aje jawab. Tapi ada caranya. Tu pentingya ilmu...walaupun sedikit tapi boleh aplikasi kalo permaslahatan mcm ni jadi.... 

Contoh kalo ade member kita non-Muslim bagi salam "Assalamualaikum" sebagai tanda mutual respect, takkan la kita xnak jawab? Boleh tersinggung member kita ni...nanti persepsi dia kat org Islam cmne pulak, kan? 

So, boleh jawab sebenarnya. Paling selamat, boleh jawab "Wa'alika", maksudnye 'ke atas kamu'. Before coming out with this post, I've done some simple readings la, nak pastikan sume yang aku tulis ni legit, n kalo ada yang ragu2 boleh rujuk terus kat sources yg dipakai utk post ni (everything is cited, don't worry). 

Yang kat bawah ni petikan dari Halaqah.net

Macam mana pula dengan orang kafir yang beri salam kat kita?

Siapa pernah kena situasi macam ni? Angkat tangan. Apa yang anda buat? 
Menjawab salam? Atau buat bodoh je atau memalingkan muka ke tempat lain?

Satu benda yang anda patut tahu iaitu jangan sesekali memberi salam kepada orang kafir. Haram hukumnya. Larangan memberi salam ini berlaku terhadap Yahudi, Nasrani, dan juga penyembah berhala. Kerana salam merupakan penghormatan kaum muslimin, penghormatan di dunia dan akhirat.

"salam penghormatan kepada mereka (orang-orang mukmin itu) pada hari mereka menemui-Nya ialah 'salam'." (Surah Al-Ahzab : 44)

Jadi apabila ada orang kafir yang memberi salam kepada kita maka kita (muslim) wajib menjawabnya. Bagaimana caranya? Mari kita tambah-tambahkan lagi ilmu kita.

Jika orang kafir itu beri salam tidak jelas atau dengan salam yang sengaja diubahnya seperti 'Assamalaikum' maka kita menjawabnya dengan 'Wa`alaikum' (dan atas kalian).

Jika salamnya jelas 'Assalamualaikum', maka kita jawab salam mereka 'Wa`alaikumussalam'.
Aik? Kenapa boleh jawab salam mereka dengan sempurna pulak? Kita ambil balik dalil ini.
"Apabila kamu dihormati dengan suatu penghormatan, maka balaslah penghormatan itu dengan yang lebih baik, atau balaslah dengan yang serupa." (Surah An-Nisa :86)

Ayat di atas tidak di sebutkan : Apabila orang-orang muslim memberi penghormatan kepada kamu. Tetapi dengan ayat yang umum. Jadi sesiapa sahaja pun yang beri salam maka kita kena jawab.

Kalau lepas ni diberi salam oleh orang kafir maka anda dah tahu cara untuk jawab salam mereka. Jangan diam je atau memalingkan muka. Kecil hati mereka nanti.




Dari Qatadah, dari Anas bin Malik (radiallahua’anh) bahawa sahabat Nabi (sallallahu ‘alaihi wasallam) telah bertanya kepada baginda: “Bahawa ahli kitab (Yahudi dan Kristian) memberi salam kepada kami, maka bagaimana kami membalasnya? Baginda menjawab: Jawablah dengan ucapan wa’alaikum”. (Hadis Muslim, Abu Daud, an-Nasai dan Ibn Majah)
Para ulama’ bersetuju bahawa cara yang dibolehkan menjawab salam orang bukan Islam hanyalah sekadar menyebut ucapan “wa’alika” atau “wa’alaikum” dan ia hendaklah dikhususkan kepada kafir zimmi sahaja. (Tafsir al-Mazhari, 2/175)


Yang ni pulak dari Dr Maza (Ust. Asri - bekas mufti perlis / lecturer USM, school humanities ) 
"Maka jika keadaan berbeza, di mana jika ada bukan muslim memberikan salam dengan cara yang betul serta tujuan yang betul pula iaitu untuk mengucapkan kesejahteraan kepada kita, maka hadis di atas tiada kaitan lagi. Apakah wajar untuk kita sebagai penganut agama yang membawa kesejahteraan dan rahmah, menolak ucapan baik orang lain dengan cara yang tidak sepatutnya?!!. Sudah pasti tidak wajar demikian."

Jadi itulah aje setakat ni, harap dapat la kita sume dapat satu input baru, insya Allah. 

Tak tau la nanti kat kampung boleh x nk online. Nak dapat satu bar kat henpon pun sakit. 
And finally...


Maaf Zahir Batin. 
Enjoy2 makan kuih raya, ibadah jangan lupa. :) 

Wallahualam 

*Kalo ada pape komen / teguran silalah tinggalkan kat ruang komen ye. Trimas :)* 

Thursday, August 2, 2012

When fate and dreams collide


"If you hold tight, shadows will be lost in the light.
Oh cos sometimes, fate and your dreams will collide."


That was an excerpt from 'Joe Brooks- Holes Inside' that made me think deeply, swirling in my own imagination and swimming in my own thoughts as the traffic moves slowly forward, something that I have been accustomed to accept since I started interning.


As I was listening (besides lip synching / karaoke-ing XD) to this song this morning while hurdling my way to work, a thought occurs...of how things has been going on with me in these past two to three years...


*banyak memikir time dalam kete ye?*


Yelah, it has been established since that this is the space that I spend thinking critically about the things revolving around me, of current issues (especially local political scene), family, friends, relationships,  etc.


I am interested in the line "Oh 'cos sometimes, fate and your dreams will collide" and I find it to be true in my case, particularly in what I aspired to be and sometimes in relationships, too. #trueStory.


See...the thing is, what I am doing right now ; majoring in English whilst minoring in science (that's beside the point) is a far cry from my initial dream of pursuing a medical degree during my high school years.


Yeah sure, almost everyone's dream back then in high school generally revolves around aspiring to be an engineer or a doctor. It's like a state of mind back then, that the ONLY things that you ought to do to become successful in the worldly aspect ( read: duniawi) were to choose between one of these fields.

*of course now when I'm here after getting more exposure, we can also be successful and rich in other fields too* 


But for me, it's a different case indeed. Back then, I aspired to pursue a medical degree partly due to my heritage, besides the lure of fat paycheck that I could possibly earn every month.


Okay, fair enough...


But how does it relate to my heritage?


Being a doctor has been like a 'thing' or tradition that has been passed down from generation to generation in the Low (read: Lau) family, from my great-grandparent, grandfather and to my uncle...it is considered as a tradition for a male member of the Low family to become a doctor. 


Well, as a male grandson and being the first one, I broke the tradition. T.T 


At first, I was devastated honestly, 'cos I could not made it. But then, a sudden realisation hit me like a brick.


I talked to my koong koong (grandfather) of this shattered dream and was terribly sorry that I couldn't make it into medicine. He reciprocated by telling me the life of a doctor isn't that how you'd say, enjoyable...he had to sacrifice his time for family to work, and surprisingly they have never gone on a single holiday as family due to his busyness back then. 


So, that was it. I can still continue the dream of being a doctor though, but a philosophical one la (Phd) - jadi lecturer, or anything. Not bad, good pay also. It means that I'll have to further my study lorh. Let's pray that I will be able to do it. Amin. 


So, what's the point here? 


The message is, whatever the person that you turn out to be, it doesn't matter as long as you enjoy being in that position and at the same time you could invest some time in this very short life that we are in to become a better person (a better Muslim in my case) so that we could prepare ourselves for the afterlife, Insya Allah.


Which one would you choose? 
May everything goes well as I am trod this so-called "Road Not Taken". 


Ends. 





Wednesday, August 1, 2012

On the move.

Assalamualaikum.


This is my first post pakai blogger app untuk buat entry... eksaited!   


Bulan ramadhan memang slow sikit kat office ni..takde banyak sangat press conference or events yang kene cover. Cuma, banyak berbuka free aje la kat hotel-hotel. *the perks of being a reporter*


Al-maklumlah masa ni la kompeni/individu yang nak buat amal jariah sponsor berbuka untuk anak2 yatim mostly...bulan2 lain tak tau la ada ke tak mende macam ni (makan free utk depa)


Meanwhile, since getting an Android phone in April ni aku dah start pakai data plan, starting from this month (terpaksa lorh T.T)


 Memule beli phone ni ingatkan boleh la pakai wifi free kalo jalan mana2. Yela, dok penang kan ke ada penang free wifi...xpun mana2 pun ade je wifi free...tapiiiii....hampeh. Ade memang ade tapi nk kene login la, beli kredit la..itu la..ini la..ape la....sengal. -.-


And since jadi (trainee) journalist ni demand nak pakai internet on the go pun menjadi2 la pulak. Kadang2 lepas satu press conference (pc) kene rush pi yang lain pulak wihin a short period of time.


Deadline untuk story/report everyday is by 4pm, paling2 habes pun kul 5 la...so kalau tak sempat terpaksa la buat story on the go then email kat editor.


That's when the demand for mobile internet kicks in. Nak cari wifi free susah. Ada kt tempat macam old town, tapi kene jadi customer depa dulu. Takkan la nak mcm tu selalu, kan? *pokai la derr*


So, I decided to get myself a data plan, the cheapest one from maxis, capped at 1.5Gb monthly. More than enough for me rasanya. Dah calculate2, sehari kne pkai dlm 50mb untuk penuhkan quota, decent speed also, coupled with good coverage. 


All these for just rm50 je *eh macam promo pulak. Haha*


Ok la that price, n call or sms tu pay-per-use only. Considering that since jd single ni phone sunyi je takde sms /call (phew!), elaun bulanan boleh save, n msh ade lg ruang utk belanja kat mende2 (mengarut) camni.


Dah pakai plan ni, memang berat skit la nk sms/ call org unless necessary. (macam la ade sgt)... Hehe. Whatsapp /viber je la jawabnye kan uollss. Bnda free pkai aje kan kan kan ~ 


So tu je la for now.


Rerajen semacam je tulis entry bulan ni #eh