Forest Destruction at Its Worst

Last weekend, I went on a work trip to Hutan Simpanan Kekal Raja Musa (Raja Musa Permanent Forest Reserve) in Batang Berjuntai, Selangor.

The only thing that is left to remind the people that this area used to be a forest reserve.

A single tree in the middle of nowhere.

A bulldozer

nothingnness

A Message From the Past...

Today, while I was wandering aimlessly in the vast cyberspace, I stumbled upon a video from way back in time. To be exact, from the year 1981. It is actually a music video performed by a hit musical group of that time, Boney M and the song is entitled We Kill the World...




This could be a clear evidence that the effort to save our planet earth has been going on since the 80's or maybe earlier.

Iju, I'm Sorry!!

Humans are created with different set of responsibilities and priorities and these responsibilities and priorities can change in time. There are different levels of responsibilities and our religion, Islam has put a very clear guideline in priortizing on these responsibilities.

In this Al-Hadith Ibn Umar (may God bless his soul) was reported to have said: "What does Allah like the most?". The Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H) answered: "performing solat on time". "And then?", asked the man. The Prophet answered:" Doing good to your parents". "And then?", he asked again. The Prophet answered: " Doing Jihad in the path of Allah". [Muttafaq Alaih]

This Hadith clearly put the task of serving ones parents at the second most important priority after serving God Himself and even more important than sacrificing your soul for jihad. This has been repeated many times in various other hadiths. Even our Holy Quran mentioned that we need to prioritize our parents before any other things.

And We have enjoined on man goodness to his parents, and if they contend with you that you should associate (others) with Me, of which you have no knowledge, do not obey them, to Me is your return, so I will inform you of what you did. 29:8 [Surah Al-Ankabut]

(I think this should put this article on track)

I'm Sorry...

its not that I'm avoiding you or I don't want to work with you. Its just that a tremendous amount of responsibility has been put on me and I have to make it work. I know that its been hard on you for your information, its really hard for me too. I am put in a situation where I have to choose whether to help a friend on his responsibility or to help my own dad who had waited every year for times like this so that he could have his own son th help ease his burden.

Unlike other students who had their own scholarships or at least PTPTN to help them get through college, I am fully funded by my dad who had worked very hard every day just to get me through another year of college and I really felt that I had failed him by failing yet another subject in my final exam. I bet that he must've felt very dissapointed by that because like any other investor, he must have wanted to see something good in his years of investment. So, I'm taking this opportunity to make it up to him. Or at least to tell him that I'm worth investing on.

Really sorry...

Since my brother left for PLKN last month, he'd always be expecting me to help him. The two of them has been running the business since my brother was in Form 5. So, this can be considered as my father's time of need and I would feel that I betrayed his hope on me.

Really really sorry...

With this article, I'm really sorry if I, in any manner, betrayed you and my friends, because I think that when a choice had to be made, its better to betray your own friends rather than betraying your own parents.

My SUPER Sweet 22nd Birthday

For my birthday this year, my father bought me the biggest and most expensive present I have ever received in my entire life.

The present may be very expensive , but it can never match the gifts that my parents had given me every day. Although these gifts might be very small and cheap, nothing else in the world is more valuable to me. It is the gift of LOVE so pure, it flows like spring water, crystal clear straight to the heart. Like spring water that has never stopped flowing, their love for me has never died for me from the very moment of my birth, until I'm this old. Without their love, I would not have survived the world. Thank You Mom and Dad for loving me each day!

Satu Lagi Projek Kerajaan Barisan Nasional (Yang Runtuh)

Malam Jumaat yang lalu saya mendapat panggilan dari adik saya yang sedang mengikuti program PLKN di Kem Kubena, Sipitang, Sabah. Katanya pada pukul 10 pagi hari keesokan harinya mereka akan diangkut keluar dari kem mereka dan dibawa balik ke Semenanjung untuk meneruskan modul PLKN mereka. Ini disebabkan kem mereka terpaksa ditutup akibat tanah runtuh yang melanda kem tersebut. Saya difahamkan bahawa sebelum ini telah berlaku kes tanah runtuh sebanyak beberapa kali tetapi ia melibatkan kawasan-kawasan seperti padang kawad. Akan tetapi tanah runtuh kali ini berlaku terlalu hampir dengan asrama kediaman para pelatih menyebabkan keseluruhan kem tersebut terpaksa ditutup.



Menurut adik saya lagi, tanah runtuh tersebut berlaku hanya kira-kira 1 meter dari bangunan asrama mereka. Runtuhan juga turut menjejaskan keselamatan asrama pelatih perempuan yang berada di atas cerun yang runtuh tersebut.



Sehingga kini tiada sebarang berita tentang penutupan kem ini disiarkan samaada di saluran media arus perdana mahupun Internet.



Mendengarkan berita tersebut, ayah saya yang merupakan seorang pakar kajibumi telah menghubungi sahabat beliau di Sabah untuk mendapatkan penjelasan mengenai isu ini. Menurut beliau, kem tersebut telah dibina secara tergesa-gesa di atas kawasan tanah tinggi kira-kira 5 tahun dahulu tanpa merujuk kepada Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains yang mengawalselia pembangunan di kawasan cerun bukit. Cerun-ceru bukit tersebut telah dipotong secara semberono tanpa diberikan perlindungan secukupnya sebelum pembinaan dimulakan.

Open Letter to Deputy Prime Minister

Today, as I was wandering in the cyberspace, I stumbled across an open letter which I found to be very interesting. So, I decided to copy it and paste it in my blog. This letter is posted in Damien 'Baba' Yeo's blog, The Advocate.

Open Letter to the Deputy Prime Minister

To the Deputy Prime Minister,

As a Malaysian, I am proud of what YAB Tuan Lim Guan Eng did in appointing a Gerakan member as a director of a Penang agency. That actually reflects a lot of maturity for the betterment of the people in Penang. I think that is what I call a statesmanship. And it is in my opinion an attitude for all CMs or MBs to follow. This goes beyond party affiliation, race, gender or religion. Nothing but a united Malaysian for the purposes of serving the people in Penang.

I am also proud of Datuk Datuk Lee Kah Choon though a loyal Gerakan man in accepting the position not for himself BUT for the people of Penang.

So Datuk Seri, shame of you for demanding Gerakan to state their stand. I think you should not force even the Gerakan leadership to explain. This shows that either BN or the leadership of BN is immature, still arrogant and all the more stupid and foolish. Simply - 'IDIOT'. No wonder this country is in the state of hopelessness and despair.

You are so wrong to state that members of Barisan Nasional component parties should not work for the opposition. Can't members of the BN coalition works for the sake of the people. Is it so wrong for the BN to work with the Penang State Government? Isn't it good for the people?

As such I think it is about time for you, Mr. Deputy Prime Minister to consider resigning from your position as you are the Deputy Prime Minister to all Malaysians regardless of political affiliation. I am totally disgusted with your attitude though you graduated from the United Kingdom. You, being a Nottingham University graduate should be more like minded as you are very much aware in the UK, there's nothing wrong in working with the Opposition for the sake of the people. As such Malaysians don't accept this threatening statements by leaders of the arrogant BN and UMNO.

Signed,

A fed up Malaysian

I think this "Monggolian Idiot' doesn't realize that his luck is going to run out and still going around with his ego. There will be a day where he will feel the consequences of his actions. God willing...

The Case of Selangor Pg Farming: An Explanation

Background

The Selangor Modern Pig Farming is a pending issue that has been approved by the State Government of Selangor led by the former Mentri Besar Dato' Seri Dr. Khir Toyo on 30th January 2008.

It is done to gather all pig farming activities that are scattered throughout the state and place them in one compound.

Currently, there are 132 pig farms in this state covering the area of 475 acres. the farms have a total of 257,521 pigs and suplies 3000 pigs or equivalent to 300 tonnes per day to consumers around Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.

The pigs are raised in traditional way and this has caused a lot of problems such as water pollution, odour, and loss of aesthetic values in areas surrounding the farms.

The previous government led by Barisan Nasional was not able to handle these problems especially in the aspects of monitoring and law enforcement.

Reasons to carry out the project

This project is expected to ease the government in monitoring the pig farming activity against:

• The spread of deadly viruses such as Japanese Encaphalitis (JE) and the Nipah Virus.
• Water, river, sea and air pollution.
• seepage of sewage into the ground water.
• illegal farms that are built without lisence.
  

Location

The location at Ladang Tumbuk, Mukim Batu, Kuala Langat, Selangor is selected because:

• The plot of land is private owned.
• It is currently the largest farm in Selangor.
• Situated in the downstream area and is not a source of drinking water.
• The area has the largest majority of the ethnic chinese.
  

The Technology

Wastes produced by the farm is processed in an anaerobic digester to produce biofuel gas that contain Methane, Hydrogen Sulphide, Nitrogen Oxide, Carbon Dioxide and Carbon Monoxide. The Biofuel gas will be used to generate the electricity to power the pig farm and provide air-conditioning to the farm itself.

The treated waste water from the farm will not be released into the river but instead used to clean the pig pen and to water the crops to feed the pigs.

Funds

The funds for the project that costs RM100 million will not come from the state government. It will be sourced from:-

• The pig farmers.
• Local investors
• investors from Germany

Conclusion

Overall, this air-conditioned pig farming will reduce:-

• costs of operations
• emmisions of green house gasses
• odour
• water and irrigation pollution.

This project will be a private funded project which means that the state government does not spend a singe cent on this project.

industries such as pig slughtering and cold room could also be implimented and the system monitoring that records the in and out flow would be much easier.

Remarks

This issue has been deliberately used by UMNO by twisting the facts for their political survival. it is a planned CONSPIRACY towards Pakatan Rakyat that has been elected by the people to lead the state government.Seen here in the picture is Dato' Dr Karim Mansor the Tanjung Sepat State Assemblyman together with a village head of Kampung Ladang Tumbuk in a pig pen in Germany in 2007. He were there to discuss the possibility of bringing the German technology back here in Malaysia. This confirms that the project was owned by the previous Barisan Nasional government.