POK-KAM: 01/01/11

29 January 2011

How to Cope When Things Go Wrong

There are times in every person's life when things do not go according to the way we would like. All of us have our ups and downs. These can consist of periods of poor health, emotional problems, financial struggles, relationship challenges, accidents and the like.

Understand that these challenges are normal. We simply cannot exist in a "bubble of happiness" all of the time. It would be nice but life doesn't work like that - for anyone.

BANDUNG 29 Jan. – Penyanyi yang juga usahawan kosmetik dari Malaysia, Datuk Siti Nurhaliza Tarudin menerima Anugerah Wanita Inspirasi pada majlis Malam Anugerah Kasih anjuran Ikatan Setia Kawan Malaysia-Indonesia (Iswami) yang berlangsung di sebuah hotel di sini malam tadi.

Reaq more ....

Source : Utusan Malaysia Online

Ah ... the general public will not be making a big issue over this. She earned it. Tahniah Datuk ....

28 January 2011

You Say You Want A Revolution, But Be Careful What You Wish For

The images of angry protesters in Egypt in Tunisia gathering in the streets are may look similar to the color revolutions that have rocked the world in recent years. However, they may differ in at least on one crucial point: spontaneity.

Source: RT News

15 January 2011

Bacaan Kuat Selain Azan

BACAAN SELAIN AZAN DI PEMBESAR SUARA PATUT DIHENTIKAN
Prof Madya Dr Mohd Asri bin Zainul Abidin

(sertai facebook DrMAZA.com)

Saya ingin mengulas sedikit tentang bacaan-bacaan –selain azan- yang menggunakan pembesar suara sehingga mengganggu orang ramai. Bacaan ini telah mengelirukan orang bukan muslim sehingga mereka menyangka ia azan. Sesetengah pihak cuba mempertahankan amalan tersebut atas alasan ia bacaan al-Quran atau zikir yang patut diagungkan. Mereka menyangka sikap keras mereka dalam hal ini adalah ‘perjuangan mempertahankan Islam’. Saya ingin mengulas hal ini seperti berikut;

Source : Minda Tajdid

Well, this comes from an individual who is well learned and versed in the field he is in. Of course knows very well what he is talking about.

01 January 2011

Civil servants still using old way to communicate

TUARAN: Most civil servants are still using the old method of communication, said State federal secretary Datuk Muhammad Hatta Aziz.

“Many of us still refuse to receive official letters through email and ask for the original copy to be sent through mail or fax.

Source: The Borneo Post

To think we are had just gone through the first decade of the 21st century ...

Water fluoridation for Sabah in 2011

KOTA KINABALU: Water fluoridation would be re-introduced into Sabah’s public water supply next year.

Health Deputy Minister Datuk Rosnah Abd Rashid Shirlin, disclosing this to Bernama here yesterday, said the project was under the 10th Malaysia Plan (10MP).

Source: New Sabah Times

I honestly thought that all these while the treated-water we consumed were fluoridated. It's no wonder that I still gets to see "gaps" in some of the smiles almost wherever I go.

Oil seen hitting US$100 a barrel this year.

PETALING JAYA: Will we see oil price exceed US$100 in 2011?

Quite likely, say analysts, as more quantitative easing by the US Government, coupled with strong demand from India and China drive oil prices to the three-digit level again.

Source: The Star Online