Anecdote

1. This Ramadan was a very hectic Ramadan. Lelah dan penat itu terasa makan dia. Dengan malam ada test, dengan kawan-kawan minta buat kelas express sebelum test, dengan nak ikut naqib kumpul dana untuk Aqsa2Gaza8 dan tugas baru, jadi personal escort dan translator untuk Imam dari Gaza yang lain akan datang. I really need to have a quick course nak cakap Arab pasar. They must feel awkward when I speak Arabic baku. Can anyone help me? Lepas ini gerak untuk iktikaf, and I'll be on duty untuk tiga hari aside from class.

"Barangsiapa yang bernazar dalam dirinya, untuk hidup bersama agamanya, maka dia akan hidup dalam kelelahan. Namun, sesungguhnya dia (walaupun lelah) akan hidup dalam keagungan dan menjemput kematian dengan keagungan" (Syeikh Ahmad Yasin)

2. Hari itu masa Ramadan dengan Imam Muda Mu'min, alhamdulillah dapat kutip around RM 24 ribu. Masa jadi tukang kira, banyak kejadian berlaku. Ada yang bagi cincin emas kahwin depa, ada yang bagi dalam sampul surat buka ada lebih RM 500. Ada yang tulis dia bagi duit itu as zakat. Masya Allah. Memang duduk follow pengurus Aqsa Syarif Pulau Pinang, dari awal sampai habis. Dengar beliau berucap, macam mana pengalaman beliau di Gaza, macam mana bila dia balik betapa yakinnya dia bahawa kita semua sedang bersama-sama kumpulan yang menang di Palestin. Macam mana dalam sejarah terbukti Al Quds ini berfungsi sebagai spiritual inspiration bagi umat Islam. Sama-sama dengan ikhwah, lagi-lagi salah seorang usrahmate akan bertolak ke Gaza untuk A2G8. Ya Allah, nikmatnya. How can I describe the feeling? After all these years, Allah put me in this place, where I met many unsung warriors who spent their lives upholding Islam.

3. Biasa lepas program Ramadan ini, akan tidur di Baitul Ikhwah. Ada seorang ikhwah pandai main keyboard. I always sit beside him. Just listening to him playing beautiful pieces macam Beethoven's Fur Elise, Yiruma's Kiss in the rain dan River flows in you, even The Chosen One Maher Zain. I would sit and wait for mengantuk datang. Bila mengantuk, ambil bantal tidur. Music is beautiful, di syurga, akan ada halwa telinga yang tak pernah ditanggapi oleh mana-mana telinga di dunia ini. How much more beautiful would it be?

4. Ada seorang brother di hostel, masa mandi dia akan always pakai seluar dalam only. Nak masuk pun segan, bukan dalam bilik air, kat sinki pun dia pakai macam itu masa awal-awal semester dulu. Tapi sekarang tak dah. Hari itu masa borak-borak dengan dia, cakap dia tak mo pakai macam itu dah. Because of me. I asked why, I never mentioned anything pasal perkara itu. Dia kata, dia malu, orang hafal Quran. And kami gelak sama-sama. He helped me buat ruqyah dan pagar masa ada bilik di aras kami kena gangguan, bau busuk, laptop kena curi dan ada air kencing merata-rata, kerusi bergerak sendiri malam-malam. Alhamdulillah, dah tak ada sekarang, kuasa Allah. He'a a smoker. And he's not my roommate. Yet, he understood how much I hate people smoking in my room, he told people not to smoke in my room even when I'm not around. My roommates are smokers, Alhamdulillah, mereka pun tak merokok dalam bilik. I want to make our room as comfortable as possible. As peaceful as possible. And somehow, our room got the nickname surau aras, -.- although it's not me who makes it a surau. Other people always came to our room to pray, sebab bilik masing-masing ada pasang radio kuat, main gitar, main game dan merokok. So the only place is our room. Kadang-kadang pukul 2-3 pagi ada lagi yang datang untuk solat. Lagi-lagi Ramadan.  Kadang-kadang kesian kat budak-budak baik, tapi dapat roommate macam apa, mereka tak kuat sangat nak resist. Our room is also a place to study. Sometimes, people I don't really know datang nak study kat bilik. Sambil mengomen kat bilik sendiri bising. Tapi tak apalah, as long as I can provide a safe, peaceful, calm and clean room for others cukuplah. Moga dapat redha Allah.

5. Rabu ini akan balik KL!!!!!!!! Hoyeah I dunno macam mana seronoknya rasa nanti! Mesti gembira kalau yang duduk oversea balik rumah. Yang duduk Penang pun dah happy dah! Dah nak dekat tiga bulan tak jumpa family. Walaupun dah besar, tapi rasa macam nak meloncat-loncat je! Haha. Bulan pertama duduk sini turun 8 kg. Tapi bila balik ni macam nak makan je Mama masak banyak-banyak! Rindu masakan Mama. 

Dari kiri: Hawari, ME, Imam Mu'min, Ust Syazalie, Akh Harryzan

Wassalam. Selamat mengejar lailatul Qadr kawan-kawan. Jangan slow down, masa ini nak naikkan momentum! [0132724207- kalau nak menderma untuk Palestin, atau Rohingya atau Syria, do contact me.]

Home

Last Ramadan, I behaved very abnormally. I was having some kind of confusion and loss control. It was like all of my unresolved life's conflicts surged all at once. I didn't return home. I traveled from mosque to mosque, iktikaf and sometimes, I slept at a bus stop at Greenwood, just to find answers and clear my head. My parents were very worried. During that time, my father sent me a single text message. He said whatever I was going through at that time, face it like a man and always remember, my parents will always be there for me, come home. Upon reading the text, my fear swept away. I felt safe and secured, I felt at home in my heart. I did not know what was I afraid of, and still do not know now. I don't know what had happened, but it was a very miserable moment.

And here, I have the same 'home' feeling. Apart from my weekly call to my parents and little cute chubby brothers and my daily text message to my little sister, I feel like home when reading the Quran. Reading the Quran makes me feel safe and secured. It gives me a very deep tranquility. It is like every ayat is intended for you. And it feels hard to turn to another page because of how beautiful your heart interacts with the page, but it also feels very excited and curious for what is waiting for you at the next page.

This Ramadan is a very blessed Ramadan. I got to have iftars with ikhwah at baitul ikhwah here in Penang. I got to learn from my naqib, who went to Gaza last year's Ramadan. The way he described Gaza and al Aqsa, oh, I really wish I could die there syahid, and be buried with syuhada'. Allahuma amitni bi mauti syuhada'. ALhamdulillah, this week I will be tasked as a bodyguard and personal assistant for an Imam from Gaza who came here. His name is Imam Mu'min. My duty will start tomorrow. I want to learn as much as possible from him.

May Allah help us all in improving ourselves.

ALhamdulillah for the life I'm having now :)

Sempurna

Dulu, masa form 5, naqib saya pernah tanya, kalau dengar lagu ini ingat siapa?  In my mind, I don't have any clear answer at that time. Haritu masa ada Pameran KoKU di sini, lagu Sempurna by Andra ni dipasang. I took a sit and enjoyed it. I smiled. Alhamdulillah, the answer was very clear. I still remember before Hafidz my beloved respected senior flew to German, I sought his advice. He said, 'Jaga Iman, jaga Quran. Bergaul dengan orang-orang yang datang ke masjid/surau'. Orang-orang yang datang ke masjid di tengah-tengah kelatnya jahiliyah yang melanda, ialah mereka yang mencari kedamaian dan bi'ah solehah. Mereka yang mencari solitude untuk resolve konflik seharian.

Selamat menyambut Ramadan kawan-kawan sekalian. Cari Cinta Allah, cari sampai jumpa. Kekalkan momentum, jangan putus asa dengan dosa masa lalu. Ada sebab Allah suruh jadi 'tawwab' bukan 'taaib'. 'Tawwab' ialah mereka yang mengulang-ulang taubat mereka[Sinergi, Hilal Asyraf]. Cari taubat nasuha, cari cinta Allah, cari rindu Nabi, cari redha ibu ayah, cari cinta adik-beradik. Moga jumpa di Ramadhan kali ini. Amin ya rabbal 'alamin. Allahu yusahhil 'alaikum.

Kau begitu sempurna
Di mataku kau begitu indah
Kau membuat diriku
Akan selalu memujamu
*courtesy of LirikLaguIndonesia.Net
Di setiap langkahku
Ku kan selalu memikirkan dirimu
Tak bisa ku bayangkan
Hidupku tanpa cintamu


Janganlah kau tinggalkan diriku
Takkan mampu menghadapi semua
Hanya bersamamu ku akan bisa


Kau adalah darahku
Kau adalah jantungku
Kau adalah hidupku
Lengkapi diriku
Oh sayangku kau begitu
Sempurna, sempurna


Kau genggam tanganku
Saat diriku lemah dan terjatuh
Kau bisikkan kata
Dan hapus semua sesalku.

:) 

Darah Kehidupan

Pergilah bermusafir mencari kemuliaan, kerana dalam pengembaraan itu ada lima kelebihan iaitu menghilangkan kesedihan, membina penghidupan baru, memperoleh ilmu, menguatkan jiwa dan dapat bergaul dengan ramai manusia dari pelbagai perangai dan ragam.~ Imam Syafie

I envy those who have the chance to study so far away from their own home. I bet they learn so much. 

Dalam sehari-hari hidup sebagai pelajar, I can't help but notice, kita sebagai pelajar always associate actions with consequences. Yet, this kind of association only applies to good deeds, macam solat di masjid dan puasa. Somehow it doesn't apply to jahiliyah macam tengok Korea, main game, tidur, melepak dan sebagainya.

Association yang dimaksudkan macam a type of perception yang associate deeds dengan unsound consequences. Contohnya kalau pergi solat masjid akan di'associate' dengan tak cukup masa dan penat. 'Puasa' akan di'associate' dengan penat otak dan fizikal. Baca Quran akan di'associate' dengan 'study pun dapat pahala', dan many more deeds yang di'associate' dengan kononnya menunaikan haq badan. Only if they knew how hard Rasulullah was trying to be, as He said 'afala akuna 'abdan syakura'. The examples I have given are not at times when they are forced to do it, they was just asked, and they associated it with those kinds of answers.

Kita selalu lupa, kekuatan itu datang dari Allah. Kekuatan itu datang dari sayangnya Allah pada kita. Kemudahan dan nikmat, itu semua dari Allah. Begitu juga untuk ikhwah, macam mana boleh kita nak pacu dakwah dengan laju kalau mutabaah ibadah kita longgar? Sepatutnya bila dah sampai mustawa tamhidi, sepatutnya kalau ikut mutabaah elok-elok bacaan Quran takkan jadi gagap-gagap. Macam mana kita nak excel dalam both academics dan dakwah, kalau kunci kepada dua perkara ini iaitu hubungan dengan Allah kita tak jaga? Hubungan dengan Allah hanya akan terjaga kalau kita jaga ibadah kita. Dari situ akan datang ketetapan hati untuk aqidah kita, dan juga dikukuhkan langkah dalam dakwah. Dan juga dilapangkan dada dan urusan. Walaupun sehari-hari kita sibuk tengok jam bila nak masuk waktu sebab nak pergi masjid, amazingly Allah akan lapangkan dan permudahkan segala urusan. More than any of us can imagine.

Dalam senang dan susah, kita sentiasa berdisiplin untuk menjaga haq Allah. Apa lagi yang perlu kita risaukan mengenai kecukupan kita. Bila mutabaah yang diamanahkan setel, insya Allah, ada keberkatan dan rahmat dalam setiap perkara yang kita buat sebagai pelajar. 

Biar rasa penat. Trust me, when penat dari beribadah secara istiqamah comes, you'll feel an amazing constant tranquil surge flowing in your heart. Where it makes you look at everything positively, and you'll feel the inevitable calmness blessed by Allah. 

Let's stop this unfair association, and let's be kind. One good thing of ibadah, is it makes you feel earthy than ever before. Bila kita sujud, kepala kita di lantai punggung kita lagi tinggi dari kepala, dan kita memuji Allah dengan pujian Maha Tinggi. What more can we deny about our true nature?

Moga kita terus menjaga haq kita kepada Allah. We are indeed in need of Allah. 

I Will Love You Forever

Dah sampai masa, adik-adik aku dah makin besar. It's time for me to let go, and not being worried. Biar dulu banyak kali tegur, marah, bengang sebab tak do their best in life, tapi sekarang dua orang dah besar. Naim dah masuk UIA PJ, Iman akan masuk Kolej Professional MARA Julai ini, di Kuantan, in which if YOU read this, please check on her if you have time. I've already passed her name to PIC kawasan, but just in case, would you mind to check on her once a while di sana?

Being an abang sulung is not an easy task. Heavy burden and expectations from parents, and at the same time, in my case, enjoying my life. If there are problems in the family, it's you who takes charge. You'll be a mediator if anything critical happens between your parents and your fellow siblings, and you be the pressure-person if your fellow siblings sometimes lost their ways. And also you'll be a constant reminder for your parents, and because you are their first-born, you know your parents the most. And you know sometimes, it's better to sacrifice yourself for the sake of keeping the family intact. You are the one who holds both secrets from your parents and your siblings. Your siblings entrusted their secrets to you, although sometimes you figure them out. Your parents also discussed most of their problems with you. It's on your shoulders your parents cried, and it's you who'll take the blame if something happens to your siblings. It's natural.

You'll be the one your parents see if both of them had problems with each other.

Being a boy has another setback. You love your family so much, but you don't have the means to show your love, except by action. You don't know how to express 'I love you', yet you kissed your parents' cheek every time nak keluar rumah. You don't know how to bermanja, except when you fell sick, you take the chance to baring atas peha emak. To be tended and taken care of. When you are healthy, you are expected to be independent again and set examples for your siblings. Atau masa naik motor dengan ayah, dapat peluk puas-puas kat belakang. You protect your family, and when someone messes with your family, either you have the courage to let your siblings settle it as a growing person, or you take charge and someone will be sorry.

Being a first born and a boy will turn you as an expert of unspoken love. It's just lately that I have the courage to tell 'I love you' face to face to my parents, even though in my heart, those faces are the faces that I remember almost every second of my life. My solat will never be perfect without prayers included for my parents and siblings. I utter their names more than I could remember in my prayers after solat and ma'thurat every day. My successes were all fueled by the inspiration to make my parents proud. I myself don't really want all that. What I want is to make my parents and siblings proud.

Most of the times, I let my siblings solved their own problems. So they could grow up as a strong person.

I'm a person of silence. I don't know how to show my love. I'm learning slowly how to show my love, with the presence of my two little brothers Ayaz and Saif.


Ianya rindu yang memacu kehidupan. Rindu pada keluarga, rindu yang teramat sangat pada Nabi Muhammad. Dalam solat dan doa, dalam tahiyat dan selawat, kerinduan yang membuatkan hati ini terus segar dan kukuh menolak jahiliyah-jahiliyah hari ini. Jahiliyah di luar diri, juga jahiliyah dalam diri. Jahiliyah yang merosak hati. Rindulah yang menzahirkan cinta, moga Cintaku pada Rabb lebih diutamakan.

Allahumma amitna bi mauti syuhada'.

To Naim and Iman, choose your own path, and choose wisely. Hidup ini untuk Allah, and hanya untuk Allah.  Make sure everything revolves around that. Sandarkan setiap pilihan pada Allah, insya Allah tak ada penyesalan. Don't be afraid to fail, for experience is a great teacher. Jangan tinggal tarbiyah, sebab tarbiyah itu darah dan jantung kehidupan. Other than that, I as your brother, will support your decision if it's according to the will of Allah, and if it isn't, I will always be there to set you straight. I'm a guardian, assigned by Allah to guard you, and I will keep you safe until the day Allah takes my life. Love you.


The above picture tells about the character I adore the most, Uchiha Itachi. Read about him, and you'll find a very valuable principle that governs his life.

To my beloved

Bismillahirrahmanirrahim.

Anekdot first day...

Salam adik-adik semua. Salam mak aku, mak aku peluk kuat-kuat. Mak aku menangis. Panjang mak aku pesan, last-last keluar perkataan 'I Love You'. Itu pun dah cukup sebenarnya. Hati bahagia, walaupun tak tunjuk di muka. Nak menangis jugak, tapi senyum je. Nanti lagi sedih mak aku. Mak aku menangis macam aku nak pergi oversea je, walhal Penang je pun. Masa tu mata dah bergenang, tapi lap cepat. Nanti mak aku lagi sedih. Walaupun depan orang, I'm proud being treated like that. Lol, anak manja. Not a whimpy one, but anak manja yang able to protect his family, and to protect his ummah. Kemudian salam ayah aku. Salam and peluk cara gentlemen. He taught me how to be a man. Kemudian salam and peluk adik-adik kecik dua orang, Ayaz dan Saif. Tapi derang macam tak kisah, sebab tengah bergurau sesama sendiri. Aku pun biarlah. Kereta pun pergi, akak polis sebelah siap tegur lagi, 'tak menangis ke?'. 'Taklah, dah besar, control sikit'.

Kemudian, dalam 30 minit lepas tu, mak aku call. Dengar suara Ayaz kuat menangis dalam fon, dia cakap "Abg Asif, terima masih kerana telah membesarkan Ayaz dan menjaga Ayaz dengan baik selama ni..Ayaz janji akan belajar elok-elok dan ngaji tiap malam-malam..huuuu(sambung nangis)". Aku pun menangis dalam bilik, berderai-derai air mata jatuh. Aku pun letak telefon,tak tahu nak cakap apa. Call mak aku balik lepas tu, tanya Ayaz cakap tu skrip ke? Mak aku cakap tak, memang Ayaz cakap sendiri. Ayaz ni darjah satu kalau kome nak tahu. Dalam kereta masa tu pun terkejut, Ayaz cakap macam tu. Rupanya masa aku salam derang dalam kereta tu, derang tak tahu aku nak masuk U dah. Kelakar betul. Bila dah otw balik baru mak aku cakap lepas ni Abg Asif takda, siapalah yang nak teman pergi tandas, buat susu, ngajar ngaji semua. Terus dua-dua menangis. Baru derang sedar. Keh keh. Sentimental betul. Dah takda sapa dah aku nak marah sebab conteng buku aku. Haha.

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1. I wrote this, with my love towards my family, and towards my very nice uncles and aunties. Asif di sini sihat-sihat aja. Baik-baik aja. Sudah mula kelas, juga sudah mula usrah. Usrah Asif dengan Dr *#^%$#, professor Physics di USM. Sampai-sampai di Penang ikhwah dah bawak pi jalan-jalan. Hujung minggu ini InsyaAllah pergi panjat gunung dengan Aqsa Syarif. Asif KoKu masuk Kesatria Negara.

Subject daftar enam, in which ada dua are pretty easy. English dan Agama Islam. Subjek lain biasa je. Dua physics, satu calculus, lagi satu subjek faculty - ElectroTechnology. Library dia best. Roommate pun boleh tahan. Seorang roommate dah mintak Asif ngajar dia mengaji walaupun kat Pusat Islam ada je halaqah al Quran ustaz tu buat. Tapi, ustaz-ustaz tu pun baca tajwid kantoi juga, tapi Asif diam jelah. Budak baru katakan. Pusat Islam dia aktif, almost every day ada kuliah. Lagi dua orang roommate selalu tengah DF. Sorang dah suruh Asif kejut dia Subuh masjid betul-betul sampai bangun. Setakat ini alhamdulillah tak ada kelas malam, boleh mengaji dan study senang sikit.

Kafe dia pun murah, setakat ini Asif kira perbelanjaan Asif RM211 sebulan, untuk makan sahaja. Buku belum beli lagi, tapi rasa macam tak payah kot. Although I love books so much, I think dengan keadaan duit sekarang, rilek-rilek dulu lah. Lecturer pun dah prepare note online. Wahai Mama n Baba, walaupun Asif dah dewasa, tapi macam perlu bantuan untuk beli laptop lah. Macam perlu sangat di sini. Hihi. Dah jumpa ramai ikhwah senior sini, derang offer Asif buku jugak. Separuh harga. Kat sini ada tiga rumah ikhwah dekat dengan UiTM.

Naim pun dah masuk UIA PJ. Dia exempted APT, EPT level 6.

2. I wrote this, with a bunch of regrets towards my best friend. Aku minta maaf, sebab tak dapat pergi oversea dengan kau. Aku cadang nak pergi nanti. Maybe Master. It is my utmost regret when I made the decision. Insya Allah, I pray, you'll be a great physicist one day, and as for me, to be a great engineer.

And thank you for everything. And Asyraf Roslan! happy belated birthday! Aku ingat masa form 4 aku lupa birthday kau. Haha. Moga berkat umur kau..dan mudah pelajaran kau. Aku sebenarnya ada post untuk kau, tapi maklumlah orang tak ada laptop plus wifi sentiasa bingung di sini. Ini pun roommate aku seludup gajet apa entah macam ada parabola nak intensify wifi bilik ni. Lepas ni, aku, kau dan Omar susahlah nak jumpa lagi. Sorang di Penang, sorang di Klate, sorang di Manchester. Acano nak gi tonton dota tournament lagi??

3. I wrote this, with a mountain of hope in the future. As you said, I put my choice on Allah. And I really really really really really hope that I can make it in time, to win. In 3 years, I'll be there. I'll meet him, and I'll be ready. Mark my word.

4. To all, do pray for me.

Ini aku sertakan lagu masa kami orientasi, ada abang senior dua orang nyanyi. Sumpah terbaik!! Aku menangis dengar, menangis betul. Aku tengok keliling aku ada yang nangis jugak. Later I know, they were the ones who are just like me, some older, 22 yrs old. Pegang harapan family. Bila datang sini, baru tahu, lagi ramai unfortunate. I should be grateful.

Bersih 3.0 - Of understanding and promoter of good values

*I am not going to post my whole experience during BERSIH 3.0. As before. Just bits and bits of learning experience here and there and some points of view.


We often think that fight for ideals and virtues is simple and easy. It is not indeed. Along the way, there will be some tests. Some will be taken away by the restless agitation and blinded by the opium of anti-establishment, while some will be gripped by fear, some will be misguided by doubts - not the doubts of truth and skepticism, but rather doubt of action. Some will choose side of the oppressor, knowingly and unknowingly. Unknowingly by being neutral in times of injustice.

We've got a long way in Malaysia, for the citizens to grasp the maturity of support and disagreement. We always think, perhaps because the authorities have sit on the chair of power for a very long time, that government is equal to the winning component/party. And we are very good in generalizing. It doesn't mean when we agree to some policies of the authorities, we agree to the injustice they have induced. And it also doesn't mean when we fight the corruption and injustice in the government, we also in support to the invitation of the existing foreign powers meddling our affairs.

We must stop generalizing and being lazy. We must wake up, and be sensible. My reason for joining BERSIH is clear. I demand clean electoral reform at large. Those who are serious in knowing this issue, will surely know about the 'phantom voters'. There are so much corruption and injustice, and we just keep sucking up BN's deeds blindfolded. This issue is not an assumption, or a wild conspiracy theory made up by the opposition, it is real, and it is happening. Either Pro BN or anti BN, and those who aren't in both. If we are serious, we will find the truth.

When I was in a demonstration, be it BERSIH, or other demos for Syria/Palestine/Egypt, I will always pause from time to time, just to reassure myself why I was there. It is easy to lose yourself in the midst of irrational hatred and exciting confrontation. But, I was there, because I chose to be a promoter of good values, of godly values. And I am sure, there is a lot out there, like me. Who aren't interested in who's holding the power, but in the way the power holder benefits the power that is given to them, from us. The way the power is handled, defines the holder. I'm interested in John Dalberg Acton's saying about power.  He said "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely".

Complacent may be the suitable word, for us Malaysians. When we demand change, the other will always compare our condition with poorer countries. When we feel complacent, we are afraid to move on. To have a better life, with better condition. It is easy for us to speak, when we never experience money shortage - to the extend that our parents sold the jewelry, or even harta pusaka peninggalan nenek moyang just to support their family. We never experience poverty, when children just keep fasting to ease the burden of their parents. We never experience sufferings, when our rights are denied and declined just because we differ in financial status. We never feel any of them, so that's why we keep siding the ones with power. Because our gold pot is with them. Still, these people don't demand wealth, although they have the right to do so. They still pay the tax. They demand the system to be cleaned, it's fortunate that Malaysians still have faith for the system.

To take a closer look, the demands are to achieve clean election, along with the freedom of media. There will always be something wrong when you look at the demands with paranoid and fearful paradigm. Irrational assumptions will keep popping up. Try to look at it from a different angle.

These assemblies call for the reforms. Be it BN or PR on the top, in the next ten years, we will always call for reforms if the situation needs us. We should start taking side with values and principles. Our country's future is more than PR or BN. Malaysia is in need of its citizens, who calls for justice and equality, peace and transparency. Be it PR, be it BN, be it perhaps another large component in the future, let us make sure the ones in power stand with these values.

For people like me, it is not about the struggle to push PR to Putrajaya. Although I grew up knowing so many mischievous deeds performed by UMNOs, I learned that evil and corruption are with those who do not fear God. The one who wields power with God-fearing principles will do well, regardless of the parties and components. It is my utmost regret that I cannot share you the article I once read in a site about economics, I spend hours looking for it - where the article was written under the presumption that, corruption does take over in a place where people does not believe in God. It said that faith in God, is necessary to prevent corruption and misuse of power. Although the article in the end aimed to bash communism. My point is our country is in need of both religious and faithful people. 

I don't imagine a future where only one party or component rules the parliament, but rather a mixture of politicians of virtues and principles, who uphold values and honor. Let there be various parties and components. Differences are good. Conflicts are necessary to keep the dynamics flows and improvement flourishes. Let there be check and balance. And for this to come true, men of values and ideas are needed. Not men of dogmas and propaganda.

Malaysia is a blessed country. Alhamdulillah. Old-time warriors and 'ulama, leaders and its citizens made Malaysia as it is today. Let us be grateful - by striving for the best and sustain the values on which our ancestors have stood for. Tok Janggut, Mat Kilau and Rentap fought for their rights and justice, their people, and their identities. It is our responsibility then to sustain and maintain. We are calling the leaders to reform. We do not ask you to step down. We are asking you to take responsibilities for what you and your acquaintances have done - the list I am afraid is too long.

It is then my decision, to support good values and be an ardent promoter. I am a khalifah of Allah, and it is my responsibility. Peace.

Note 1 : I think young people have more resistance to the tear gas. I propose to young people, next time, if there is any demonstration, do stock up big bottles of water and salts - I got three big bottles and a pack of salt when I went to BERSIH 3 - so that we can help old folks and pakmakciks in the demonstration to keep up. Some knowledge of basic medics would be sufficient to help.

Note 2 : We must not think police as bad and evil. They have orders, and they must follow the orders. I know a senior ikhwah in TUDM, he supports Bersih, yet he is assigned in some kind of military unit to keep things in control if the police fails to do so.

Note 3 : During Bersih, I went with my naqib and two lawyers from IKRAM - who are specifically designated to protect the protesters legally. Although I read comprehensively about isu semasa, there are so many things I do not know. The lawyers shared so many things, issues like OccupyDataran and PTPTN, and new rule replacing ISA - another layer of information. Lepas ni ingat nak lepak dengan lawyer lah. Senang tahu cerita.

"A warning to the people
The good and the evil
This is war
To the soldier, the civillian
The martyr, the victim
This is war

It's the moment of truth and the moment to lie
The moment to live and the moment to die
The moment to fight, the moment to fight, to fight, to fight, to fight" - This is War, 30 Seconds to Mars

It is indeed, a war of values and principles.