The Sweetness of Life, A Poem By Ahmad Ali Karim

Today I was given an assignment by my mother to write either a poem or a story using one of the proverbs from my English book.

The Sweetness of Life

Though you’d flown far,
And your wings are tired,
Your throat has gone dry,
And the food has expired.

Through the chilly rain,
And the burning desert,
Across the strong blizzard,
That makes you exhausted.

Even if you fall down,
Hard onto the ground,
Hurting your backbone,
But do not wear a frown.

Look on the bright side,
There’s a river beside you,
To quench your thirst,
Becoming as good as new.

Whatever that happens,
Whatever you’re facing,
Remember, every cloud,
Has a silver lining.

Bekas Peguam Anwar, Zul Noordin: W. Azizah Mengakui Anwar Bersalah?

KENYATAAN MEDIA:

Saya agak pelik dengan permohonan pengampunan keatas Banduan bernama Anwar Ibrahim oleh isterinya Wan Azizah.

Pelik kerana Wan Azizah sendiri tidak hadir memberi keterangan didalam perbicaraan bagi Banduan sebagai saksi alibi. Kalau di Mahkamah pun dia tidak membantu Banduan, mengapa kini dia pula yang sibuk mohon pengampunan bagi Banduan?

Adakah permohonan keampunan yang dikemukakan ini bermakna Wan Azizah mengakui & menerima sabitan kesalahan meliwat terhadap Banduan?

Bagi saya, permohonan Wan Azizah ini wajib ditolak atas alasan:

1. Permohonan pengampunan keatas Banduan bernama Anwar Ibrahim oleh isterinya Wan Azizah wajib ditolak kerana ianya dibuat tanpa persetujuan dan/ atau pengetahun Banduan sendiri.

Ini kerana Banduan konsisten dgn pendirian tidak mahu membuat permohonan pengampunan!

Adakah Wan Azizah membuat permohonan ini tanpa pengetahuan atau persetujuan Banduan? Kalau benar Wan Azizah membuat permohonan pengampunan ini tanpa pengetahuan atau persetujuan Banduan, ini adalah satu penghinaan terhadap pendirian Banduan tersebut!

1. Asas kepada sebarang permohonan pengampunan ialah pengakuan salah kpd kesalahan yang disabit, penyesalan atas perlakuan kesalahan itu dan akujanji tidak akan mengulanginya lagi;

2. Elemen2 ini tidak ada dalam permohonan Wan Azizah maka ianya wajib ditolak;

3. Sebaliknya Wan Azizah cuba memperkaldaikan institusi pengampunan DiRaja dengan menjadikan alasan “kehakiman tidak telus” sebagai alasan pengampunan. Ini satu penghinaan keatas institusi pengampunan dan wajib ditolak dan dikenakan tindakan sewajarnya!

4. Permohonan ini juga suatu penghinaan kepada institusi kehakiman yang dilantik dan bernaung dibawah YDP Agong kerana menjadikan alasan “kehakiman tidak telus” sebagai alasan permohonan pengampunan;

5. Kebiasaanya hanya mereka yang dijatuhkan hukuman mati atau penjara sepanjang hayat akan memohon pengampunan bagi tujuan pengurangan hukuman. Bagi seorang yang disabitkan kesalahan meliwat dan dijatuhkan hukuman penjara 5 tahun adalah sesuatu yang agak “luar biasa” untuk memohon pengampunan atas hukuman, apatah lagi bagi Banduan ini yg selalu melalak slogan “Lawan Tetap Lawan”. Adakah keluarga membuat permohonan pengampunan kerana Banduan dikatakan tidak mampu melawan nyamuk didalam penjara spt yang diadukan oleh isterinya Wan Azizah?

Pada saya, adalah lebih baik dan afdhal bagi Banduan memohon keampunan daripada Allah setelah dia memohon maaf secara terbuka & peribadi kepada Saiful Bukhari Azlan!

Zulkifli Noordin
Rabu
6 Jamadil Awal 1436
25 Feb 2015

Drone Captured Spectacular View Of Frozen Niagara Falls

A video caught by a drone captures the spectacular view of the frozen Niagara Falls.

The video shows such an amazing view of the beautiful frozen Niagara Falls which only a drone can capture.

Here’s the video…

Colours of Nature, A Poem By Ahmad Ali Karim

A little blue bird,
Flying in clear sky,
To meet a friend,
Far away in Chiengmai.

It stopped on a branch,
Of a tall oak tree,
To enjoy a great view,
Of a glittering blue sea.

It flew off again,
To find it’s old friend,
Over yellow sunflowers,
On green grassland.

Across red flowers it passed,
Above grey mountains it flew,
The many colours of nature,
More than what it knew.

Soon it arrived,
At the beautiful highland,
And gave its friend,
A flower garland.

In Pictures: Frozen Niagara Falls (Feb, 2015)

The U.S. side of the Niagara Falls is partially frozen after temperatures in the area dropped to -2F.

Part of Niagara Falls has frozen over, as cold  weather continues to affect the United States.

Please click the photos for larger images:

The U.S. side of the Niagara Falls is partially frozen after temperatures in the area dropped to -2F.

The U.S. side of the Niagara Falls is partially frozen after temperatures in the area dropped to -2F.

The Rainbow Bridge above a frozen river.

The freezing weather has not deterred tourists at the site.

Frozen mist from the falls has coated the landscape around Prospect Point at Niagara Falls State Park with a fine layer of ice.

Cara Menandatangani Petisyen,”Respecting The Sovereign Nation Of Malaysia”

Merujuk kepada petisyen, “Respecting The Sovereign Nation Of Malaysia”, saya berharap agar semua orang yang menghargai keamanan dan kedaulatan sesebuah negara yang merdeka akan menandatangani petisyen ini.

Di bawah adalah 4 langkah mudah untuk menandatangani petisyen ini.

LANGKAH 1:

Pergi ke sini dan anda akan dibawa ke laman ini. Isi kotak “first name”, “last name”, “email address” dan “postal code”.

Sebagai contoh, jika nama anda ialah Osman bin Bakar, taip Osman di kotak “first name” dan Bakar di kotak “last name”. Taip alamat email anda di kotak “email address” dan poskod anda di kotak “zip code”. Selepas selesai mengisi maklumat di atas, klik, “SIGN NOW”.

LANGKAH 2:

Ini ialah apa yang anda akan lihat setelah anda klik “SIGN NOW”.

Setelah itu, sila ke inbox email anda. 

LANGKAH 3:

Anda akan menerima email seperti di bawah yang bertajuk, “Action Needed: Verify your signature”.

Buka email anda dan klik, ‘Confirm your signature by clicking here’.

LANGKAH 4:

Anda akan mendapat notis seperti di bawah:

Tahniah, anda telah berjaya menandatangani petisyen yang menegaskan bahawa anda tidak menyokong campurtangan asing di dalam pentadbiran Malaysia!

Respecting The Sovereign Nation Of Malaysia: How To Sign The Petition

Regarding the petition calling the US to respect the sovereign nation of Malaysia, I hope that all of us who respect peace and the sovereignty of an independent country will sign this petition.

Below are the 4 easy steps of how to sign the petition: 

STEP 1:

Go here and you will be redirected to this page. Type your first name, last name, email address and your postal code in the given boxes:

For example, if your name is Osman bin Bakar, type Osman in the first name box, and Bakar in the last name box. Then type your email address in the email address box and your post code/zip code in the zip code box. After typing the information needed, click ‘SIGN NOW’.

STEP 2:

This is what you’ll see after clicking, ‘SIGN NOW’.

After seeing this, go to your email inbox.

STEP 3:

You will be receiving this mail with a title, ‘Action Needed: Verify your signature’.

Open the mail and click, ‘Confirm your signature by clicking here’.

STEP 4:

You’ll then will be redirected to another page with this message.

Congratulations, you’re done! You have now signed the petition.

IN PHOTOS – Icy Blizzard Slams Central US

Ice forms on the Brooklyn waterfront in New York on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. An extremely cold air mass is moving into the region on Sunday night. The Brooklyn Bridge and One World Trade Center appear in the background. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Reuters reported that a record-breaking cold gripped the eastern United States while an icy winter storm crippled the nation’s central states and then plowed into the mid-Atlantic, dumping snow and forcing federal offices in Washington, D.C. to close on Tuesday.

It was reported that the new storm will be followed by another arctic front, bringing frigid cold to the eastern United States by Thursday or Friday.

People watch as ice forms on the Brooklyn waterfront in New York on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. An extremely cold air mass is moving into the region on Sunday night. The Statue of Liberty is in the background. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

A woman walks through drifting snow in Cambridge, Mass., Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. A storm brought a new round of wind-whipped snow to New England on Sunday, threatening white-out conditions in coastal areas and forcing people to contend with a fourth winter onslaught in less than a month. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Philadelphia firefighters work the scene of an overnight blaze in west Philadelphia, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015, as icicles hang from where the water from their hoses froze. Bone-chilling, single-digit temperatures have gripped the region, prompting the closure of all parish and regional Catholic elementary schools in the city of Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Jacqueline Larma)

Kim Taylor, of Norwood, Mass., right, shovels a path in the snow in front of her home Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, in Norwood. A storm brought a new round of wind-whipped snow to New England on Sunday, threatening white-out conditions in coastal areas and forcing people to contend with a fourth winter onslaught in less than a month. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)

Snow covers parked cars on Beacon Hill in Boston, Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015. A blizzard warning was in effect for coastal communities from Rhode Island to Maine, promising heavy snow and powerful winds to heap more misery on a region that has already seen more than 6 feet of snow in some areas. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

Blowing snow on the waterfront in the East Boston neighborhood of Boston partially obscures the skyline, Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. New England remained bitterly cold Monday after the region’s fourth winter storm in a month blew through. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)

The water fountain in Bryant Park turned in to an ice sculpture by record cold on Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015 in New York City. (Gordon Donovan/Yahoo News)

Ice forms along the shore of the Manhattan side of the East River in New York on Monday, Feb. 16, 2015. Temperatures in the city were in the single digits on Monday morning. The Manhattan Bridge is in the background. (AP Photo/Peter Morgan)

Pakatan Is Selling Off Malaysia For Anwar?

The Malaysian Insider, 11 February 2015 10:41 PM

In his article, “Pakatan Willing To Sell Off Nation For Anwar”, Hafidz Baharom wrote how the opposition parties are willing to even sacrifice the nation, just to release their leader, Anwar Ibrahim from jail.

I’m not a fan of Hafidz Baharom; in fact I’ve never agree with his opinions, so the article above really surprised me.

He started his article with:

“It is disappointing to see that the only agenda the Pakatan Rakyat parties and supporters have a care for is the immediate release of their leader, Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, even to the point of willing to barter away our sovereignty.” – TMI

Hafidz Baharom then asked;

“…is one person really worth sacrificing the entire nation for?” – TMI

Of course NOT!

Hafidz Baharom also wrote:

“With Pakatan promoting this petition to its supporters, allow me to ask this; what if the US puts forward trade sanctions on Malaysia? Think about it.” – TMI

But again, maybe that is what the opposition leaders want – for the US to “put forward trade sanctions on Malaysia”, so that they can blame the whole thing on the government, and call for the people to topple the government even though it’s them who cause that to happen.

Hafidz Baharom also wrote about the opposition leaders:

“So congratulations to them on finally showing their political stripes and just how far they are willing to sell out the people they vowed to defend.” – TMI

I really hope that more people can see the true colours of the leaders and can see that they do not care about the people and that they are willing to sell of the sovereignty our country for their own agendas.

“Malaysians should not unwittingly support something so blindly.” – Hafidz Baharom (TMI)

Most Malaysians are tired of Anwar and his ‘Reformasi’, and opposition parties’ supporters must remember that they must “not unwittingly support something so blindly.”

It seems like PKR is only all about Anwar Ibrahim and his family.

I want to congratulate Hafidz Baharom for being brave enough to be honest and not spinning facts but his boss might not be very happy with him.

Anyway, I’m not surprise if Hafidz Baharom will soon be writing another article that he has change his mind and that he supports the petition to force the Malaysian government to free Anwar Ibrahim.

Please click here to Say That You Respect The Sovereignty of Malaysia.

Nik Aziz Meninggal Dunia

(UTUSAN) KOTA BHARU 12 Feb. – Mursyidul Am Pas, Datuk Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat yang menghidap kanser prostat tahap empat meninggal dunia di kediaman beliau di Pulau Melaka, di sini pada pukul 9.40 malam ini.