Category: Good News

Penerbitan Utusan Malaysia diteruskan, tidak henti operasi

Alhamdulillah, dimaklumkan bahawa penerbitan akhbar pertama berbahasa Melayu, Utusan Malaysia akan berterusan dan tidak akan dihentikan operasinya.

KUALA LUMPUR 20 Ogos – Syarikat akhbar berbahasa Melayu berusia 80 tahun, Utusan Melayu (Malaysia) Berhad (Kumpulan Utusan) akan terus beroperasi dengan menerbitkan dua akhbar dibawahnya, Utusan Malaysia dan Kosmo!.

Pengerusi Eksekutif Kumpulan Utusan, Datuk Abd. Aziz Sheikh Fadzir berkata, langkah itu diteruskan sekalipun syarikat akhbar itu berada dalam situasi sukar terutama peralihan dunia pemberitaan dalam bentuk media sosial.

Beliau mengakui Kumpulan Utusan sebelum ini banyak dibantu UMNO, namun selepas kekalahan parti itu dalam Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-14 (PRU-14) syarikat penerbitan akhbar itu kembali kepada realiti model perniagaan media.

“Tidak benar kita hendak tutup (henti operasi). Betul kita hadapi masalah. Tetapi kita ada pelan untuk meningkatkan perniagaan,” katanya selepas Taklimat Khas oleh Pengerusi Eksekutif di Dewan Besar Kumpulan Utusan di sini hari ini.

Perkembangan itu sekali gus memadamkan spekulasi liar kononnya Kumpulan Utusan akan menghentikan operasinya bermula esok susulan ketidakmampuan menanggung kos operasi.

Abd. Aziz berkata, syarikat turut mengambil keputusan untuk menaikkan harga akhbar Utusan Malaysia daripada RM1.50 senaskhah kepada RM2.00 senaskhah manakala Kosmo! daripada RM1.00 kepada RM1.50 senaskhah mulai Jumaat ini.

Beliau mengharapkan rakyat Malaysia membantu Kumpulan Utusan dengan membeli akhbar Utusan Malaysia dan Kosmo! walaupun dengan kenaikan harga. – UTUSAN ONLINE

Facebook Harus Elak Dijadikan Alat Untuk Membuli

Alhamduillah, sukacita dimaklumkan bahawa selepas lebih sebulan dihalang daripada berkongsi tulisan dari blog saya ke Facebook, dan setelah berbagai usaha berterusan yang telah saya lakukan, akhirnya Facebook menarik balik segala sekatan yang telah dibuat ke atas saya.
Saya mengucapkan terima kasih kepada semua yang memberi sokongan, doa, dan pertolongan dalam menghadapi cabaran ini.

Tahniah kepada pihak Facebook kerana tidak tunduk kepada tekanan mereka yang mahu menghalang kebebasan bersuara dan hak asasi saya sebagai rakyat Malaysia. Tindakan membuli seorang remaja yang berusia 15 tahun seperti saya adalah amat memalukan dan bercanggah dengan Perkara 2(1), Perkara 12(1) dan Perkara 13(1) Konvensyen Hak Kanak-Kanak (Convention of the Rights of the Child) Pertubuhan Bangsa-Bangsa Bersatu, yang diperjuangkan oleh Kerajaan Malaysia.

Perkara 2(1):
States Parties shall respect and ensure the rights set forth in the present Convention to each child within their jurisdiction without discrimination of any kind, irrespective of the child’s or his or her parent’s or legal guardian’s race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national, ethnic or social origin, property, disability, birth or other status.

Perkara 12(1):
States Parties shall assure to the child who is capable of forming his or her own views the right to express those views freely in all matters affecting the child, the views of the child being given due weight in accordance with the age and maturity of the child.

Perkara 13(1):
The child shall have the right to freedom of expression; this right shall include freedom to seek, receive and impart information and ideas of all kinds, regardless of frontiers, either orally, in writing or in print, in the form of art, or through any other media of the child’s choice.

Facebook sebagai satu organisasi yang mempromosikan kebebasan hak asasi manusia tidak patut tunduk kepada mereka yang cuba menindas hak kebebasan bersuara individu-individu lain yang bertentangan dengan pandangan dan ideologi mereka.

Saya harap kejadian seperti ini tidak akan berlaku lagi.

Barisan Nasional Wins GE13/ Barisan Nasional Menang PRU13

Barisan Nasional (BN) had won simple majority at 12:50.

Ancient Road Uncovered In Greece

Excavations for Thessaloniki’s new subway system unearthed marble-paved ancient road.

The 70-meter or 230-foot section of an ancient road built by the Romans.

It was the city’s main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago.

They found tools and lamps and bases of marble columns.

Archaeologists also found remains of another older Greek ancient road, which is 500 years older underneath ancient road!

So, there are two ancient roads on top of each other.

By the way, I have an archaeologists friend from Australia name Rupert Mann.

Workers of Metro’s construction company are seen at the ancient ruins in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 25, 2012. Archaeologists in Greece’s second largest city have uncovered a 70-meter (230-foot) section of an ancient road built by the Romans that was city’s main travel artery nearly 2,000 years ago. The marble-paved road was unearthed during excavations for the city’s new subway system that is due to be completed in four years, and will be raised to be put on permanent display for passengers when the metro opens. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Archaeologists and employees of Metro’s construction company present to the media and public the ancient ruins in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

A worker of Metro’s construction company holds a fragment of old pottery in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Workers of Metro’s construction company are seen at the ancient ruins in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

Archaeologists and employees of Metro’s construction company present to the media and public the ancient ruins in the northern Greek port city of Thessaloniki on Monday, June 25, 2012. (AP Photo/Nikolas Giakoumidis)

ANGKASA’s Photos: Transit Of Venus (Malaysia) June 6, 2012

These photos of the June 6, 2012 Venus Transit are from the Malaysian National Space Agency or ANGKASA’s website.

The photos were taken from the ANGKASA’s Langkawi National Observatory, in Pulau Langkawi or Langkawi Island earlier today.

How I wish that I could be there 🙂

Photo of the Transit Of Venus from Langkawi National Observatory by ANGKASA, at 8:13am, June 6, 2012.

Photo of the Transit Of Venus from Langkawi National Observatory by ANGKASA, at 9:28am, June 6, 2012.

Photo of the Transit Of Venus from Langkawi National Observatory by ANGKASA, at 12:20pm, June 6, 2012.

Photo of the Transit Of Venus from Langkawi National Observatory by ANGKASA, at 12:40pm, June 6, 2012.

Please click below for:

  1. Photos of the Venus Transit from other parts of the world – Photos: Transit Of Venus June 5, 2012.

  2. NASA’s Special And Rare Video Of The Transit Of Venus (June 5, 2012).

The Transit Of Venus June 6, 2012

I designed this all by myself using Microsoft PowerPoint for this special phenomena.

The Transit of Venus will occurs tomorrow.

Please click below for:

  1. Photos Transit Of Venus June 5, 2012.

  2. ANGKASA’s Photos: Transit Of Venus (Malaysia) June 6, 2012.

  3. NASA’s Special And Rare Video Of The Transit Of Venus (June 5, 2012)

Venus Transit happens when Earth, Venus and Sun are align together.

During the transit, Venus can be seen from the Earth as a small black disk moving across the face of the Sun.

I used the Microsoft PowerPoint to illustrate how the Transit of Venus happens.

It is a very rare event to be able to see Venus passing across the face of the sun.

Venus Transits currently recur at intervals of 8, 105.5, 8 and 121.5 years.

In Malaysia we can see the transit begins with contact I at 06:09:29 am, reach the maximum phase at 09:29:28 am and finally the transit ends at contact IV at 12:49:57 pm.

Geocentric Phases of Venus Transit – 6 June 2012

The transit will can be seen from the West to the East.

Most of North America sees the beginning of the transit in the afternoon and evening on June 5, whereas much of Eurasia sees the end of the transit in the morning  on June 6, 2012.

WARNING: Viewing the Sun without safety filters can cause a permanent eye damage or blindness!

The map shows where and when the Venus Transit can be seen.

Partial Lunar Eclipse June 4, 2012

Tonight there is going to be a partial lunar eclipse.

The partial lunar eclipse can be seen in West Malaysia from 8:00 to 10:00 pm tonight.

I hope that it will be raining in Kuala Lumpur this evening so that the sky won’t be cloudy tonight.

If  the sky is cloudy, we’ll not be able to see the moon; which means we’ll not be able to the partial lunar eclipse.

I could not see the June 16, 2011 total lunar eclipse because the sky was too cloudy.

Please click here for the photos of June 4, 2012 partial lunar eclipse.

Irshad Manji’s BFM 89.9 Radio Recorded Interview Is Cancelled

When she was in Kuala Lumpur, Irshad Manji told her fans that BFM 89.9 radio will broadcast their recorded interview soon.

And while listening to the BFM 89.9 radio just now, we are very happy to hear this announcement on the BFM 89.9 radio,” the recorded interview is cancel because we have received notification from our regulators not to air the pre-recorded @irshadmanji interview.”

Thank you to the ones who had cancelled the interview.

Malaysians say no to Irshad Manji.

New Mosque In Taman Jaya, Jalan Pusara Opened For Friday Prayer

On 29th July 2011, I went to the Taman Jaya Mosque in Jalan Pusara, Kuala Terengganu for a Friday Prayer.

That Friday was the first Friday when people can perform their Friday Prayers at the mosque. 

I walked to the mosque with my father since it is near my grandmother’s house 🙂 🙂 🙂

It is a beautiful new mosque.

My father took some pictures of the mosque after our prayers. 

I'm walking to the mosque.

I'm standing outside of the mosque.

Another view of the mosque.

I enter the mosque.

The prayer hall.

Side entrance and prayer clock.

The main entrance hall.

The picture of the dome from inside.

Interesting patterns and colors that match the color of the carpet outside the mosque also provides a comfortable environment to worship rituals celebrated in conjunction with the surrounding population tarawih.

The sign by the gate of the mosque has not been written and I don't know the officiate name of the mosque yet.

View from Jalan Pusara as I walked from my grandmother's house.