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A friend of mine is getting married. As he passes out his wedding invitations, I congratulated him with MasyaAllah. He looked at me, puzzled, as if I didn’t like the idea of marriage.
Thankfully, we had time for teh tarik. I explained to him in great length what it means and how it’s properly associated.
Mā šāʾ Allāh (ما شاء الله) is an Arabic phrase indicating appreciation for an aforementioned individual or event. Towards this, it is used as an expression of respect, while at the same time serving as a reminder that all accomplishments are so achieved by the will of God. The closest English translation is “God has willed it“, the present perfect tense of God’s will accentuating the essential Islamic doctrine of belief in fate. It is used to show joy and praise. It is said upon hearing good news. Another reason people use this phrase is to prevent the evil eye or jinxing. [wiki]
When I was in Makkah, a few Uzbeks asked of my origin. I said Malaysia and he prompted MasyaAllah.
I was puzzled myself. I know Malaysia is bad but definitely far from a cursed land. I browsed through my tafsir and realized, I have been using MasyaAllah for the opposite reasons (although it’s not wrong) all this while. I blame my forefathers for the misconceptions.
Feel free to convey these words to others.
ps: MasyaAllah is in Verse 7 of Al A’laa.
Posted on 23 March '09 by NoktahHitam, under Serious Matters. 35 Comments.
It was late. I couldn’t stall this any longer.
I drove as quickly as I could. Ran thru every bumper I see and overtaking when necessary. It was at one junction, I sped just to catch the yellow light.
A blue beacon tailgated me and signaled me to pull over. It was the police.
Police Man: Assalamualaikum. Lesen memandu?
NoktahHitam: Wasalam, Nah.
I gave him my driving license without hesitation. (more…)
Few days ago Karpal threw a slanderous remark to UMNO in Parliament. He said “Celaka”. As long as I can recall, I’ve never addressed people in such manner, although ideally, they are. As you know, I’m not all that polite. Celaka, afterall is the worst kind of insult.
pic from rocky
Outside the parliament yesterday, UMNO troopers decided to bash the crippled DAP. Great, a battle royal.
A question for you, do you think it’s worth, wasting your Saturday, barging into human flood, basked under the warm daylight to vote for these people? No.
A politician is a leader, entrusted by citizens to do the right thing. To do what’s best for the nation. To steer away from poverty. To enlighten burdens and hear grieves of the unfortunate. Most importantly, to help people.
As far as I know, they’re just helping themselves.
Politicians are ‘respected’ people no matter what end of straw they hold. Whilst intelligent in many areas, one particular area these moron can’t manage, EGO.
In the old days, whenever I got into a fist fight with my brothers, dad would interrogate both party. Often leaves him banging our head against each other, physically. Aku sakit, kau sakit, padan muka.
ps: If I were to go into politics, I’d focus on making Malaysia green.
pss: Zubedy bought a full page ads, urging politician to get to work. and I thought I was the only pure awesomeness.
Posted on 27 February '09 by NoktahHitam, under Serious Matters. 24 Comments.
I quit reading Utusan Malaysia ages ago. It’s downright boring.
DAP Hina Islam? 
That’s a heavy headline. Like you, my curiosity spiked, so I bought a copy. My disappointment, nothing seems to be “sensational” about it. It’s a marketing gimmick and I wasted my good loose change.
And guess what? Lim Guan Eng will sue Utusan for the false accusation.
I’m not into journo nor media publications. But I believe if one were to write about something, it should be as blunt and honest as can be. Else end up wasting trees, not to mention time and money.
Me? I’m scheming onto something. So make sure you believe everything 
ps: And it does look like it’s working 
pss: I thought journalism is based on passion, no?
psss: Who shares my enthusiasm to ditch media, raise your hands!
Posted on 25 February '09 by NoktahHitam, under Serious Matters. 22 Comments.
Fist fights? Nigguh please, you sound as intimidating as my 7 year old cousin. Please stop talking about shit you know shit about, rebranding KFC? WTF were you thinking? There’s a reason why you’ll never own a company as big as KFC. Stay be a pissed-off blogger, rant all you want, nobody cares.
p/s: FUCK YOU!
Yeah, I get hate mails like this often.
Oh well. Stupid ass could never engage in a fist fight. Too weak and coward, so they call names and remain anonymous. Pondan kot.
ps: Long days ahead.
Posted on 23 February '09 by NoktahHitam, under Serious Matters. 28 Comments.
I’ve wrote before about Chua Soi Lek, admitting taking responsibility in his adultery case.
Elizabeth Wong is different. Her photos were circulated in a flash (though I have yet to source them, I don’t think a 37 year old would be that alluring). The nude picture was taken in the comfort of her own home, while sleeping.
I read around, BN supporters are pressuring her to quit.
Truth is, this is no where near Chua Soi Lek’s scandalous affair. CSL is married and banged his partner in a hotel, Elizabeth did neither. I don’t see any crime here.
So what if she sleeps nude? She’s not a Muslim succumbed by Islamic law. For all I know, we all shower naked, unless you’re a mundane-insanely-wanita-terakhir-mandi-berkemban type of person, which I doubt.
Is it immoral to sleep nude?
If I were in her position, I’d stand tall, since people has seen me inside out. But Elizabeth is an Asian woman, shy and good willed, she can’t sweep her shame under the rug, what more speaks in front of perverts.
It’s just sad to see lowlife politicians play this kind of trickery to bring down others. I could only dream this is the samurai age. I don’t like you, you don’t like me, we duel to death! (Which ended with me pulling a gun from my nut sack.)
To Elizabeth, I wish you best of luck, whichever option you choose.
ps: Good people being shot down like stray dogs. Well, this is Malaysia, anything is possible. Malaysia Boleh!
I have flatten all emotions, except cynic remarks.
In case you dont know where Labu is, there you go, Google Map.
Labu or KLIA East is the dumbest idea to kick start 2009. Not only the airport whallops a hefty RM1.7 billion, but also to be build next to LCCT. Yes, two three international airports running side by side.
The idea springs when Tony said LCCT is tight, chummy and crowded. Seriously I don’t care whether you need to elbow your way to the counter. It’s your fault for wanting EVERYONE to fly. Wasn’t it you who introduced a NO FRILL airline?
Tony also said, they have commited to a few hundred fleet of AirBus and LCCT could no longer support AirAsia’s growth. Therefore, the government is going to bear the cost, which means US, the rakyat.
I guess that’s why he named it The Rakyat’s Terminal.
Think a little, RM1.7 billion is going to be spent to fulfill one man’s greed? What about the poor, the uneducated, the uninspired, orphans, single parent, the rubber tapper, the Nelayans? What about you? Is it beneficial? Or Tony only wants to fulfill our dreams to fly? Tony, what you want is a PARKING LOT not an airport.
For someone who’s name has been chanted in every entreprenuerial seminar in Malaysia, seriously, you can do better! (Not many know, he’s up there because of cronyism.)
Hands down to Khazanah for putting up with this. I was beginning to worry.
Which leaves me with this last question, IF AirAsia can afford AirBus-es, why not build their own airport and have Malaysian authority run them?
ps: Ok, not angry anymore.
pss: Don’t follow the arrow on the map, I was just going haywire
Posted on 21 January '09 by NoktahHitam, under Serious Matters. 30 Comments.
NH is my wicked mind and my alter ego. I shall refrain from being corrected no matter what the circumstances are. Part time Web Developer, full time egoist. 
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