Datuk Syed Hamid Albar does not know …

Question 1. Whose term is “Allah”? Answer: Arabs term in Arabic language.

Question 2. Are there any Arabs who are Christians? Answer: Yes, lots.

Question 3. How do Arabs refer to God The Father Almighty, or whatever god they believe in? Answer : Allah

Question 4. How do Christian Arabs refer to God The Father Almighty? Answer: They use their own language, that is Allah.

Question 5. When did Islam exist? Answer: about 500 years after Christianity.

Question 6. Does it not prove that “Allah” was used in Christianity by Christian Arabs 500 years before Muslim Arabs? Answer: Yes, that is fact.

Question 7. Does it not mean that  Christians should be able to use that term too? Answer : For Christians praying in Bahasa Malaysia, that is the ONLY term.

Question 8. Why is Datuk Syed Hamid Albar restless? Answer: Because Datuk Syed Hamid Albar does not know history.

Dompok has more to say:  http://kionsom.blogspot.com/2009/01/dompok-on-herald.html

Syed Hamid only scored an OWN goal. http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/97308

Sometimes It Does Not Pay To Be a Good Samaritan

It was around 7.30 pm when Imas called.

I straight away drove to his rented room. I saw three small children in a small dark room. The sicky youngest daughter  was crying. His sad looking wife looked at me, tried in vain, a smile.

He was to be evicted by his Chinese landlord, as Imas did not pay the rent. He had no where else to go. It was then landas season, so he managed to work for less than two week as a construction worker. He was damned broke with three hungry children and no roof.

I told him I could only offer a house but without water and electricity. He gladly accepted my humble offer. The following day I sent his sick daughter to a private clinic.

A month later, he told me that his wife and the kids would be better off in his Dusun with his in-laws. He needed to borrow my new Honda bike to allow him to send his family to the Dusun as he had very little money. The faces of his pitiful children and wife compelled me to agree, eventhough I had a reservation that he might not return my bike.

“Perhaps God ask me to assist,” I encouraged myself.

He returned two weeks later, without the bike but with reasonable excuses which I accepted. He later began to avoid me. Finally I learnt from his friends that he had sold the bike.

It is over two years now and Imas of Dusun Songga, Darit, Landak, Kalimantan Barat was no where to be seen. Every month I have to pay RM300 for the bike.

Being a Dayak, I always try to defend our poor Indonesian Dayak labourers for being petty thieves, untrustworthy, unaccountable and without principle. I will continue to help those Indonesian Dayaks in need.

I also realise that you cannot depend sorely on God to help you, even when you are helping His creations-in-need. He has given you life, brain and conscience. Utilise these gifts.

http://www.mylongkang.com/2007/04/04/sometimes-it-does-not-pay-to-be-a-good-samaritan/

Dead men walking in the streets

Is Tun Mustapha still alive?

It was during his reign as Sabah Chief Minister by telephone from Australia, via a rich office boy, Syed Kechik, that thousands of Malaysian identity cards were issued to Philipino and Indonesian Muslims, to increase the Muslim population in Sabah, just to beat Dayak Kadazans ( Fuad Stephens and Pairin).

Since the issuance of mykads to Indonesians is still going on, could Tun Mustpha be still alive?

Rahman Yakub committed the same sins in Sarawak. Just visit oil palm plantations in Miri and Bintulu and you will meet lots of Muslim Indonesians with genuine mykads. Taib  seems to be going to repeat that cycle again via recruitment of foreign workers for SCORE.

You get that Dayaks? What shall we do? Get permission from our wives to marry another three wives? Have 12 children? Or vote out Barisan Nasional.?

Aki Momogun writes: http://akimomogun.blogspot.com/2009/01/dead-man-walking-in-streets.html

A friend in need is a friend indeed

So the saying goes.

Some call him “Jack The Snake”. Con man, tukang loyar, loyar buruk, penipu and sobak. Being neutral, easy going, not busy body and quite social, I have friends who are crooks, prostitutes, smugglers, holy man, ministers, governors, businessmen, activists, Muslims fanatics and lately even a Palestinian ambassador. Even then more people seem to know him than myself.

When asked why he calls him as such, normally the character assassin would simply replay how other character assassins portray him. “It’s not personal”, he would add.

When pressed to name the victims, no names came out. When asked whether there is any court cases against him: negative answer. There is not even a nod if enquired whether Jack owes him some money.

He is Jack Of Jalan Stephen Yong. Like any Bidayuh lad from a village, he started from zero. He underwent many jobs. He tried many enterprises.  He worked with many partners. He never took off.

I can vividly recall how he borrowed his wife’s relative’s old Honda cub to move around about 13 years ago.

Finally I observed that he return to basic as what the Bible teaches: he worked alongside his beloved wife. While he moved around doing what he knows best, that is prospecting and socialising, his wife would head a team of workers to execute the small contract job that he started.

Soon his connections led him into land brokerage. He is now a full time land broker. The rest is history.

My conclusion is that Jack is clean. It is just unfortunate that success create envies and more business competitors.

Last gawai, I was very happy for him, to see his new big fuly furnished self engineered, fully paid residence. Last Christmas I saw two additions to his vehicle collection, which include a Toyota SUV, making a sum of four.

My car was darned in the workshop for two weeks. My loan was not released yet, neither was my deal. I needed it before the Chinese New Year. It was inconvenient to share my wife’s car. I sms Jack in the morning. In the evening he passed me RM2000, without any question asked. I was not the first, and I believe that neither will I be the last friend in need, whom he will assist.

Leave your message at Allahway if you want to buy or sell land. Deal with a proven Dayak Bidayuh.

Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad dijatuhi Hukum Hudud

He promotes boycoting American products and services, such as Kentucky Fried Chicken.

When the American economy weakens, so is the American purchasing power. Being huge and the number one world economy, weak American economy means less demands and therefore could possibly cripple world economy. USA is actually Malaysia’s major trading partner.

Price of fuel is reduced and may result in less Arabs travelling toMalaysia and their demands of Malaysian goods. Many Malaysian halal manufacturers will lose out.

Soya beans producing communities will hit hard campaigning against oil palm, which could retard demand for palm oil and therefore reduce price of palm oil. Malaysian farmers, fertilizers manufacturers, mills operators and thousand of workers will loose out.

Most francisees  of Kentucky Fried Chicken are Malays. Many Malays may loose out to Sugar Bun.

Mahathir seems to be even more irresponsible when he is encouraging unemployment by provoking Malaysians to quite working in American cmpanies.

Mahathir’s vision is short sighted. He is irresponsible. More Malaysians will suffer from his foolish campaign.

I therefore, hereby declare that Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad be fined under Hukum Hudud.

Kamu bukan lagi anak aku.

“Awakmu saiki dudu anak ku”, jawab bapanya. (Kamu bukan lagi anak aku; you are no longer my son)

Jawapan yang tidak disangka daripada bapa, setelah tidak bertemu dan berbual selama tiga tahun. Apa lagi setelah dia baru diselamatkan dari seksaan dan gengangam orang gila selama setahun di Laut Cina Selatan, dimana dia sudah tidak lagi terfikir bisa keluar dengan selamat.

Terlalu stress, dia sudah hampir lupa bahasa sendiri,  rakan kerja hanya terdiri dari suku Dayak dan Cina. Dia sering di tumbok oleh tekong tanpa alasan munasabah. Apabila dia tanya mengapa dia ditumbuk, dia akan dipukul dengan besi atau kayu keras, atau apa-apa benda yang dekat kepada tekong.

Hanya dia yang berani jawab balik tekong, menyebabkan dia menjadi black sheep dikalangan kuli yang lain.

Dia pernah lihat Pare, terjun ke laut, kerana tidak tahan lagi penganiaan dan dera tekong berkenaan. Dia juga pernah dengar cerita dari kuli yang lama, bagaimana mayat kuli Cina dan Dayak dicampak ke laut. Samada betul atau tidak, tetapi kuli yang lain pun sudah takut, maka tak berani melawan, jawab balik atau lari, sehingga ada yang bekerja selama lima tahun tanpa gaji. Ada yang terlalu stress sehingga tak tahu bagaimana nak pulang, tak sedar hak mereka sebagai pekerja dan manusia: mereka pun mengalah dan sudah menerima seksaan harian itu sebagai takdir Tuhan.

Setelah setahun dilaut, Herman pun pulang ke darat, kerana semua kuli lain juga pulang untuk cuti Kong Hee Fat Choy. Dalam perjumpaan dengan towkay, dia diberitahu bahawa dia masih song RM2000 lebih, tetapi hanya boleh pinjam RM150.

Dengan alasan nyawa lebih berharga daripada RM2000; tidak mampu nak menghadapi seksaan selama setahun lagi di laut; kemungkinan besar tidak ada gaji langsung seperti yang dialami oleh kuli yang lain dan kemungkinan dia juga akan terperangkap dan tak bisa pulang, Herman pun lari.

“Mungkin bapa kamu tidak percaya kamu lagi. Bagus I tulis cerita kamu di blog. Lepas itu suruh you bapa baca blog I. Setelah dia lihat gambar kamu yang kurus, sedih dan hitam kulit, mungkin dia percaya,” saya nasihati Mohamad Herman Shah.

Dia berasal dari Brebes, Jawa Tengah. Lelaki Jawa Muslim ini dibawa ke Pontianak oleh seorang calo kampung bernama Sarip, pada tahun 2006. Di Pontianak, dia bersama lima kawan lain diserah kepada pasangan agent Pak Junaidi dan Pak Kori.

Agent ini serahkan mereka kepada towkay bernama Mr Ling, di Sibu, Sarawak  dan bekerja di sawmill. Dia berhenti kerja setelah satu tahun dengan Mr Ling. Semasa minum di warong, di berkawan dengan seorang Cina bernama Apin. Dia ditawarkan kerja sebagai satpam di kapal. Pada malam itu, dan setiap malam seterusnya, dalam paksaan dia dibawa ke sungai di kawasan Jambatan Lanang, untuk menangkap buaya. Oleh kerana tidak ada gaji, dia pun lari selepas kerja 5 bulan.

Dia bekerja di kebun sayur di Serian selama satu bulan. Pada January 2008, teman Dayaknya yang bernama Pare yang berasal dari Bangkayang, ajak dia bekerja tangkap ikan di laut. Pada 10 Jan 2009, dia pulang ke darat tetapi tanpa Pare.

Pak Rusnadi, Herman adalah anak anda. Dia nak pulang ke Indonesia.

Pak Mu’ie, uncle Herman bisa dihubungi di 081575800978. Mungkin ada pembaca yang bisa convince Pak Rusnadi supaya terima balik anaknya Herman.

Kong Hee Fat Choi

Gong Xi Fa Chai, Happy Chinese New Year, Happy New Year. Selamat Hari Raya Imlek.

Kong Hee Fatt Choy, or whatever other equivalents in other dialects, simple means “Wish You Good Fortune”. It is the Spring Festival, during which most Chinese would cerebrate reunion dinners amongst family members, especially parents. They would also try their best to participate in other family activities.

Many modern Chinese however, opt for having holiday overseas, taking advantage of the long break trying to make up for the lost times, with their spouses and children.

It is the year of an Ox. President Obama was born in the year of an Ox. And he was sworn in as the 44th USA president in the year of an ox as well.

Chinese New Year cerebration is famous for extravagant spendings on fire crackers, fireworks, expensive dinners, fat ang pows, gamblings amongst the sibblings and  expensive gifts.

How I wished the cerebration falls during the month of lent, to allow bigger percentage for the poor and needy.

Unlike last year, now that we have a new mayor, I hope that lion dance procession is allowed in Kota Pontianak.

I am wondering whether there is a SUPP open house in Bengoh and Opar, to say farewel to the voters.

A man’s dear friend: Ox http://sarawakiana.blogspot.com/2009/01/ox-year-thoughts-love-and-labour-of-ox.html

Multifaith Dayak Bidayuh Family – a response

Dayak Kenyah, Kelabit, Kayan, and Iban ladies prefer Dayak Bidayuh husbands because they are considered mild, sober, responsible and  upholding ‘One-Woman-Man’  principle.

Dayak Kenyah, Kelabit, Kayan and Iban men prefer Dayak Bidayuh wives mainly because basically they have clean ‘history’. They easily can prove that the western’s notion of, ” to look for a virgin is as difficult as looking for a needle in a haystack” is false. They are generally not promiscous and are practicing Christians. Husbands who travel a lot feel at ease.

Statistics show that more Dayak Bidayuhs married outside the ethnic, partly due to their exposure to non-Bidayuhs, as their initial employment environment, after graduation or leaving school, are normally outside Bidayuh majority areas. Bidayuhs are generally concentrated in Kuching division of Sarawak, Borneo.

Therefore Dayak Bidayuh will soon be extinct.

A professional Dayak Bidayuh lady who hails from Kupuo Atas, Singgai, has this to say:

http://86generation.blogspot.com/2009/01/kenapa-banyak-intelektual-wanita.html .

Are the Dayak Bidayuhs destined for extinction?

Tips from Malaya

Comment from TBS Bidayuh : http://tbsbidayuh.blogspot.com/2009/01/non-registered-voter.html 

You yourself must do something. If you blame your people and don’t act, then you are worse than the ones you are blaming. You have internet, can read, write and you are young full of energy. I’m from Malaya and I supported the opposition by making my friends register as voters, dragging them to the polling stations, making our parents ditch Umno for the opposition, spreading the PR ideas and defending them and convincing the old folk and you can see the result for yourself. At the moment I’m in Kuala Terengganu doing my part and no body pays me. I have to act and not wait for miracles and ten days from now, you will see Umno losing another seat in Malay heartland. If the Malay people can reject Umno, why should you stick with BN and Taib? We can’t allow Taib in Malaya. We will reject him. We will take his money, and the vote against him. We do that in Malaya. Umno gives us including today in Kuala Terengganu a lot of money, we take the money but we vote against the party. The money is our taxes and we receive it but we deny them our votes. Can’t you do the same? If you don’t help the Bidayuh, then who will help? Malayans can’t come to Sarawak for many reasons. It is you who should act now. Do the following:

1. Register as a voter now.
2. make sure all your family members, old and young (eligible) are registered as well.
3. Show them the differences in policies between BN and PR
4. Show the evil nature of Taib and his ‘divide and rule’ politics.
5. teach them their rights so that they aren’t taught to thank BN but BN should thank them instead.
6. Organise weekly meetings with learned friends and discuss issues and spread the opposition platform.
7. Write on issues of Sarawak regularly and use photos etc to make an impact.
8. have an alliance with fellow Sarawak bloggers and make sure you make Taib and his gang feel your heat like the way we make Malaya politicians feel the heat of Malaya bloggers.
9. Seek help from Malaya friends. Taib is very powerful and you can’t dislodge him easily. You need help.
10. Convince your people on why they should reject race based parties and start moving ahead. Taib is dividing Dayaks into hundred parties bcoz of race-based parties. If you unite as Sarawakians and Dayak, he will lose. Furthermore, highlight always the betrayals of Dayak-Bidayuh politicians and make them hated by the people.

Wish you success

Abdullah of Selangor

Help Is On Its Way, Dayak Ladies-2

Semenjak Khamis, 8 January, hari hujan dengan angin kencang, tanpa stop. Program Wawancara dengan penduduk di Bangkayang dan dusun di Kecamatan Monterado sudah ditetapkan pada Isnin, 11 January.

Pada Ahad, 10 January, Jam 7.00 pagi, masih hujan lebat, kami berangkat dari Kuching menuju ke Monterado, Kecamatan Bangkayang. Informasi dari teman-teman di Entekong, Sanggau, Darit, Bengkayang dan Monterado menunjukan tidak ada banjir.

Oleh sebab jalan Kuching-Bau, Bau-Serikin dan Sangau Ledo banjir, kami terpaksa pergi menerusi jalan Tebedu-Entekong. Kami sampai Bengkayang pada jam11.00 pagi, terus menuju ke rumah Pak Petrus.

Anehnya, setelah wawancara tentang tindakan preventive untuk mengurangkan masalah TKW, saya ditawarkan cewek yang muda dan cantik untuk dijodohkan kepada teman saya di Sarawak. Saya menjawab bahawa saya bukan seorang matchmaker, tapi kalau saya jumpa teman yang inginkan isteri Dayak Kalimantan, saya akan ingat cewek itu.

Kami meneruskan perjalanan dan sampai di Monterado jam 7.00 malam. Selepas makan di rumah Pak Ani, kami terus pergi ke rumah Pak Dusun. Tidak akan saya lupa dish sambal tempe goreng. Sangat nyaman rasanya. Tak pernah saya makan dish seperti itu di Sarawak.

Di rumah Pak Dusun, saya ditembak dengan banyak soalan dan komen tentang nasib TKI di Malaysia. Ada lelaki sekarang tidak bisa melakukan hubungan sex dengan isteri nya setelah disebat tiga kali kerana masuk ke Malaysia secara illegal.

Jawapan saya kepada kebanyakan soalan lain ialah mereka masuk ke Malaysia menerusi jalur yang gelap atau tidak jelas.

Pada penghujung wawancara, empat bapa terus offer kepada saya, anak gadis mereka untuk kereja sebagai pembantu rumah tangga (PRT). Setelah di interview, didapati bahawa semua mereka tidak ada kad pengenalan. 

Apabila saya tanya, Pak Dusun, dengan malu, berjanji akan usahakan Kartu Tanda Penduduk (KTP) untuk penduduk dusun beliau. ” Kalau macam ini, kalahlah Governor Cornelis pada pemilu akan datang,” saya gurau dengan hadirin.  

Penduduk dusun itu berterima kasih kepada LSM Bina Masyarakat Desa dan berjanji tidak lagi akan melayani calo dan agent TKI gelap.