Thousands of young members of the Malay, Chinese and Indian parties, which form the government, stood in darkness for two minutes at midnight to mark the official handover.
Sunday, August 31, 2014
Today in History: 31st August 1957
The Federation of Malaya is now independent. The handover of
power from Britain took place at midnight.
Thousands of young members of the Malay, Chinese and Indian parties, which form the government, stood in darkness for two minutes at midnight to mark the official handover.
As the new flag of independence was raised they called
"Merdeka" (Freedom) seven times.
Tunku Abdul Rahman, the prime minister-elect, who led the
negotiations with the British for handover of power, was hailed as the Father
of Independence.
Malaya will stay in the Commonwealth - and, as midnight
approached, prime ministers of the member countries sent messages recorded in
five continents.
The British Prime Minister Harold Macmillan said he hoped 31
August would long be remembered as a great and happy day in the continuing
development of Malaya and the Commonwealth of Nations.
In his speech delivered at midnight, Tunku Abdul Rahman said
it was the greatest moment in the life of the Malayan people. A new star had
risen in the eastern sky - a star of freedom for yet another Asian people.
The new prime minister was educated at two British schools
and graduated from Cambridge in 1925. Soon after World War II he went back to
Britain to study law.
On his return to Malaya in 1949 he found a country eager for
independence but also struggling with communist extremism.
He founded the Alliance Party in 1952 which brought together
the ethnic Malay, Chinese and Indians. The party won the 1955 general election
with an overwhelming majority.
The Tunku became Chief Minister and ended the state of
emergency - introduced after a wave of attacks carried out by mainly Chinese
communists on mine-owners and plantations - and granted an amnesty to communist
terrorists.
Last year he led the negotiations with the British which
paved the way for independence.
The new Malayan head of state, Tuanku Abdul Rahman, will be
officially installed on 2nd September. He was chosen from among the rulers of
Malay's nine hereditary states.
He will hold the post of head of state for five years when
his successor will be elected.
The installation ceremony will be witnessed by the Duke and
Duchess of Gloucester who are flying in to represent the Queen.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
The Arrogant Swans
In a far away kingdom, there was a river. This river was
home to many golden swans. The swans spent most of their time on the banks of
the river. Every six months, the swans would leave a golden feather as a fee
for using the lake. The soldiers of the kingdom would collect the feathers and
deposit them in the royal treasury.
One day, a homeless bird saw the river. “The water in this
river seems so cool and soothing. I will make my home here,” thought the bird.
As soon as the bird settled down near the river, the golden
swans noticed her. They came shouting. “This river belongs to us. We pay a
golden feather to the King to use this river. You can not live here.”
“I am homeless, brothers. I too will pay the rent. Please
give me shelter,” the bird pleaded. “How will you pay the rent? You do not have
golden feathers,” said the swans laughing. They further added, “Stop dreaming
and leave once.” The humble bird pleaded many times. But the arrogant swans
drove the bird away.
“I will teach them a lesson!” decided the humiliated bird.
She went to the King and said, “O King! The swans in your
river are impolite and unkind. I begged for shelter but they said that they had
purchased the river with golden feathers.”
The King was angry with the arrogant swans for having
insulted the homeless bird. He ordered his soldiers to bring the arrogant swans
to his court. In no time, all the golden swans were brought to the King’s
court.
“Do you think the royal treasury depends upon your golden
feathers? You can not decide who lives by the river. Leave the river at once or
you all will be beheaded!” shouted the King.
The swans shivered with fear on hearing the King. They flew
away never to return. The bird built her home near the river and lived there
happily forever. The bird gave shelter to all other birds in the river.
What do you think the most appropriate lesson from this story?
Friday, August 22, 2014
Best Of Me
Pertama kali, saya dengar lagu ini, saya tahu lagu ini memang istimewa. Lagu ini saya jumpa tepat pada waktunya. Lagu ini saya jumpa ketika saya sedang berada dalam dilema mengenai masa depan saya dan seminar saya.
Entah kenapa, saya semacam tidak bersemangat dengan apa yang saya buat ketika ini. Bila saya hayati kata-kata dalam lagu ini, semangat saya mula teruja semula dengan apa yang saya buat dan perlu capai. Memang Tuhan Maha Mengetahui. Terima kasih banyak-banyak sama Tuhan!
Atas sebab itu, ingin saya abadikan kata-kata lagu ini dalam sebuah presentation. Sudahnya, saya telah spent satu malam hingga ke pagi bagi menyiapkan presentaion ini. Saya memang puas. Puas sangat.
Harap tuan puan hayati kata-kata dalam presentation di bawah ini. Moga ada menfaatnya. Ameen.
Tuesday, August 19, 2014
16 Fakta Tentang Bayi Baru Lahir
1# Bayi tiada kepala lutut. Ia tidak membentuk sehinggalah
bayi berusia 6 bulan
2# Bayi tiada air mata. Mereka menangis dan menjerit tetapi
air mata sebenar tidak wujud sehinggalah bayi berusia 5 minggu.
3# Mereka mempunyai lebih tulang. Orang dewasa mempunyai 206
dan bayi pula 300 tulang. Kebanyakan dari tulang tersebut bercantum semasa bayi
membesar.
4# Empat dari 10 bayi mempunyai tanda lahir.
5# Bayi mempunyai deria bau yang kuat. Boleh mengenali bau badan
ibu sebaik dilahirkan.
6# Penglihatan bayi kabur sebaik sahaja dilahirkan.
7# Rambut bayi yang tumbuh semasa dalam rahim ibu akan gugur
beransur ansur dan digantikan sepenuhnya oleh rambut baru apabila berusia 6
bulan.
8# Bayi baru lahir secara genetiknya mempunyai deria bunyi
yang kuat. Boleh membezakan bunyi-bunyian dan boleh mengenali suara ibu serta
merta semasa dilahirkan
9# Deria rasa bayi masih tidak terbentuk sepenuhnya semasa
lahir. Tidak boleh membezakan rasa seperti manis atau masin dengan baik.
10# Jantung bayi baru lahir berdenyut diantara 120-160
degupan seminit berbanding dengan degupan jantung orang dewasa iaitu 60-80
seminit.
11# Bayi bernafas lebih cepat iaitu 30-50 nafas seminit
berbanding dengan orang dewasa 16-20 nafas seminit.
12# Berat bayi bertambah 2 kali ganda dari berat semasa
lahir pada usia 6 bulan.
13# Mendengarkan muzik klasikal menambah kepintaran bayi.
14# Bayi baru lahir tidur 15-20 jam sehari.
15# Bayi cuma mempunyai satu lapisan kulit sebab itulah ia
akan alah dan kemerahan dengan senang kepada losyen wangi, sentuhan kasar,
gigitan serangga dan sebagainya.
16# Bayi mempunyai kebolehan menyelam sebaik dilahirkan
tetapi kebolehan tersebut akan hilang dengan cepatnya.
Friday, August 15, 2014
The Affect of False Believe.
As a man was passing the elephants, he suddenly stopped,
confused by the fact that these huge creatures were being held by only a small
rope tied to their front leg. No chains, no cages.
It was obvious that the elephants could, at any time can
break away from their bonds but for some reason, they did not.
He saw a trainer nearby and asked why these animals just
stood there and made no attempt to get away. “Well,” trainer said, “when they
are very young and much smaller we use the same size rope to tie them and, at
that age, it’s enough to hold them.
As they grow up, they are conditioned to believe they cannot
break away. They believe the rope can still hold them, so they never try to
break free.”
The man was amazed. These animals could at any time break
free from their bonds but because they believed they couldn't, they were stuck
right where they were.
Like the elephants, how many of us go through life hanging
onto a belief that we cannot do something, simply because we failed at it once
before?
Moral: Failure is a part of learning. We should never give
up the struggle in life. You Fail not because you are destined to fail, but
because there are lessons which you need to learn as you move on with your
life.
Sunday, August 10, 2014
Penetapan Matlamat Berdasarkan S.W.O.T.
Saya suka untuk berkongsi dalam artikel kali ini video kaedah penetapan matlamat berdasarkan alat S.W.O.T. Penerangan kaedah penetapan matlamat ini telah saya laksanakan semasa program Better.Brighter untuk anggota kerja TNB Klang beberapa bulan yang lalu.
Selalunya alat S.W.O.T. ini digunakan sebagai salah satu alat untuk melaksanakan perancangan strategi sesuatu organisasi, namun dengan sedikit kreativiti, S.W.O.T. boleh digunakan untuk mengenalpasti matlamat peribadi. Kaedah penetapan matlamat ini telah saya pelajari dari seorang Mahaguru dari India semasa saya melawat India satu waktu dulu.
Apapun, perhatikan penerangan berikut. Moga ianya ada menafaatnya untuk semua ...
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Tuesday, August 5, 2014
A Policeman and a Young Couple
A policeman was patrolling late at night off the main
highway.
He sees a couple in a car, with the interior light brightly
glowing.
He carefully approaches the car to get a closer look. Then
he sees a young man behind the wheel, reading a computer magazine.
He immediately notices a young woman in the rear seat,
filing her fingernails.
Puzzled by this surprising situation, the trooper walks to
the car and gently raps on the driver's window.
The young man lowers his window. 'Uh, yes, Officer?'
The policeman asks: 'What are you doing?'
The young man says: 'Well, Officer, I'm reading a magazine.'
Pointing towards the young woman in the back seat the
trooper says: 'And her, what is she doing?'
The young man shrugs: 'Sir, I believe she's filing her
fingernails.'
Now, the policeman is totally confused. A young couple,
alone, in a car, at night and parked beside the highway. And nothing obscene is
happening!
The policeman asks: 'What's your age, young man?'
The young man says: 'I'm 22, sir.'
The policeman asks: 'and her ... what's her age?'
The young man looks at his watch and replies, ‘She will be
18 in 11 minutes …’
Lesson learned? – When you reach puberty, you are entirely
responsible and accountable for all your choices. You simply can’t blame
others!
Saturday, August 2, 2014
Friday, August 1, 2014
Until Death Do Us Apart Part 1
When I got home that night as my wife served dinner, I held
her hand and said, I've got something to tell you. She sat down and ate
quietly. Again I observed the hurt in her eyes.
Suddenly I didn't know how to open my mouth. But I had to let her know
what I was thinking. I want a divorce. I raised the topic calmly.
She didn't seem to be annoyed by my words, instead she asked
me softly, why? I avoided her question.
This made her angry. She threw away the chopsticks and shouted at me, you are
not a man! That night, we didn't talk to each other. She was weeping. I knew
she wanted to find out what had happened to our marriage. But I could hardly
give her a satisfactory answer; she had lost my heart to Jane. I didn't love
her anymore. I just pitied her!
With a deep sense of guilt, I drafted a divorce agreement
which stated that she could own our house, our car, and 30% stake of my
company. She glanced at it and then tore
it into pieces. The woman who had spent ten years of her life with me had
become a stranger.
I felt sorry for her wasted time, resources and energy but I
could not take back what I had said for I loved Jane so dearly. Finally she
cried loudly in front of me, which was what I had expected to see. To me her
cry was actually a kind of release. The idea of divorce which had obsessed me
for several weeks seemed to be firmer and clearer now.
The next day, I came back home very late and found her
writing something at the table. I didn’t have supper but went straight to sleep
and fell asleep very fast because I was tired after an eventful day with
Jane. When I woke up, she was still
there at the table writing. I just did not care so I turned over and was asleep
again.
In the morning she presented her divorce conditions. She didn't want anything from me, but needed
a month’s notice before the divorce. She requested that in that one month, we
both try to live as normal a life as possible. Her reason for this conditions
were simple. Our son had his exams in a
month’s time and she didn't want to disrupt him with our broken marriage.
This was agreeable to me. But she had something more, she
asked me to recall how I had carried her into out bridal room on our wedding
day. She requested that every day for
the month’s duration I carry her out of our bedroom to the front door ever
morning. I thought she was going crazy. Just to make our last days together
bearable I accepted her odd request.
I told Jane about my wife’s divorce conditions. She laughed
loudly and thought it was absurd. No matter what tricks she applies, she has to
face the divorce, she said scornfully.
My wife and I hadn't had any body contact since my divorce
intention was explicitly expressed. So when I carried her out on the first day,
we both appeared clumsy. Our son clapped behind us, daddy is holding mommy in
his arms. His words brought me a sense of pain.
From the bedroom to the sitting
room, then to the door, I walked over ten meters with her in my arms. She closed her eyes and said softly; don’t tell our son
about the divorce. I nodded, feeling somewhat upset. I put her down outside the
door. She went to wait for the bus to work. I drove alone to the office.
To be continued ...
Until Death Do Us Apart Part 2
On the fourth day, when I lifted her up, I felt a sense of
intimacy returning. This was the woman who had given ten years of her life to
me. On the fifth and sixth day, I
realized that our sense of intimacy was growing again. I didn't tell Jane about
this. It became easier to carry her as the month slipped by. Perhaps the
everyday workout made me stronger.
She was choosing what to wear one morning. She tried on
quite a few dresses but could not find a suitable one. Then she sighed, all my
dresses have grown bigger. I suddenly realized that she had grown so thin, that
was the reason why I could carry her more easily. Suddenly it hit me. She had buried so much
pain and bitterness in her heart. Subconsciously I reached out and touched her
head.
Our son came in at the moment and said, Dad, it’s time to
carry mom out. To him, seeing his father carrying his mother out had become an
essential part of his life. My wife gestured to our son to come closer and
hugged him tightly. I turned my face away because I was afraid I might change
my mind at this last-minute. I then held her in my arms, walking from the
bedroom, through the sitting room, to the hallway. Her hand surrounded my neck
softly and naturally. I held her body tightly, it was just like our wedding
day.
But her much lighter weight made me sad. On the last day,
when I held her in my arms I could hardly move a step. Our son had gone to
school. I held her tightly and said, I hadn’t noticed that our life lacked
intimacy. I drove to office and jumped
out of the car swiftly without locking the door. I was afraid any delay would
make me change my mind. I walked
upstairs. Jane opened the door and I said to her, Sorry, Jane, I do not want
the divorce anymore.
She looked at me, astonished, and then touched my forehead.
Do you have a fever? She said. I moved her hand off my head. Sorry, Jane, I
said, I won’t divorce. My marriage life was boring probably because she and I
didn't value the details of our lives, not because we didn't love each other
anymore. Now I realize that since I carried her into my home on our wedding day
I am supposed to hold her until death does us apart.
Jane seemed to suddenly wake up. She gave me a loud slap and
then slammed the door and burst into tears. I walked downstairs and drove
away. At the floral shop on the way, I
ordered a bouquet of flowers for my wife. The sales girl asked me what to write
on the card. I smiled and wrote, “I’ll carry you out every morning until death
does us apart”.
That evening I arrived home, flowers in my hands, a smile on
my face, I run up stairs, only to find my wife in the bed – dead.
My wife had been fighting cancer for months and I was so
busy with Jane to even notice. She knew that she would die soon and she wanted
to save me from whatever negative reaction from our son, in case we push
through with the divorce. At least, in the eyes of our son— I’m a loving
husband.
Moral: The small details of your lives are what really
matter in a relationship. It is not the mansion, the car, property, the money
in the bank. These create an environment conducive for happiness but cannot
give happiness in themselves. So find time to be your spouse’s friend and do
those little things for each other that build intimacy. And have a real happy
marriage.
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