Thursday, December 31, 2020
Monday, November 2, 2020
Saturday, October 31, 2020
Tuesday, September 29, 2020
State Of The World
There's this voice
In my head
It tells me life's not fair
But you gotta move on
And Be strong
The world's gotten wrong
And life's too long
Trying to stay Strong
While life's no good
No more love
Only hate
Time ta face our fate
Now they wanna abdicate
Its way to late
Pass the blame
To who knows what
The future is bleak
Will will they ever speak?
Life's not simple
The past is a ripple
In the minds
Of those left far behind
Pebble in the rift
Log in the drift
The future we call misfit
Just needs us to lift it
Its not right
And its not okay
But, at the end of day
We'll pay
Our dues will overcome
And we'll answer to Kingdom Come
Tepuk Dada Tanya Rasa
... mereka masih di luar sana
entah di ceruk mana
menanti yang alpa
menyelinap ke dada
bermutasi jadi perkasa
membunuh tanpa rasa
menyentap air mata
... sabar walau rasa terpenjara
musuh tak terlihat dek mata
licik menerobos mangsa ke mangsa
walau kelihatan makin reda
namun teruskan waspada
usah jadikan perjuangan sia-sia
ekonomi menyesak jantung negara
namun nyawa tiada galang gantinya
... tepuk dada tanya rasa
mahu bebas menempuh bahaya
atau duduk istiqomah memanjat doa
mudahan lenyap musuh di serata dunia.
Pantun Cegah Covid-19
Jalan terus, jumpa paya
Tak ikut kata, salah arah
Corona virus, amat bahaya
Mari kita, duduk rumah.
Tiada sengketa, tiada marah
Ramai teman, gembira hati
Jika kita, duduk di rumah
Virus jangkitan, boleh dihenti.
Dari Betong pergi ke debak
Membeli kuih bersama Makcik Kiah
Kalau mahu mengekang wabak
Diam sahaja duduk di rumah.
Kepentingan Rukun Negara
Rukun Negara menjadi panduan bagi rakyat memupuk semangatsetia kawan dan kecemerlangan hidup bermasyarakat serta bernegara. Selain itu Rukun Negara bermatlamat membentuk masyarakat yang adil dansaksama supaya kemakmuran negara dapat dinikmati bersama-sama.
Prinsip Rukun Negara sebenarnya berkait rapat antara satu sama lain.Kepercayaan kepada Tuhan antara lain menerapkan bahawa kepercayaan beragama boleh mengukuhkan ikatan semua bangsa seterusnya memantapkan institusi negara kerana rakyatnya mempunyai pegangan hidup.
Tahap kesetiaan yang tinggi diberikan kepada raja dan negara pula amat bersesuaian kerana raja ialah lambang perpaduan negara.
Keluhuran perlembagaan pula ialah sumber perundangan negara yang tertinggi dan harus diterima, dipatuhi serta dipertahankan oleh rakyat.
Kedaulatan undang-undang pula memberi keadilan kepada setiap rakyat di negara ini kerana dijamin oleh institusi kehakiman yang bebas dan berwibawa.
Prinsip kesopanan dan kesusilaan mementingkan perlakuan yang sopan dalam kalangan rakyatuntuk menjaga hubungan baik masyarakat pelbagai kaum di negara ini.
Sehubungan dengan itu rakyat harus sedar Rukun Negara mampu menerapkan amalan menghormati undang-undang dalam kalangan masyarakat pelbagai agama dan budaya di negara ini. Ia juga mengingatkan rakyat supaya menghormati sensitiviti kaum agar keamanan dankeharmonian negara dapat terus dipelihara.
Mengamalkan Rukun Negara akan melahirkan masyarakat yang bersatu padu, bermuhibah tanpa mengira kaum sertaa bersikap saling hormat menghormati di antara satu sama lain. Melalui perpaduan akan dapat membantu negara kita mempertingkatkandan mempergiatkan lagi pertumbuhan ekonomi, mengekalkan kestabilan politik dan sistem pemerintahan negara yang bersifat liberal dan demokratik.
Monday, August 31, 2020
Board Games are Booming.
Board games are booming. Article after article describes a “golden age”
or “renaissance” of boardgaming.
In Germany, the home of modern boardgaming, the industry has
grown by over 40% in the past five years; the four-day SPIEL trade fair this
year saw 1,500 new board and card game releases, with 209,000 attendees from
around the world.
What is it about board games that attracts people, and what
emerging trends can we see in the latest releases?
Four main elements make board games enjoyable for families
and dedicated hobbyists alike.
Firstly, board games are social; they are played with other
people. Together, players select a game, learn and interpret the rules, and
experience the game. Even a mediocre game can be fun and memorable when you
play it with the right group of people.
Secondly, boardgames provide an intellectual challenge, or
an opportunity for strategic thinking. Understanding rules, finding an optimal
placement for a piece, making a move that surprises your opponent – all of
these are enormously satisfying. In many modern boardgames, luck becomes
something that you mitigate rather than something that arbitrarily determines a
winner.
Thirdly, board games are material – they are made of things;
they have weight, substance, and even beauty.
Hobbyists speak of the tactile joy and sensual delight of
moving physical game pieces, and of their appreciation for the detailed art on
a game box or board. Some go to great lengths to protect their games from
damage, even “sleeving” individual cards in plastic to protect them from greasy
fingers, spills or wear.
Collectable Monopoly sets and other vintage games can fetch
hundreds of thousands of dollars at auction.
Finally – and this helps to explain the enormous volume of new releases each year – board games provide variety. Beyond “the cult of the new” lurks a desire to have the right game for the right situation – whatever combination of gamers and strategic depth that might require.
Tanah Jantung
Ini negeri kita
Negeri kasih
Kasih kita pada yang tak berbelah
Kasih kita dalam rangkul genggaman sejarah
Kita genggam sejarah
Sejarah moyang di usap bahagia dan gundah
Gundah beradap akhirnya terlerai
Telah kita redahi pahit getir di lembah dan ngarai
Pengalaman menjadikan kita lebih dewasa
Jatuh dan bangun anak ank bangsa
Kenal makna fahami erti slogan warga
Kita menjadi wrga berani, percaya diri, dan perkasa
Ini ibu pertiwi kita
negeri tercinta
Cinta kita yang setia terukir
Berdenyut di nadi bersama merah darah mengalir
Alirnya memercikkan cita
Cita kita memercukan jaya
Jaya ini kelak menjulangkan maruah
Maruah tinggi di tanah merdeka yang indah
Selamatlah kau tanah jantungku yang indah
Dari utara ke selatan, timur dna ke barat jua
Petamu keplaj sudah
Udaramu camilha akhirnya
Melindung memayungi
Bumi kekasih ini
Ini negeri kita
Diukir ikrar dan kata
Dikibar jalur gemilang merata
Senandung dan nyanyi bernafas setia
Kesetiaan kita hanyalah kesetiaan untuk tanah jantung
Dari perut laut hingga ke puncak gunung
Awan-gemawan tanah air gemilang
Kerenjis mawar keashi ke sekian kalinya
untuk kau negeri yang kukasihi.
Bangsa Merdeka
Untuk sebuah bangsa merdeka
jauhlah daripada rendah diri dan hipokrasi
mimpi malam kolonialisme yang ngeri
keluh-kesah hak asasi
menghilang identiti diri.
Untuk sebuah bangsa merdeka
luas dalam horizon perjuangan
tiada lupa akar bangsa
serta sejarah yang mengalurkan nama megahnya
tiada lupa tentang jerit bahasa.
Untuk sebuah bangsa merdeka
teruslah bergelut dengan dilema yang mengganggu citra unggul
semakin kuat ditekan makin kemas berpegang kepada ikatan
bukan nama simbol keris merdeka
tapi semangatnya menjadi tajam hingga akhirnya.
Seperti sebuah jarak padang terbuka
tetap berani dengan kewujudan dirinya
seorang yang memahami tangis bangsa
monolog pada dirinya sendiri
bersyukur kepada hari-hari lalunya.
Pantun Merdeka
Negara Malaysia maju sentosa,
Didiami penduduk berbilang kaum,
Suasana aman harmoni sentiasa,
Dihormati manusia pelbagai umum.
Biru, merah jadi panduan,
Putih, kuning jadi harapan,
Ayuh semai benih kesepakatan,
Kerana perpaduan teras kejayaan.
Jalur Gemilang bendera negara,
Tanda Malaysia negara merdeka,
Sambutan kemerdekaan besar ertinya,
Jangan dinodai dengan dosa dan noda.
Saturday, July 25, 2020
Desiderata
GO PLACIDLY amid the noise and the haste, and remember what
peace there may be in silence. As far as possible, without surrender, be on
good terms with all persons.
Speak your truth quietly and clearly; and listen to others,
even to the dull and the ignorant; they too have their story.
Avoid loud and aggressive persons; they are vexatious to the
spirit. If you compare yourself with others, you may become vain or bitter, for
always there will be greater and lesser persons than yourself.
Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans. Keep
interested in your own career, however humble; it is a real possession in the
changing fortunes of time.
Exercise caution in your business affairs, for the world is
full of trickery. But let this not blind you to what virtue there is; many
persons strive for high ideals, and everywhere life is full of heroism.
Be yourself. Especially do not feign affection. Neither be
cynical about love; for in the face of all aridity and disenchantment, it is as
perennial as the grass.
Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully
surrendering the things of youth.
Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden
misfortune. But do not distress yourself with dark imaginings. Many fears are
born of fatigue and loneliness.
Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself. You
are a child of the universe no less than the trees and the stars; you have a
right to be here.
And whether or not it is clear to you, no doubt the universe
is unfolding as it should. Therefore be at peace with God. And whatever your
labors and aspirations, in the noisy confusion of life, keep peace in your
soul. With all its sham, drudgery and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful
world.
Be cheerful. Strive to be happy.
An Entrepreneur
He had a troubled childhood – his parents separated, and his
stepfather was physically abusive to his mother and siblings. His mother was
falsely convicted twice because of his stepfather’s allegations. Because they
had no one to take care of them, he, along with and his siblings, had to stay
in a foster home at the age of 8.
His first marriage failed partly due to his choice of opting
out of a medical career and because he cheated on his wife. Not only did he
fail miserably at his job as a medical equipment salesman, but his girlfriend
also deserted him due to his deteriorating financial conditions. Homeless, he
stayed with his son at motels, parks, airports and once even in a public
toilet. He toiled incessantly at a brokerage firm during the daytime, stood in
long queues so as to sleep under a roof at night.
After passing the licensing exam in 1982, he became a
full-time employee of Dean Witter. He established his own brokerage firm
Gardner Rich & Co. in 1987, in which he owns 75% of the stock. He sold a
small stake in Gardener Rich in 2006 in a multi-million dollar deal.
He is none other than Chris Gardner, the C.E.O and founder
of Christopher Gardner International Holdings – with offices in San Francisco,
New York, and Chicago. His life was portrayed in a Hollywood film – The Pursuit
of Happyness – which not only went on to be a blockbuster, but was also loved
by audiences worldwide.
A Sports Star
Once, a young school boy was caught in a fire accident in
his school and was assumed that he would not live. His mother was told that he
was sure to die, for the terrible fire had devastated the lower half of his
body. Even if he were to survive, he would be a cripple throughout his life.
But the brave boy did not want to die nor did he want to be
a cripple. Much to be the amazement of the doctor, he did survive. But
unfortunately from his waist down, he had no motor ability. His thin legs just
dangled there, lifeless. Ultimately he was discharged from the hospital. But
his determination to walk was indomitable.
At home, when he was not in bed, he was confined to a
wheelchair. One day, he threw himself from the chair and pulled himself across
the grass, dragging his legs behind him. He reached the picket fence, raised
himself up and then stake by stake, he began dragging himself along the fence,
his resolve to walk undeterred. He did this every day, with faith in himself
that he would be able to walk unaided. With his iron persistence and his
resolute determination, he did develop the ability to stand up, then to walk
haltingly, then to walk by himself and then to run.
He began to walk to school, then run to school, to run for
the sheer joy of running. Later in college he made the track team.
In February 1934, in New York City’s famed Madison Square
Garden, this young man who was not expected to survive, who would surely never
walk, who could never hope to run – this determined young man, Dr. Glenn
Cunningham, ran the world’s fastest mile.
An epitome of the power of positive thinking and faith in
one’s self, Glenn Cunningham continues to be an inspiration for many, and his
story, a brilliant testimony to how one can bounce back even when all odds are
stacked against one, to the extent that death seemed the preferable option.
The Beauty of Human Value
Kenyan runner Abel Mutai was just a few feet from the finish
line, but became confused with the signage and stopped, thinking he had
completed the race.
A Spanish runner, Ivan Fernandez, was right behind him and,
realizing what was happening, started shouting at the Kenyan to continue
running. Mutai didn't know Spanish and didn't understand. Realizing what was
taking place, Fernandez pushed Mutai to victory.
A journalist asked Ivan, "Why did you do that?"
Ivan replied, "My dream is that someday we can have a kind of community
life where we push and help each other to win."
The journalist insisted "But why did you let the Kenyan
win?" Ivan replied, "I didn't let him win, he was going to win. The
race was his." The journalist insisted, and again asked, "But you
could have won!"
Ivan looked at him and replied, "But what would be the
merit of my victory? What would be the honor in that medal?What would my Mother
think of that?"
Values are passed on from leaders to the next generation.
What values are we teaching our business partners ?
Let us not teach our team the wrong ways and means to WIN.
Instead, let us pass on the beauty and humanity of a helping
hand. Because honesty and ethics are WINNING!
If
If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you;
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you,
But make allowance for their doubting too:
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or, being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise;
If you can dream - and not make dreams your master;
If you can think - and not make thoughts your aim,
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same:.
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build'em up with worn-out tools;
If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings,
And never breathe a word about your loss:
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with Kings - nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you,
If all men count with you, but none too much:
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And - which is more - you'll be a Man, my son!
By Rudyard Kipling
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
Robert Frost poetAnd sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim,
Because it was grassy and wanted wear;
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I kept the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way,
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I—
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
By Robert Frost
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