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  • Halimah Yacob Has Word Of Advice For NDP Bird Boy

    Halimah Yacob Has Word Of Advice For NDP Bird Boy

    The precocious Henry Park Primary School Pupil who made headlines for raising his middle finger at the camera during the National Day Parade on Wednesday has not only attracted the attention of netizens but has earned some advice from presidential hopeful Halimah Yacob, as well.

    Halimah – who has been dominating headlines herself after resigning from her elected MP role and from her seat as Speaker of Parliament to contest the reserved presidential election that has been mired in controversy – had this to say to the boy’s parents when she was asked about the boy in an interview with a local news website:

    “I have a word of advice for his parents, if I could.
    “I’m also a mother, I’m a mother. Maybe should just call aside the boy and tell him this is not the right thing to do, and explain to him!
    “I think that would be the ideal. The parents would come in, counsel him, and say “look this is not the right thing to do” and why. You need to explain why, you know.
    “I always feel that instilling values in young people is a job for parents. Because they are born, and the day they were born, they were with us. We have a duty to instill values in them, you see.
    “And so I think, that’s what the parents should do.”

    The establishment favourite hopeful also had the following words of wisdom for the boy himself:

    “You made a mistake, learn from it, and move on.”

    The boy is reportedly “deeply apologetic” for his actions, according to Henry Park Primary School’s principal who also told a local daily that the boy has been counselled.

     

    Source: www.theindependent.sg

     

  • Halimah Yacob: I Have Gone Against PAP

    Halimah Yacob: I Have Gone Against PAP

    Having been a People’s Action Party (PAP) MP for 16 years, Madam Halimah Yacob is aware that there are Singaporeans who question her ability to be non-partisan if she is elected president.

    “I know people have that concern because of my past affiliation with the PAP,” she told The Straits Times in an interview. “But I just want to say that the president has a duty first and foremost to Singapore and Singaporeans, and not to any party.”

    She also has the track record to prove her independence, noting that whether as a unionist or parliamentarian, she had not always toed the government line.

    An occasion she remembered clearly was when she abstained from voting on amendments to the Human Organ Transplant Act in Parliament in 2007.

    Changes tabled by then Health Minister Khaw Boon Wan would allow organ recipients to reimburse donors’ expenses if they wished.

    She was concerned that this would lead to poor people being persuaded to “sell” their organs.

    The party whip was lifted, and she abstained, sending a strong signal of her misgivings.

    She recalled: “I decided not to say yes. I didn’t ask the Health Minister how he felt, but I can still remember the expression on his face.”

     

    Source: www.tnp.sg

  • By-Election In Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

    By-Election In Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC

    The Secretary-General of Singapore’s Democratic Party, Chee Soon Juan has written a letter addressed to Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong to question him whether a by-election will be held at Marsiling-Yew Tee GRC, following Halimah Yacob’s resignation.The full letter is attached below.

  • God-Like Statues Removed From Theme Park In Kedah, Malaysia

    God-Like Statues Removed From Theme Park In Kedah, Malaysia

    A theme park in Kedah has been ordered to remove 20 statues after complaints that they were “god-like” and inappropriate. On Thursday (Aug 10) the Kulim district office made the decision to direct property developer ECK Sdn Bhd to remove the statues erected in a Bali-themed park at Taman MBI Desaku in Padang Meha, Kulim. They have until Sept 30 to do so.

    Kulim district officer and administrator Mohamad Che Nai said: “We have also instructed the developer to provide the district office with a written list of the statues and new ones which they plan to build for submission to the state mufti for consideration on its suitability,” he told reporters on Thursday. The mufti is the most senior Islamic religious officer in the state.

    Last Tuesday (Aug 1), the district office had ordered the theme park to be closed and that two statues of winged women be removed, following complaints on social media from people who were uncomfortable with the display of god-like figures. The unique park has attracted visitors with displays of more than 30 figures and sculptures of numerous sizes in the form of movie characters like Optimus Prime from Transformers, Spiderman and Snow White.

     

    Source: The Straits Times

  • Cara-Cara Mencari Jodoh

    Cara-Cara Mencari Jodoh

    Cara-cara Mencari Jodoh – Ustadh Zahid Zin & Ustadh Muhamad Nuzhan

    • OBJECTIVE

    Apakah tujuan kita untuk bernikah/kahwin? You need to know and set your objective. Objective kahwin kita adalah kita kahwin kita nak sama-sama berjaya dalam kehidupan dunia dan akhirat. When the objective is clear, it will be easier for you and you know what you actually want. Bila kita nak ada pasangan, nak cari kriteria, sebenarnya kita nak cari tanda kebesaran Allah dalam kehidupan kita. It all have to go back to God. Balik kepada mencari Tuhan. Sometimes we tend to forget and we think that we have to achieve the fulfillment of our hearts, but actually we are suppose to link everything back to Allah.

    Apakah sebab utama pernikahan/perkahwinan? ia bukan semata-mata nak mencari ketenangan etc tapi ia kembali kepada nak menjadi hamba Allah yang betul-betul tenang aman damai. Matlamat rumahtangga – bersangka baik antara satu sama lain dengan orang lain akan ada ketenangan dalam rumahtangga. The fundamental that you should start of with – having good thoughts and for the sake of Allah SWT. When in marriage you have the best of intention the whole of your marriage is consider ibadah.

    Objective kena betul dari pada awal. This objective akan tentukan cepat, lambat, senang, susah. Masing-masing dari kita Allah SWT has put a story for us. Setiap orang ada cerita masing-masing. Jangan letak cerita kita dengan cerita orang lain. We don’t define what Allah has written something for us and put it as the benchmark to others.

    • CIRI YANG DI CARI

    Love is a complicated issue. Tak semestinya kita akan memiliki seseorang yang kita cinta. Appearance kita will give an impression to people around us. Respect diri kita, respect keadaan. Bila dah berubah sikit demi sedikit ia akan mendatangkan kebaikan. There will be a ‘magnetic calling’ once kita start to berubah sikit-sikit – macam jodoh akan mendekat. The practicality bukan hanya pada pakaian itu. Bagaimana kita bawak diri kita, physical kita dalam sesuatu majlis, dalam bertemu dengan seseorang, the tone of voice that you use, when meeting people it plays a part.

    When getting to know someone start discussing/interacting on important things/ instead of asking benda-benda yang tak matang macam “dah makan ke belum, i suka warna ni, eh aah i pun suka warna ni” ask and start interacting/discussing on topics like, “apa pendapat you eh ada satu couple, the guy mementingkan keluarga dia, dahulukan mak bapak dia….” etc. Start to discuss benda macam gini. Through this kamu akan kenal pasangan kamu macam mana. Untuk kita mendapat pasangan yang baik kita kena jadi baik dulu.

    Ustadh Nuzhan relate back to surah Al Qasas ayat 26 where Nabi Musa A.S have 2 positive traits/characteristcs/ciri-ciri yang menjadikan dia ada kerjaya yang baik. We need to look at this features in someone:

    – Kemahiran / skills / characteristic that which attracts you
    – Kejujuran
    – Agama – kewajiban fardhu ain, solat, puasa
    – Akhlak

    This ciri-ciri have to start with you first in order for you to find in others. Dengan ada perkara-perkara ini insyaallah Allah akan aturkan. Sepertimana Allah sebut, “orang yang baik, untuk orang yang baik” tapi jangan tengok kriteria ni untuk orang lain, tengok kriteria ni untuk kita posess this criteria first.

    • ORANG TENGAH

    Kalau berminat dengan seseorang boleh menggunakan orang tengah untuk mendekati seseorang itu. Tetapi jangan salahkan orang tengah kalau apa-apa terjadi. Siapakah yang patut jadi orang tengah? Orang-orang yang terhormat, asatizah atau kawan baik kamu. Orang tengah tu kena tahu kriteria yang perlu ada. Through ‘orang tengah’ he can amplify the seriousness on the next level.

    Orang tengah kena trustworthy. Seseorang yang boleh jaga aib kita. Dua-dua aib akan terbuka and orang tengah akan tahu and orang tengah tu will have to tutup the aib rapat-rapat. Rumahtangga adalah satu instrument untuk kita dekatkan diri kita dgn Allah. Marriage is not a game of card, siapa menang siapa kalah. Dalam hubungan, dia bukan campak card, ini adat, aku campak card, ini syariat. Nanti esok-esok, ini tanggungjawab suami, campak card, ini tanggungjawab isteri. All these are just the guidelines, but it is not something that you throw in the presence of your partner.

    Hati manusia berbolak balik, kadang macam suka kadang macam tak. Define your love. Lustful love ke? Apa tu cinta? Kamu yakin yang itu cinta? Perasaan kasih itu harus disemai. Kita tak boleh kenal org dengan begitu sahaja. The best of you are those who is good with their family members. Bila dah jadi suami isteri then, that’s your true self. Masa itulah kamu akan kenal siapa pasangan kamu. Bila kita terima dia dgn hormat, kita pun kena reject dia dgn double the hormat.

     

    “Jodoh itu kamu harus perlu cari dan membuka ruang hati mu utk sesorang’ – Ustadh Nuzhan

    Source: Nuraisyah Rahmat