Tag: Singapore

  • Orang Malaysia bengang tentera SG berlatih di Brunei

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    Negara Singapura tiada hutan belantara, jika tiada hutan belantara maka tidak perlu sangat lah melatih tentera nya didalam hutan. Tambahan apa yang patut dibuat ada lah melatih tentera nya mempertahan kota Singa itu pada urban warfare sahaja kerana mempertahan kan kota Singapura dari serangan musuh.

    Tetapi semua nya itu jika mereka mahu terhad kan kepada mempertahan kan diri.

    Bagaimana pula jika ada niat  lebih dari itu? Jika mereka mahu masuk kedalam hutan dan berperang gerila dalam hutan, hutan mana pula sasaran mereka?

    Kebetulan negara berhutan terletak tidak jauh dari pulau Singapura, hanya beberapa kilometer sahaja dari pulau Singa itu.Tapi apa pun kita berperasangka baik.

    Singapura menghantar tentera nya berlatih mengenali hutan dan berperang didalam nya dengan menguna kan kemudahan hutan negara Brunei Darussalam.

    Selain mengikat mata wang (pegged) bersama Negara Brunei , Singapura juga dibenarkan berlatih perang dalam hutan dinegara Brunei Darussalam.

    Bukan sahaja tentera Singapura dilatih cara survival didalam hutan malah juga taktikal dan tatacara perang secara total.

    ‘Singapore and Brunei share a strong and long-standing defence relationship. In addition to regular training which SAF troops conduct in Brunei, both defence establishments conduct a wide range of bilateral exercises and professional exchanges which have enhanced the professionalism and strengthened the ties between the two armed forces.’

    Mungkin menyedari bukan sahaja pertahanan yang kuat mesti ada pada kota kecil ini, maka mereka go one step further dengan memperolehi kemahiran berperang dalam hutan. Dan kebetulan keakraban dengan negara Brunei sudah terjalin maka peluang menggunakan hutan nya sebagai kawasan latihan tentera perlu diambil.

    Kerana kurang kemahiran dalam hutan maka latihan diada kan secara serious, malah sehingga beberapa kali tentera nya hilang dan sesat didalam hutan Brunei itu.

    Latihan boleh di kata kan serious dan penuh kesungguhan sehingga melibat kan nyawa tentera nya.

    “Lance Corporal (LCpl) Muhammad Fahrurrazi Salim was the coxswain in a convoy of four boats used to support the water crossing segment of the jungle training exercise at Sungai Batu Apoi. In a statement released on their website, Singapore’s Defence Ministry said the 20-year-old was last seen wearing a life jacket on his boat at 7.55am Sunday morning. However at 8am, his boat was noticed not to have followed the convoy”

    Bagi negara kita Malaysia , kita hanya mahu berfikir jika hanya mahu mempertahan kan negara sendiri, Singapura sudah pun kuat dan mantap kerana kapal perang Amerika yang berada di sekitar Laut China Selatan juga ada dan akan segera berada di sisi Singapura apabbila sahaja mereka di perlukan.

    Tetapi berperang dalam hutan?

    Itu harus kita waspada kerana Singapura tidak ada hutan yang besar, budak pengakap pun boleh survive dalam hutan mereka, tapi dengan kesungguhan mereka menghantar tentera nya di Brunei untuk berlatih perang, maka Malaysia harus berjaga jaga dengan tindakan “behind enemy line” dari pihak jiran kita.

    Banyak fakta nyata dan mudah di perolehi berkenaan tindak tanduk ketenteraan Singapura yang ada di alam maya.

    Singapore also maintains a training establishment in Brunei, known as the Jalan Aman Camp and operates support helicopters mainly to transport the soldiers to Lakiun Camp in Temburong for Jungle Training. The other Singapore military establishment in Brunei is the Lakiun Camp in Temburong. This provides jungle training for the Singapore Armed Forces in the interior of Temburong.

    Kerja kita tidak lebih selain memerhatikan sahaja.

    Malaysian Blogger The Chulan

    Source: http://bit.ly/1beCU1F

  • Minah Tudung Ambil Jam Tangan Orang Lain di Causeway Point

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    Stomper Ridwan was incensed to find out that a total strange had claimed a recently-purchased watch his family left behind at a food court in Causeway Point.

    After reviewing video footage of the incident recorded on the food court’s CCTV system, he has since lodged a report with the police.

    In his report, Stomper Ridwan wrote:

    “On Jan 24, I went with my family to Bagus, a food court in Causeway Point foodcourt, for dinner at about 7.45pm.

    “We left the area at around 8.15pm after dinner but accidentally left behind a small black plastic bag, which contained a Casio watch that my mum had just bought a few hours back.

    “When we realised what had happened at 9pm, we quickly rushed to the foodcourt and asked the manager if they had seen a small plastic bag that had a watch in it.

    “To our suprise, the manager told me that the watch had already been claimed by a shameless lady, pictured in the video, even though the item was obviously not hers.

    “We think she may have seen the watch after a cleaner took it out from the bag to confirm it was not rubbish to be thrown away.

    “All her actions have been captured on the CCTV video, and a police report have been filed.

    “This lady is a disgrace to the community!”

     

    Source: http://bit.ly/Mux4gJ

  • Bekas ketua AMP, Nizam Ismail hutang bank $118,000

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    A FORMER director of the Association of Muslim Professionals (AMP) has failed to get a court order to stop the taxman from coming after him to make good on tax arrears totalling $117,716.

    If Mr Mohd Nizam Ismail does not meet the statutory demand to settle his debt, bankruptcy proceedings can be started against him.

    But this worry has been allayed for the 46-year-old lawyer and former deputy public prosecutor for now, having reached a settlement with the Inland Revenue Authority of Singapore (Iras).

    He said through his lawyer See Chern Yang last night, that the “parties have reached a mutually acceptable arrangement out of court”.

    Mr Nizam, who has been working as a lawyer drawing $18,000 a month since last July, is a civil society activist who stepped down from the AMP last April. The statutory demand relates to unpaid taxes for three years from 2010.

    Mr Nizam argued that he had worked out an instalment agreement with the Iras in March last year, which it was trying to back out of. He said he had kept to an instalment plan in 2012 but was retrenched in January 2013. That made payments difficult until he came to a new agreement with the taxman two months later.

    But High Court assistant registrar Janice Wong said in judgment grounds released yesterday that she found the agreement “unworkable” and so unclear as to make it void. She said the deal was for parties to meet and reach a “reasonable agreement” on future instalments after the initial two-month period, during which he made part payments. But there was no agreed criteria or clarity as to what would amount to a “reasonable agreement”.

    It would be “odd” to expect the taxman to “hold his hands” until a “reasonable agreement” had been reached, she added.

    She noted the Comptroller had repeatedly made clear in letters from May 2 onwards that enforcement action would be taken if Mr Nizam did not settle the arrears.

    Ms Wong further rejected Mr Nizam’s claim that he relied on the agreement with the taxman as he had other financial obligations such as the maintenance of his ex-wife and children, and the payment of friendly loans.

    She said: “He fought off the most pressing fires by borrowing money to pay off those creditors. (He) must have known that in relation to the debt owed to the (Comptroller), he could buy some time, but actions to recover the debt would ultimately be brought against him.”

    By July, he was a law partner earning $18,000 a month, she said. In August, the Comptroller had offered to allow him a final payment plan of $13,000 a month, which would clear the debt by September this year.

    But he had countered with monthly payments of $6,000 to end in November next year.

    The Comptroller rejected the proposal in October, pointing to the long-outstanding tax arrears and the many attempts to accommodate Mr Nizam. The statutory demand then followed.

    Responding to queries, an Iras spokesman said yesterday that over the past five years, there have been only three applications including this one to set aside a statutory demand and all were rejected by the courts.

    “We will take appropriate actions to recover the outstanding taxes owed by the taxpayer to the State,” he added.

    K.C Vijayan for The Straits Times

    Source: Straits Times © Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

  • Aku seorang Muslim tapi Aku GAY – Ciptaan ALLAH

    I’m not proud of being gay. Because I don’t think it makes sense to be proud of being gay.

    You can only be proud of the things you put work in. If you have to work for it. If you have to work at it. I didn’t do anything to be gay. No work involved. I was born gay. So, it’s not something to be proud of. But not being proud of it does not mean I am ashamed of it. I’m neither proud nor ashamed of being gay. I just am.

    The same thing with being Malay. I was born Malay. No work involved. So no sense in being proud to be Malay. But not being proud of it does not mean I am ashamed of it. I’m neither proud nor ashamed of being Malay. I just am.

    With being Muslim, however, it’s a different thing. Because I have to put work in to ‘stay Muslim’. Examples of this ‘work’, or should I say effort: I pray, and I fast during Ramadan, and I read the holy Qur’an to dedicate the holy Yaasiin verses to my late parents. I (try to remember to always) treat people with respect and kindness, whatever their religion or race. Things like that. That’s effort put in. So yes, I can be proud of being a Muslim, because it’s something I work at.

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    Okay, now what about ‘pride’ being connected to ‘embracing’ who I am. Do I ‘embrace’ the fact that I’m gay? The word ‘embrace’ in this context; I guess it means: do I celebrate and rejoice in being gay?

    Do I run down a hill screaming ‘I’m gay!! I’m gay!!’ to the sounds of ‘the hiiiillssss… are aliiiive…. with the sound of muusssiiiiiiccc….’ No. Do I join gay parades overseas? No. Am I a member of gay associations? No. Do I make it a point to attend gay events? No. Although I’m open to those things anytime in the future, why not. (Except the running down a hill screaming part). When I can make the time. When I want to. If the desire and interest develops into being, why not. But I don’t consider those things necessary. It would be nice, but not necessary.

    I don’t ‘celebrate’ my being gay. I’m not sure…? But if I inspect this ‘not sure’ further, I’ll come back to ‘I don’t’. So let’s keep it simple and honest: I do not celebrate and rejoice in being gay. But does this mean I am ashamed of being gay? Nope. Because if I am, I would have done something to try and change things. I would have dated women. Convince myself I can ‘turn straight’. Maybe go on to marry one of the women. Convince myself sex with her is okay. Persuade myself to make love to her, say, once a fortnight (would monthly or quarterly still be considered reasonable?). Have kids with her. Generally, live life as a straight man, regardless of whether I lead a double life behind my wife and kids by sleeping with men on the side. But, still calling it life as a straight man.

    Different people live differently. Make different choices.

    If I’m ashamed of being gay, I would probably be living a lie. But I’m not. I’m spending my life with the man I love. God willing, I will be fortunate enough to have him by my side the rest of my life.  Even if this means people, strangers or otherwise, may sometimes look at me just a little bit differently. A subtle shake of the head, dramatically slow and sad. Or a knowing glint in their eyes. A slight smile. In disapproval? In approval, even? ahhh… who cares.

    I am what God made me. I am male, Muslim, gay, Malay, Singaporean.  Lol.

    May God give me the strength to continue to always be honest with myself. Amin!

    Abdul Halim

    I am a Singaporean Malay guy, aged 41 years old.

    Abdul Halim

    Source: http://bit.ly/1jbFJDa

  • Cinta Tidak Kenal Usia, Agama

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    The first time Don saw his fiancee, Aida, who is also seven years older than him, he thought she was a domestic helper while she saw him as just a ‘cute lil kid’.

    Now, eight years on, the couple are poised to tie the knot in the near future.

    In his entry, Don wrote:

    “I would like to dedicate this entry to my best friend and fiancee, Aida Borhan.

    “This is also my Valentine’s Day surprise for her as both of us always felt online contests were a waste of time and she would never expect me to join one.

    “Our story is long and complicated, as is everyone else’s, so I shall summarize the important details.

    “I first met my fiancee when I was working part time at Orchard Hotel while waiting for my O-level results.

    “There, I was promoted to work on the VIP executive floor, where she worked as a guest relations officer.

    “I was just 17 while she was 24. We were both single at the time.

    “My first impression of her was that she looked like a foreign domestic helper.

    “Her impression of me was ‘the cute lil kid’.

    “Aida was my supervisor at work but we had good chemistry as colleagues and never had any conflicts.

    “One weekend night, we had just finished our shifts so we decided to hang out together, and ended up taking in a late night movie. It was opening night of “The Covenant” back in late 2006.”In the theatre, I jokingly placed my arm around her as I told her I felt more comfortable since I’ve never actually watched a movie with a girl who was just a friend.

    “To clarify, I did not have any other intentions towards her, or feelings for her. It was just weird not having my arm around a girl!

    “She was okay with it as we had this ‘big sister and lil bro’ relationship.

    “Needless to say, we enjoyed the movie and we began seeing more of each other after work.

    “While we remained as friends, we felt really comfortable with each other, and we both believed at the time that a man and woman can keep things between us as strictly ‘friends’.

    “Boy, were we wrong.

    “One random night in Nov 2006, I suddenly kissed her on the lips while we were both sharing stories about ourselves on a bench under the void deck of a housing block in Woodlands.

    “Till today, I had no idea why i did what i did.

    “We both stayed silent for five minutes, before we burst out laughing.

    “As it turned out, we were both developing strange and unknown feelings for each other.

    “We didn’t dare to call it love as, well, we had an age gap of seven years!

    “We had no physical attraction whatsoever initially!

    “However, we mutually decided to give it a shot as we both figured, why not?

    “We spent the next year of our lives together, happy for the most part with our fair share of ups and downs.

    “We were so crazy in love that we had tattoos of each other’s name done.

    “Everything was going well until one fateful day, when I decided to propose.

    “She rejected my proposal, saying that I was still way too young, that marriage was not easy and that i was the one making a mistake.

    “She felt that I was not old enough to be sure of my feelings and that I would one day change my mind and date a younger woman.

    “We argued over this for months.

    “We also had disagreements over her dressing and clubbing habits, as well as my temper and trust issues.

    “Our relationship couldn’t take the strain of these countless arguements so we broke up in late 2007, after more then a year together.

    “I took the break-up pretty hard for she was the first girl whose personality, rather than looks, attracted me.

    “Before her, I have never felt this comfortable with anyone else, not even my best friends or sibling.

    “It got to a point that I chose take a year off relationships until I was ready to date or have a girlfriend again.

    “On the day I enlisted into the army, I sent Aida an email, saying I would always love her, and I finally have the strength to move on.

    “I decided to accept the love of another girl, hoping to give love another chance. That was in late 2008.

    “My new relationship was good. We were generally happy and I liked her a whole lot, but she was not my Aida.

    “I was in the army so the time i spent with my new girl was little.

    “Just before I was about to ORD in late 2010, Aida contacted me after 3 years of not hearing from her.

    “It was just a courtesy greeting as she had just joined facebook and wondered how i was doing.

    “I’m not so proud of the next thing I did after that. I immediately dumped my current girlfriend and arranged a date with Aida.

    “To the ex,if you are reading this, I apologise again and wish you all the best.

    “The moment we laid our eyes on each other once again after three years without contact, she leaped into my arms and we embraced each other for what seemed like forever.

    “We then shared a long passionate kiss, somehow knowing that this felt right, and that everything will be alright.

    “It has been more then 3 years since we reunited.

    “We still have our ups and down. but the time we spent apart helped us to grow as individuals.

    “We have learned to give and take for the greater good, as well as appreciate the various sacrifices we had to make over the years.

    “We were finally on the path of building a life and family together, and are now closer then ever before as well.

    “We are currently staying together with my parents while waiting for our ROM date (she finally said yes!), and scouting for a matrimonial home.

    “Again, this is dedicated to my wife-to-be, my soulmate and my best friend.

    “I hope this finally surprises you as it’s really hard for us to keep secrets and surprises from each other since we know one another inside out.

    “I have loved this girl and knew I wanted to marry her since I was 17. I thank god we reunited after all that time.”

     

    Source: http://bit.ly/1eQsaBW