ramblings of a blogger...

Been awhile since i last posted anything haven't i? honestly i tried, but at the last moment i decided to save it as draft. you might be wondering why and frankly...i don't quite know the reason :).

maybe the fact that my rambling thoughts seem to revolve around my personal life has something to do with it...but don't get me wrong. when i first opened up this blog and the rest of my blogs, i knew i would be rambling mostly about my thoughts and my own personal life, and i was fully aware that i would be making my life an open book for everyone else to read.

what i didn't expect was my tendency to go into details of what exactly i'm going through and the more i think of it..the more i realize, no one really gives a damn about me since they themselves have their own agenda to attend to :).

but then again, how can i not ramble about my own personal stuff when what i've been trying to express is what life is all about in relation to my experiences. yeah..i try to talk about life with me being the basis or subject of observation, comparing my thoughts and experiences to similar individuals or questioning my curiousities and confusions hoping to find the conformations from people who may have the answers. after years of being a blogger, i can safely say that blogging, reading or writing has been therapeutic to both mind and soul :).

as i went through my postings...i realized that i have several old drafts waiting in line to be posted...and from the looks of things, it would probably be kept unpublished indefinitely :).

ciao peeps....

ps: hmm...i think depression just set in, damn it hahaha

Raja Petra...again?...

I was reading the news this morning when i stumbled on an article of Raja Petra's arrest for his articles in Malaysian Today.

One thing that every press should know is that, everyone has that innate curiousity which drives them to know and learn stuff, and the drive gets stronger when something is sensationalized. so my entry this time, i'm blaming it on the media :).

Headline: Raja Petra Detained Under ISA

Date: September 13, 2008

KUALA LUMPUR: bla bla bla (not gonna include the entire article out hahaha)...

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'He reportedly incited Muslims on the article " (a) I Promise To Be A Good Non-Hypocritical Muslim" which contained sentences that ridiculed Muslims besides allowing a commentary on which ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad with references to the article " (b) Not All Arabs Are Descendants Of The Prophet" published in the Malaysia Today blog'.....

Okay, personally..i don't like getting involved in politics (i don't even like politics haha!!), but the only thing that struck me most about his arrest is the fact that he was just voicing out his own point of view..then again, we're not living in a fully democratic country. so one little bug got crushed cos he was being a nuisance to the major league beetles hahaha.

Put it this way, i am glad that there are laws and legislations which keeps everything in peace and order, but someone once told me that these laws and regulations are also the reason behind all the reported crimes and wrongdoings, in a twisted way...it is kind of logical when we think about it hahaha. take speeding for example, we won't get any speeding summonses if there weren't any speeding regulations hehehe.

anyhow, back To Raja Petra's articles. yeah, i read through both articles and honestly saying...i didn't see any faults to what he said. take article (a) for example, everything which was written (except for the part where he quoted PKR's opposition leader's statement) has some truths to it (okay, i don't like to talk about religion as well, especially when it comes to comparing them and i do not condone blaspheming other religion whether it's your own or others). all he did was pointing out the obvious facts. i bet most readers must've overlooked this paragraph:

"Yes, there are good Muslims and bad Muslims, there are also good people of other religion and bad people of the other religions" - Raja Petra

i bet what he was trying to say is that, "for a country to be great, our leaders must first be out of their conservative mindset and for once think outside the box. be ready to accept comments and rely on them for better changes instead of using whatever is applicable to maintain the status quo. do not hide behind religion and race on the pretext of being superior than the others".

as for his second article (b), honestly..all i can think of... it's a good fun read!! haha. it depends on the readers whether to believe it or not, besides, it does provide a good sense of reasonable doubts on the Altantuya case hehe. but in regards to the title, i did not see any so called 'commentary on which ridiculed Islam and Prophet Muhammad' . i think the title was meant to ridicule the (my thoughts on Raja Petra's perception) two faced lying Datuk Syed,...or i may be wrong hahaha.

honestly, i have yet to grasp the shallow mentality our society has when it comes to stepping out of the conservative side. they're so comfortable with where they are now that change seems to bother them a lot. People, it's time for everyone to grow up and open your minds to the many possibilities there are out there. accept change wholeheartedly and accept the good which comes with it, and yes...negative aspects may emerge from the change, but no worries, it's normal. show me anything which doesn't have to go through the rough patches when paving ways for something new and i will agree with you that we should stay just the way we are for the next decades :).

ps: hahaha, somebody's a bit grumpy this morning..damn it haha...news like this is no way to start a day :). and to all the media, thanks for providing us the titles to the articles hahaha

'Please find my sister..'

Blogging is not only a mean to jot down our thoughts into words, but it's also a medium of communication with the other bloggers. well, just in case you haven't realised yet, blogging has shaped both the advertising and marketing world due to it's limitless exposure in the world wide web.

what would you do if one day, one of your loved ones or family members suddenly dissapeared and relying on the authorities would be time consuming, who would you turn for the extra help? so, in light of this...i would like to take this chance to beseech every bloggers out there to help a fellow blogger in search of his missing sister, put yourself in his shoes and imagine what it would be like if it were really to happen to you...

http://www.newsabahtimes.com.my/nstweb/fullstory/18461

... make a difference and change lives by doing your part in spreading the word..