Only in Sarawak

Living harmoniously with each other...only in Sarawak...(Sibu night market to be exact :) )

 

 

 

I love street stall...(Sibu central market...)

 

 

 

Sunday for Peace

Hai all, it’s Sunday morning and I’m sitting in the office with loads of work to be done. I can’t wait for the year to end and get a good rest...till then, I’m going to spend the last quarter of the year by keeping myself busy. By the way, one stupid story that I read yesterday was about Jaclyn Victor. As a Christian, she was just carrying her duty when she sing Harapan Bangsa and for that, she was in a lot of heat. Why? Let me show you some of the comment;

Jaclyn Victor

 

 

 “Utusan Malaysia pada Jumaat melaporkan, Timbalan Menteri Pelajaran yang juga Ahli Majlis Tertinggi Umno, Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi meminta Jabatan Kemajuan Islam Malaysia (Jakim) serta kementerian berkaitan menyiasat lagu Harapan Bangsa yang mungkin telah menyentuh sensitiviti penganut agama lain di negara ini.

Sebelum ini, Pertubuhan Pribumi Perkasa Malaysia (Perkasa) turut mendakwa Jac telah menghina Islam gara-gara menyanyikan lagu yang mengandungi konotasi agama yang berkaitan dengan agama Kristian.”

Datuk Dr Mohd Puad Zarkashi..someone please verify his Dr and Datukship please... 

 

 

I mean, what the heck was that!?? That mean all of the praise and worship songs in Bahasa Malaysia(which is common in Sarawak and Sabah) should be check since it touch the sensitivity of other religion in this country? So when they try to investigate this matter should people who raise this issue be locked up under ISA (PERKASA and Mohd Puad)? I mean, those people try to trigger the racial tension that could lead to chaos all over this country. Harapan Bangsa is just a praise and worship song, intended for Sabah and Sarawak only. It’s not distributed commercially. It end up in you tube because some Christian try to share good news to other Christian via virtual medium, and I see nothing wrong with that. Why do people keep playing with this issue? Here is another article;

 

There were no images, however, of Jaclyn performing or recording the song in a studio. In an accompanying write-up, Barry said that she had created the video to “share this beautiful and meaningful song about Malaysia and Jesus”.

 

In a statement today, the right-wing Malay NGO said it condemned both Jaclyn and the songwriter for their “insensitivity and disrespect” to non-Christians in the country.

Perkasa secretary-general Syed Hassan Syed Ali referred to a particular line in the song that reads: “Bapa, engkau lah harapan negara ini” (Father you are the hope of the nation) and said that it was a clear insult to Islam as the country’s official religion.

“There is also another line that says “Kau lah satu-satunya harapan di bumi Malaysia” (You are the only hope on Malaysian soil) and this is insulting to all non-Christians since she refers to Malaysian soil,” he said.

 

“Do all Malaysians believe in and place their hope in Jesus? The songwriter should have been more aware of the fact that Malaysia is made up of more than just Christians and has a Muslim majority.” Syed pointed out that yet another line says “Yesus engkau lah harapan segala bangsa” (Jesus, you are the hope of all races) and questioned why the lyrics were written as such since Muslims have never worshipped Jesus.

He then expressed bemusement over Jaclyn’s insensitivity towards her Malay fan base especially when her success rode on their shoulders.

 

“Perkasa is not seeking an apology from her,” Syed clarified. “What is needed is a compulsory boycott by all Muslims of her albums and performances nationwide.”

“We also want the Information Ministry to ban her appearance on all electronic media. Let her feel the pain of her insensitivity. It will be a stern lesson for her.”

 

Syed Hassan Syed Ali....Internal Security Act (ISA)is best used against this person

 

Boycott to her performances nationwide? Does it serve a stern lesson for her? By inserting Malaysia in the lyrics it becomes insulting? Duh!!She merely prays for peace in Malaysia! That’s what it means. It didn’t touch other races or religions. I pity him and I hope he could go back to Stone Age and stay there because being an insensitive, uneducated, narrow minded, attention seekers, ego maniac, racist, and religion fanatic like him just don’t belong here, in Malaysia. (Maher Zain sings in English and Bahasa Malaysia, should we boycott him as well!?? If according to Mr Almighty Syed Hassan, Maher Zain is being ‘disrespect and insensitive’ to other non-muslim in this country too!)  

 

Anyway, I don’t want to get angrier so I just end it here. Happy Sunday all and peace!

 

For CHRISTIAN ONLY: Enjoy this beautiful song...

 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zo8lI5SMy8

My evening walk

After a hectic two weeks, I’m back to my hometown. Surely I take this opportunity to refresh myself as the year end gets nearer. As for now, I’m still recuperating and so far I felt better. You won’t believe how I ‘spent’ my time while recuperating…

 

By the way, I don’t have much to do this evening so I went out to have a good walk (when in fact I was actually driving around ;p) and took some photos. The rain just stopped so I quickly grabbed my DSLR *ahem and venture out.

 

Thanks for reading this though this isn’t much…. :)