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Lunch with the Minister

During the 4 years I worked in Putrajaya. Many things happened in my life, there may even be things or events that no one would believe, even my own family members. I once had the opportunity to have lunch with the Minister of Youth and Sports together with his 2 deputies. I am not a civil servant but have such an opportunity.  It's just that not many people know about it because the ceremony was more of a casual meeting of the top management with the committee members who made the program a success at that time. One day, when my colleagues and I were busy doing our respective tasks. The program director entered the work room and informed that the Minister and Deputy Minister would like to have lunch with us. For me, it is something that is very appreciated personally. To be honest in the public service sector, there are times when civil servants who are in the support category cannot sit at the same table with civil servants who have the status of officers or management groups. I

PELAJAR MASTER

  Aku ingin kongsikan sedikit pengalaman aku menghadiri pembentangan thesis calon-calon Ijazah Peringkat Sarjana atau MASTER. Pembentangan dijalankan pada peringkat fakulti. Kebetulan ketika itu, aku berada di Jabatan Pengajian Media, Dr Siti salah seorang lecture, Jabatan Pengajian Media mengajak aku untuk menemani beliau mengikuti pembentangan tersebut. Ada beberapa orang calon MASTER sedang menanti giliran ketika aku sampai di bilik mesyuarat kalau tidak salah ingatan aku. Selain, itu ada beberapa orang pesyarah kanan fakulti, mungkin mereka merupakan penilai bagi sesi pembentangan terbabit. Aku selaku pemerhati, hanya melihat dan cuba memahami setiap pembentangan. Nampak mudah tetapi hakikatnya hanya mereka yang mengambil MASTER mengetahui cabarannya. Setiap calon MASTER , mula membentangkan penulisan mereka dan ada beberapa yang mendapat teguran dari barisan pesyarah kanan fakulti yang hadir. Kesalahan yang dilakukan, seperti tiada nota kaki atau senarai rujukan penulisan the

Bila Kawan Tanya Khabar

Aku merupakan seorang yang tidak ramai kawan, dari kecil sehingga dewasa. Kawan-kawan aku boleh dihitung dengan jari, termasuk kawan-kawan di Universiti. Setelah sekian lama, dunia aku hanya ada aku, ibu dan keluarga terdekat. Apabila tiba-tiba seorang kawan lama bertanya khabar, ia sangat menggembirakan aku. Maklumlah semenjak menjadi penganggur sepenuh masa, tidak ramai yang sudi menjadi kawan aku. Kawan yang bertanya khabar merupakan bekas rakan satu tempat kerja dan serumah ketika aku tinggal di Putrajaya. Orang panggil dia sebagai KJ tapi bukan YB Menteri Kementerian Kesihatan Malaysia tetapi singkatan kepada khairul .  Last berjumpa sekitar tahun 2017/18, ketika itu KJ menghadiri kenduri kahwin saudaranya di Kem Desa Pahlawan, Kok Lanas. KJ merupakan kawan yang aku suka bersembang bila ada masa terluang. Bagi mereka yang berada di situasi seperti aku, pasti mengerti betapa happy bila ada kawan yang bertanya khabar walaupun hanya melalui telefon. Ramai yang tahu nombor telefon

PRU Musim Banjir?

  Kita sekarang berada di bulan 9, perlahan-lahan memasuki musim tengkujuh yang sinonim dengan dugaan banjir terutama bagi negeri-negeri di bahagian pantai timur semenanjung Malaysia. Dilaporkan bahawa negara bakal menerima jumlah hujan yang lebih tinggi berbanding tahun-tahun sebelumnya. Semestinya perkara ini amat membimbangkan bagi penduduk-penduduk di kawasan rendah.  Seharusnya orang-ramai termasuk kerajaan, bersedia sepenuhnya dalam menghadapi sebarang kemungkinan yang bakal terjadi kelak. Namun ada sesuatu yang tidak enak di dengari apabila ada pihak dilihat lebih fokus kepada inginkan KUASA berbanding memikirkan soal  KEBAJIKAN RAKYAT . Ada pihak inginkan Perdana Menteri Malaysia membubarkan Parlimen dan mengadakan Pilihan Raya Umum pada tahun ini juga. Tahun 2022 berbaki 3 bulan sahaja lagi dan ketika musim banjir. Aku cuba memahami mengapa pihak terbabit begitu inginkan PRU secepat mungkin walaupun dalam musim banjir?. Berdasarkan beberapa artikel berkaitan seperti Sinar 1 ,

Konsert Hiburan D Kelantan II

Karnival riuh sokmo yang di adakan di mini stadium, daerah Ketereh sempena sambutan Hari Malaysia yang lalu telah berakhir. Karnival tersebut diserikan lagi dengan konsert nyanyian artis terkenal tanahair seperti Faizal Tahir, Ramli Sarip, kumpulan Wings dan ramai lagi. Bagaikan telah menduga, karnival atau konsert yang diadakan mengundang pelbagai reaksi terutama mereka dari gelanggang politik tanahair. Kehadiran pengunjung seramai 20 ribu orang pada malam konsert wings menambah lagi kritikan umum. Semua disebabkan Kelantan selama ini mengamalkan pendirian tegas terhadap sebarang hiburan di negeri tersebut. Sehinggakan pawagam sama sekali tidak dibenarkan diwujudkan di negeri ini atas alasan mengundang maksiat dan kemurkaan Allah SWT. Walaupun pihak penganjur karnival berusaha mematuhi peraturan yang ditetapkan seperti pengasingan pengunjung lelaki dan perempuan ketika konsert. Tiada konsert nyanyian pada hari Jumaat serta tiada penyanyi wanita terlibat. Oleh itu, mengapa masih ada p

Artist and Hijab

  Referring to the Wikipedia portal, an artist means a person who is creative or skilled in a certain field of art or produces art in a specific scope. While Hijab can be understood as a cloth that covers a woman's private parts. The law of covering the private parts for women, especially Muslims, is mandatory regardless of the reasons given based on information on portals such as   muftiwp . Although wearing hijab is obligatory on any Muslim woman. However, in this country, Muslim women are still given the freedom to make their own choices, whether they want to wear the hijab or not. When there is a story of an artist who wears hijab. it became an attraction to the public, especially the artist's fan community. Many female artists who are Muslim, at first did not wear hijab and then changed to wearing hijab. The change is a good thing, even some of the artists, take the opportunity to sell clothes such as capes or hijabs . It's just a matter of regret when there are artist

Karnival Riuh Sokmo

  Aku berkesempatan berkunjung ke Karnival Riuh Sokmo anjuran Kementerian Komunikasi yang diadakan di stadium mini,ketereh. Karnival tersebut dianjurkan selama 3 hari, bermula 16hb hingga 18hb September 2022. Aku berkunjung ke Karnival terbabit sekitar pukul 5 petang, suasana di luar stadium sangat sesak. Para pengunjung bukan hanya dari pekan Ketereh semata-mata tetapi turut datang dari pelbagai daerah sekitar negeri Kelantan. Berdasarkan pemerhatian, aku secara peribadi berpendapat bahawa golongan belia di Kelantan sememangnya inginkan hiburan sebagaimana yang dirasai oleh belia-belia di negeri lain. Aku dengar karnival tersebut mendapat bantahan segelintir pihak dengan alasan, hiburan mengundang maksiat atau hiburan itu melalaikan. Pada aku, itu pandangan yang kolot. Masalah sosial tetap wujud di kalangan belia di Kelantan walaupun semua jenis hiburan di larangan diadakan di Kelantan termasuk pawagam. Hakikat hiburan itu boleh jika tahu bagaimana untuk mengawalnya atau berusaha untu

Concert in Kelantan

I saw many canopy tents that were ready to be set up in the Ketereh District Council field . Not only that, what caught my attention was the huge main stage structure in the middle of the field..  Apparently I missed the current news. That is on Malaysia Day which is on 16 September, this Friday. a carnival or concert will be held for 3 days. The concert will feature many famous artists such as Faizal Tahir and many others. To be honest I was excited and surprised. The state of Kelantan, which has rarely seen entertainment concerts for its people, will hold an entertainment show in Ketereh. The state of Kelantan is known as a strict state with any entertainment activities including concerts. Therefore, when hearing about the upcoming concert, it was a surprising thing. Some argue that the reason for this concert is to attract the attention of young people who like entertainment, especially when the country is preparing to hold the 15th General Election soon. There is an opinion that st

OPR Naik Lagi

  Difahamkan Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM)  menaikan kadar OPR sebanyak 25 mata kepada 2.25%. Ia merupakan kenaikan kali ke-3 dalam masa yang terdekat. Difahamkan, BNM telah menurunkan OPR sebelum ini bagi tujuan meransang pertumbuhan ekonomi dalam negara. Maka dengan kenaikan berkala ketika ini, ia dipercayai tidak memberi kesan yang mendalam terhadap situasi ekonomi semasa. Boleh rujuk artikel propertyguru . Apakah kesan kenaikan kadar OPR terhadap rakyat Malaysia?.  Kesan OPR  naik boleh difahami sebagai perubahan beberapa perkara seperti nilai kadar faedah pinjaman jangka pendek, kadar deposit tetap, tukaran asing, kadar faedah jangka panjang .  Umumnya kadar OPR mempengaruhi kadar faedah pinjaman peribadi, perumahan dan kenderaan .  Adakah OPR membebankan rakyat Malaysia?. Berdasarkan pemahaman aku, mereka yang terikat dengan pinjaman yang paling terkesan apabila OPR dinaikan. Hal ini disebabkan peminjam harus memperuntukan wang lebih kepada bahagian pembayaran balik hutang sedi

Women are afraid

I don't know how I want to start this story. It is take 3 days, I tried to find an idea how to write a sharing that actually has no benefit except to embarrass myself. I am now 40 years old, single and full time unemployed. Maybe I'm lazy but my job right now is to take care of my mother full time. It's not that I don't want to get married, but right now, I don't even have a girlfriend. How do you want to talk about marriage? Maybe it's because I'm unemployed with a rather unattractive physique that makes women afraid if I try to approach them. Do women get scared when I try to approach them?. Maybe!!!, especially women who come from Kelantan. Why?, based on my experience so far, only women from outside of Kelantan treat me well. I don't mean that all the women in Kelantan don't treat me well, it's just based on my experience. Even when I joked about marriage, many of them showed an uncomfortable reaction with me. There are two situations when I

Nightclub vs Concert

Malaysia is one of the countries that often organize concerts involving local artists or from abroad. With a few months left for the year 2022, there are several concerts to be organized in Malaysia. Usually when there is a concert that is going to be held in Malaysia. Surely there are those who want to stand out by disagreeing or protesting the concert. Their reason that is often used is that the concert contradicts the Islamic religion in this country.  It's just that I feel strange, concerts are protested but the nightclubs in big cities like Kuala Lumpur, there are no complaints. Are these night clubs, not visited by Muslims in this country?. When it comes to nightclubs, many people must know what it's like. If you object to the concert being held then you should object to the nightclubs that exist in this country. Social problems in today's society are not new, but they have been around for a long time. Not just because of concerts or nightclubs. There are many differe