LET RAMLY BURGER DROWN MAC DONALD

At least there are three outlets in my town that sell Ramly burger and other Western like hot cakes. Even before the minimum wage law was introduced Gemilang Burger paid RM900 minimum to the employees. What I can assure the public these burgers are 10 time more delicious and 1/6 of Mac's price.

It is a high time now to set national outlets selling Ramly. Why we need Mac Donald anymore and why must we send money to Israel for nothing ?

How about drinks ? Are we not capable of producing our own ? More than 60 years ago I used to have free bottle drink from a small factory near my house. They already have the F & N and alternative drinks. Cocacola and Pepsicola are new kind of drinks. There are ever ready towkeys who are happy to produce our own.

Sometimes we are too crazy about franchise that come from the West. You can buy cheaper stuffs in China Town than the 7-11. Normal sundry shops are selling more items. The owners do not have to pay for any franchise fee at all.

Lower and middle income group are enjoying cheaper food like Nasi Lemak or Mee Goreng and the roadside burgers. At least three persons can eat with the same amount paid to Mac Donald for a person. For RM15 at Mac D one can buy about 10 packets of Nasi Lemak.

Since the boycott call I chose to have my dinner at Mimi Tomyam, Hussein Nasi Kandar or Nasi Lemak Bungkus. A couple of Ramly burger plus an egg cost less RM5. The taste is 'AROY' ( wow in Thai ).

I kept Brahim Briyani and Nasi Goreng Kampong in case I would be too busy to buy food. Barahim products are simple to prepare. I am always aware of my support for Malaysian product and suporting Ibrahim, a fellow Malaysian.

Someone should initiate Ramly Burger's expansion. Owners of the outlets are Malaysians of all races. We share the wealth together and at the same time we can close the gap of our disagreement. Malaysians could prevail as one race.

04/08/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

Mac D owners in Malaysia who fear of losing money and business shouldn't worry. You turn your Mac D into Ramly burger's outlet. By doing it you will gain more profit because you don't have to pay any franchise fee. Invite a few excellent burger maker like Gemilang Burger Seberang Perak Alor Setar for the type of menu and how to prepare tasty and delicious burger.

You will get shock to see the number of Chinese at Gemilang Seberang Perak. UMNO can extend it's tentacles in Muslim countries by going Ramly using Gemilang style and taste.

Don't wait anymore. Roll your heads and get cracking.

THE MALAYS ARE LOSING THEIR SENSES

A minister in Great Britain quit because she is not happy with the Prime Minister over Gaza issue while Khalid is still holding to a straw and refuses to abdicate the post. Khalid puts himself first before the party that put him there. The total exposure have tarnished the stupidity and dishonesty of the Malays. How could a man be honored and dignified if he failed the public promise and made his own decisions on several financial matters including his own salary ? And Hadi all the way from Trengganu throw his support and chose to divorce PR. This Hadi has sold Kedah to Mukhriz and now he is selling Selangor to BN.

The party is unimportant as compared to the mental state and the principle held. I won't hire a traitor of my enemy and won't even welcome him in my camp. Would PM Najib offered Khalid or Hadi a Minister's post if they join UMNO ?

The stupidity covers many other sectors, particularly in designing our future. Instead of building up an independent society the Malays are heading towards economic dependency. They feared the boycotting of Cadbury, Mac Donald and all other Israel products as voiced in the national media. They sell their agriculture land to build Tesco and Mac Donald. Selling land that grow foodstuffs means the dependency upon foreign countries for food. That goes against our national security. But we were told the agriculture land were bought by Yayasan Islam and sold to MCA men.

The worse is when there are Malays to support the killings of the Palestinians and a strong supporters of Zionism not realizing that their big brother's mind on non-Jews. A Jew must be of a race and a religion. If a Malay called himself a Jew he is still being regarded as beast, an animal like dog. The so-called intelligent Malays showed their lack of knowledge on Talmud, the guide book of colonialism and the killings.

There are the whole lots of confusions and crazy stuffs from outright corruptions to other moral decay. The youth factors are the most unspeakable.

That's why we see people dealings with millions and millions and people hunting the garbage bins to find daily bread. These are all Malays. And today we can find pools of Malay liars, cheaters, robbers, Christians and Jews (claimed to be Jews). They sell magic water that can cure all kind of chronic diseases and they buy such water at a costly price. They pay a few hundred ringgit to hear lectures how to make money and when they went home they still could not make any even many years after that. Crazy ? Indeed crazy.

By the time they come to their senses they find the race lost everything and behind the other races in many fields. No amount of howling and arresting and intimidation could revert to the formerly sane position.

06/08/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

 JEWISH POWER

Jews are people with brain without hearts. They organized themselves well, remain united against hostile environment, mastering sciences and invent technologies, earning nobel prizes and controlling the world economy. Even the mighty Americans are subdued.

Is it the pride of Talmud to teach Jews to kill the non-Jews because they are beasts and animals like dog ? When the soldiers going to Gaza they were to go and kill the unarmed women and children by their Rabi, and they have no pity nor compassion against another human being. It was not about who started the escalation because the Jews continued settlement on the Palestine land never ceased. It is a very simple way to rob. Just say "My Holly Book says this is a Jewish land" and kick the legitimate owners away.

What is the use of the brightest brain in the world with feeling of compassion, pity and humanity ? What kind of Talmud that called all others animals and deserved to be killed or being made slaves to serve the Jews ?

We happen to know Jewish design on several False Flag to discredit the enemies and to justify killings, even at the current Gaza attack and turmoil. The False Flag were present to the Americans to get their support and sympathy. 9/11 was a clear False Flag that pushed the Americans to pursue the innocent man, Osama, at the tip of the world and killed him. It was heartless and conscienceless.

Jews should be aware that to some, religion is only a mere perception. Their intelligence and strength lie in their believe in themselves and they worked towards them. It was not the Talmud that elevate them to be the Masters.

At least several other races in the world would bloom the same way as the Jews and finally gaining power and strength. It would not be the Arabs or the Malays, the Iraqis or the Iranians. Not even the Muslims.

It is not only Mahathir who thought it that way. There are millions of others.

When the Nazis murdered the Jews, the later cried Holocaust repeatedly from 1940's to 2014 and hunted the Nazis till the end of the earth in every hole and pit. Now they are doing it to the Palestinians.

I am not anti-Jews by nature but I have to rely on causal-effect to a certain event. Israel sees no other way to it's national security other than military option and of the extended boundary. It takes a good heart to see the hearts of other people, to analyze the causal-effect outcome of compassions and love, of friendships and mutual respects. I even see to the extend of dissolving Hamas and put them in the Israel police force for mutual defense, a united Jewish-Palestinians. If peace and tranquility can drag for one year, it will stay there forever.

But would the Jews accept it as the Muslims in other Islamic countries accept Jews in their midst ?

05/08/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

 PROSTITUTES

Prostitutes go for money. Black, White, criminals, addicts and whoever else have money and willing to pay can have their bodies. Some Malaysians are just like them. Soon you will see the so-called Muslim be selling pork in the open, no more hiding it in Cadbury or any ice cream. They opened up their frocks and let the Black, White and Jews f**k them for money. The Malays and the Muslims are helping the Zionists to kill people.

If they think the Palestinians are deserved to be killed, likewise these people deserved to die a violent death too.

The South Americans and the British vehemently protested against the genocide. They boycotted Israel products. Yet these Malays are so hard up of trade with Israel government, buying computer soft wares, selling their products and announced direct support to the purchase of arms that killed young children.

All we have now are people with Islamic attires who had put away the Holly Book of Al-Quaran, like Dr Mashitoh Ibrahim and a few of UMNO clerics. Those people are fake.

Many White Americans including Jimmy Carter and Kerry said that Israel is adamant and liars. Though there is a split of opinion on Gaza AIPAC with a strong influence on the Congress is trying to put Obama away and commanded continual arsenal supplies to Israel,  a few Congressmen demanded for truce.

Has God leave the Malays and leave them to design their own destiny ? The Malays have really gone haywire. These Malay Jews thought they could be accepted in Israel. Try to migrate to their beloved land, they will be kicked home like dogs, because the Israel Jews consider them as animals and dogs. I don't say this. Those non-Jews don't say that either. But the Talmud says so. That's what the Israel Rabi told the Jewish army when they are entering Gaza. It is alright to kill the Palestinians because the non-Jews are animals.

Prostitutes who let anyone f**k them for money are full of dirty semen in their vagina; the syphilis, gonorrhea, HIV and all other filthy stuffs mixed in them. It is just like a politician who is willing to go to Hindu temple, to Bhuddist shrine, to Christian Church to pray to each of the gods to gain votes. After more than 55 years of independent we are producing the Malays who are happily paying to murder the Palestinian women and children.

It has been a long time that we have been saying that agriculture is security. Yet agriculture land are sold for housing estates to be sold to foreigners. A sovereign nation should be able to stand on itself to survive. China and United States have enough food to feed themselves in case of war. Yet these Malays are saying Malaysians will starve without trade with Israel.

Once upon a time bad people used to say that Malaysian Indians are two headed snakes. If there was a snake and an Indian, kill the Indian first before the snake. The fallacy of such a saying could be reverse to be the truth by substituting the word Indians with Malays.

We do recognize the strength and power of Israel. But if we have to fight them with only bare hands and die, we should fight. If Israel were to strike us, we will have to find  the most effective way to counter strike and it has to be devastated. If Malays can do it it will awaken the world about the unknown Malay race.

While America is creating Captain America, the Malays are creating cowardice and prostitutes who think Malaysia will starve without Zionism.

04/08/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

 HEALTH AND MONEY

Sickness and health awareness generate a new front for economy, large enough to create employment and job opportunities. It is a billion dollar business. The more the sick people the more the doctors and nurses needed, manufacturing equipments to cater for the sick people is another related activity.

In the recent time we see plenty of products that claim cure and prevention of acute diseases like diabetes, kidney and heart attack. They range from a pure water to wearing stuffs like miracle socks. Among the popular products are stem cells that  is said to rejuvenate youths and blood corpuscles. One stem cell product says it can repair the damage pancreas.

The number of supplements are numerous and costly. How real are they ? A friend of mine spent thousands on supplements that he claimed could lower the blood-sugar level. And now he is on the Viken Socks.

I have been wondering all along why our hospitals and doctors do not propose the alternative treatments for the cure. Recently I was searching for information on Viken Socks to find out what our doctors or hospitals say about them. I found nothing. I expect government authorities to approve or disapprove medicines and gadgets that say they could cure diseases that the Western medicine could not.

The relevant government bodies must make sure that fake medical products must not reach the public. FDA's approval should be observed and the department must test the content of supplements sold in the market.

Any alternative effective medicines and supplies could pose a danger of factory closure of the traditional hospital drugs. The reduction of sick people due to health awareness and alternative cures could shrink the number of health centers and nursing schools. Health insurance companies will not be happy too.

Hence views given will not be factual nor base on thorough investigation.

Diabetes is incurable yet stem cell says it could. And numerous other alternative medicines claim they could. Which one are you going to believe in ?

We have more than six public TV channels but none has a devoted daily program on health care to educate the public on matters pertaining to personal hygiene, diseases, medicines, supplements, treatments and all other matters pertaining to health care. This will make the ministry of health on it's toe, investigating products and inform the public of their authenticity. Manufacturers of health gadgets would always paint a rosy picture of their products. In this way we do not have to depend on the internet to seek more information and review about each of the marketable item.

Healthcare is a booming business. Foreigners seek medical help in Penang. As far as clinics and medical centers are concern foreign demand depends on the testimonials of the patients who went back to their country and talked about them. The standard could be maintained even without government supervision.

Unlike the kind of medicines and gadgets that are pouring in the market, the possibility of fakes are great. It is an attractive venue to make fast bucks. Sick people are willing to spend on products that promised miracle cure. There had been items that contain steroid and other poisons. There are items which merely depend on placebo effect like the magic water.

Now we have the medicative pillow, medicative socks and medicative cushions. if those items can cure chronic diseases then there will be fewer patients in hospitals and medical centers. Probably some drug factories will have to close down.

04/08/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

 RACIAL SENTIMENT

Who start to poke on racial sentiment in our country, that it has come to an alarming stage - the Malays can be criminals, bag snatchers and robbers. Affirmative actions does not mean the Malays have the right to commit crime.

It is not wrong to say that some users of social media are siding the wrong doers and the criminals. Watch and read closely the content and remarks on the face book and the blogs. They thought they can pressure the police to follow their commands.

All criminals should not be treated like gentlemen whether they are Malays, Indians or Chinese. Robbers have cause death to many victims causing frustration to the general public. Don't blame the government if your area is unsafe and you can't sleep soundly.

Are you waiting for the time when a robber whom you knock sues you for hitting him ? And if he is a Malay you are going to tell him, "Don't do it again. Go home." I would not forget racial sentiment was brought in in the case of Ling Leong Sik. There were voices saying he was charged in court because he was a Chinese.

No one should escape persecution because of his age, sex or race of a criminal offence.

We were told not to take law in our own hands. Not everyone believes that justice would be served if left to the court. The same person seems to repeat the same crime over and over again after the jail term. We do hear of latex thief went missing, and dead bodies were found here and there. In one country a bag snatcher would be burned alive by the public when caught.

Social status and race are not a free license for complete immunity. Bush, the ex-President, was arrested for carrying cocaine.

It is unfortunate that we like to polarize ourselves and inciting racial hatred. We gained our independent in 1957 and have been living harmoniously. Only at the present decade racial and religious insult loom and spread to a dangerous point.

Wouldn't we want to live in the world of tranquility with the peace of mind, sleep with windows and doors open again like the old good days ? There was a moment of such happiness and security during the Japanese occupation when heads of thieves were displayed at the market place. And there was a report that in Southern Thailand thieves simply went missing.

Bad guys are evil, not a Malay, Chinese or Indian. If a Malay beg snatcher happened to be kicked by an Indian, he deserves it. There is no question of an Indian kicking a Malay but a man kicking a criminal. Sometimes people need to take law into their own hand. We don't protect nor made a hero out of a criminal.

If you put racial sentiment in front then do not go to Mac Donald and boycott Israel products, do not buy goods from shops belonging to other races, and only keep your money in financial institutions owned by your own race. At least I have seen Petronas being boycotted but not yet PETRON.

02/08/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

DID THE JEWS DRUG HIM ?

This very man killed innocent women and children, invaded Iraq and killed Americans in the 9/11 incident. He became a President because the people voted him to the office. Then he made American citizens suffered. Unemployment rose, millions of foreclosures and Americans migrated to Canada. While American citizens went hungry billions were sent to Israel.

He does not suffer yet but we can be sure that his mental health will deteriorate, worst than senility. Those whom he had killed had died and rest in peace. Bush family will feel the agony for many years till he followed those he had murdered.

The rest is left to the family's victims to describe.

01/08/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

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HAMS SHOULD KNOW COMMON ANTENNA NAME

It is shocking to know that at least one ham who does not know antenna's name. The common ones are dipole, yagi and vertical. Dipole is the cheapest and simplest to build and can operate well even without the ATU. But it consumes space for 40 and 80 meters. All along since 1975 till now I have been using this antenna. I think every ham knows it.

In the 1926, Dr. Shintaro Uda and Dr. Hidetsugu Yagi of the Tohoku Imperial University invented a directional antenna system consisting of an array of coupled parallel dipoles. The Yagi Uda antenna is commonly known as only Yagi, sometimes called Beam. It is a directional antenna. With the present technology it save a lot of space.

Yagi

Another common antenna is Vertical, like a single pole standing up vertically. It is good for DXing. Vertical antenna needs something to push against to be effective. In the picture below it is pushing against the earth.

But not all verticals are put at the ground level. They need counterpoise acting like the ground. When the antenna is on a tower, the tower is the counterpoise, on a car the body of the car, on a ship, the ship and the water.

Whenever a kind of radials are put at the bottom people called it Ground Plane. Ground plane is a flat horizontal conducting surface that serves as part of an antenna to reflect radio wave. It does not have to be connected to the ground.

Cubical quad is rare in Malaysia. Old boy Eshee was fond of building quad for three band. But it is good if you browse around to find out more about it. At Saito's house you can find another rare but hard to build antenna called magnetic loop.

Remember every time you work a new station you need to tell them your antenna name.

Never be fooled by small and short antenna system that claim space saving by sheer of their sizes. The too many loops of loading coil may have a kind of dummy effect. When someone tells you about a short and small 40 meter antenna you need to hear the transmission before arriving at any conclusion.

01/08/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

DESTINY OF USA AND ISRAEL ??

Our only problem is we live in the world of enlightenment and we believe in the culture of civility. If we have live in the era of savagery and conquest we wouldn't have questioned the killings of the innocence, foreign invasion, corruptions, lies and deception. We thought we  are moving towards the perfection of the world where all men live in happiness and heavenly world.

The minds like Genghis Khan, Julius Caesar, and Alexander never ceased. The power crazy head accompanied by the mountain of ego, the feeling of superiority, the want to be the master of the world has never stopped even decades after the birth of human right and liberty. Colonialism and conquest were followed by Communism, Nazi, American expansionism and NOW the Mastery of Israel.

In the past it was all regarded as total destiny. Mankind were at the mercy of nature and the power of other group. There were pressures from church, government and powerful kingdom. Most seemed to submit to the authority that ruled them. A small error could end up with death. The Kings and the Emperors would just issue death command for no reason.

We would have thought that those were all history as the world is getting it's light. It is about the right to live and to pursue happiness.

Today is already the 21st century. Mankind created justification to kill and bomb the innocent. They found it a great pleasure to see children being shots and mutilated. They pissed on dead bodies and laugh with joy.  It is easy to kill a person. Just call him a terrorist and you are done with it.

Savagery never end. Not even in the far future. No amount of protest and criticism will end it. The protagonist of the killings will claim it as an act of self defense. American war in Vietnam and Iraq and Afghanistan were all acts of self defense.

USA and Israel do not believe in the divine destiny. They believe that men shape their own future. There is no such thing as 'history is the record of the rise and fall of a nation'. They are certain they will prevail perpetually.

But we are told that there are ancient cities being buried in the large desert and under water. They were there by the work of nature. As to how it happens are left to hypothesis and conjecture. America has been attacked several time by cyclone and huge flood. A day may come it will sink perpetually. And nations will disappear by accidental nuclear blasts. Israel too may disappear and other unknown nations grow up.

Most of us may have not have enough time left to see the work of destiny whether on the divine plan or accidental.

31/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

WHO ARE TERRORISTS ?

Obviously you just won't sit and watch intruders and foreigners coming into your land and by sheer force drive you out of your house and your land. You will have to fight back at any cost. Imagine, you are being called a terrorist. These are the PLO's and the HAMAS. The occupiers are the Israelis.

A person who fight for his country and fought to regain the lost land is called nationalist, not a terrorist. Henry Kissinger was the first man who coined the word terrorist to replace nationalist as a total justification for the invasion and conquest of the Palestinian land.

All Israel army in the land that belongs to Palestinians are terrorists. On the other hand any Arab who are the citizen of Israel living in the nation will be duped as terrorists if they rise against Israel's government.

Using arms to challenge against a rightful and lawful government is illegal whether the government is right or wrong with an exception. The exception is when a national leader is selling or handling the country to a foreign government or individual as what had been done to Singapore and the surrender of the Malay states to the British in the 19th. century.

It is indeed a misnomer to call HAMAS terrorists. Most Americans follow Netanyahu. Indeed a pity that the Americans do not realize that ANIMALS are worst than the term terrorists. Look at what Talmud says about the Americans and other non-Jews.

"The Jews are called human beings, but the non-Jews are not humans. They are beasts."

"The Akum (non-Jew) is like a dog. "

"Even though God created the non-Jew they are still animals in human form. It is not becoming for a Jew to be served by an animal. Therefore he will be served by animals in human form."

From it we gather that the Jews regard the Americans as beasts who are to serve them. This is what is exactly happening today. Americans are nothing more than a tool of the Zionists.

We sincerely hope that Malaysian leaders won't parroted Henry Kissinger and bow to Goldman Sachs. Right now we should be concern of our close relationship with the state and government of Israel and bow to gain the benefit of our banking and financial system.

29/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

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25/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

NETANYAHU

Netanyahu is a brilliant man. I would call him an American Jews as his family reside in the United States for about 10 years and he went to American school. If you hear him speaking English, he sounds just like an American. He always shuttled to and from Israel for military training as well took part in the Yem Kapur war.

As a Prime Minister and believing in his acuteness he thought that Israel is an invisible nation with the sophisticated weapons system and using space surveillance technology, and powerful and smartest MOSAD machinery Israel could even win a war against United States. Netanyahu would always remember that Israel had crushed the Arab coalition forces only in six days. What is Iran and what is Hamas ?

Netanyahu's strategy in splitting the Muslim world is under way. First to enmity the different sects among them using Mosad operatives, targeting Iran against the Sunnis's governments like Malaysia. Books, clips and other posts on the social media are gaining momentum. To this effect I say Natenyahu is very brilliant.

The Blue Print to attack Iran has been laid down years ago. But there are members of Knesset who warned that an attack on Iran could be detrimental to Israel. It needed the support of Washington, as in the previous Arab-Israel war. However the main and elite troops are ever ready for the defense of Israel against major international confrontation. The lesser army could be sent to crush the small time Hamas.

How safe is Israel and it's powerful tanks ? The Iron Dome surely need replacement with a new version. Hamas rockets penetrated hitting the Tel Aviv airport and could drop again and hit any commercial carrier. We can't say about Hamas anti-tank weapons. If it's effectiveness equals what Hezbollah used  then Israel would lose the honor once more after the Lebanon experience.

Hamas can afford to die but not the Israel armies. Death tolls on both sides will rise and damages will increase. It is not a walk over by Israel on Hamas. They have to face a fierce fighting.

Someone suggested that Netanyahu, the brilliant Prime Minister, had miscalculated the ability of his enemy. It is not about winning but about the number of casualties and the cost incurred in the clash. Both could be very heavy.

All the Palestinians want is their land, not to conquer Israel. Yet at peace time the Jews continued to built settlements despite United States interdiction. The Jews is not scared of the other Americans. I even noticed they warned to intimidate American congress women. They are so very intoxicated with their unchallenging strength. True indeed that the world come to believe in the superiority and the mastery of Israel. Singapore seek Israel for military advice and Malaysia employed APCO and purchased computer soft ware from the Jews.

Was it the wisdom of Netanyahu to press for more settlements ? For war with Iran ?

The Jews should stop saying that 'non Jews are animals and deserve to be killed'. Sooner or later the White Anglo Saxon Americans will know it and will resist from being made  tools by the Jews. It would be better for a brilliant person to create a better world by NOT thinking everyone else is against Israel for nothing, to promote peace even with Iran, which could contribute to it's national income and expanding economy. War is always a savage.

Only if Netanyahu use his brain to formulate a permanent peace with the Palestinians and returned part of their land, live side by side to promote the regional economy and prosperity.

24/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

LEARNING ACCOUNTABILITY

Accountability is a principle to be observed by all leaders, head of departments, Prime Ministers and Presidents. We demand the answer from President Putin. Putin could easily said that it was not him who shot the plane. "Go and arrest the man responsible."

A Korean Minister resign for the sinking of  a ferry base on the principle. That is what Malaysians want and call for it's practice. Of course our leaders or political party could ignore the concept as what we have been practicing. All faults and blames will be cast on the subordinates and the citizens. I say this, not because I simply want to find fault against the government but it is a bare fact of life.

Almost everything has been thrown back on the citizen, from the despicable crime rates to the climbing cost of living. I have argued with enough UMNO men who did not want to accept responsibility for any social, economic and political upheavals.

There is nothing wrong for rejection of it's principle. If the engine jets were stolen, just punish the culprits. Liong Sik escape PKZ affair. But the nature has to be global as well. There are many laws that blame parents and household for the events of child care and thefts.

And it is alright to apply selective rules and principles; accountability for one and not  to another.

I have a haunch that Putin will not take the responsibility unless he ordered the shot. Putin was born in the authoritarian rule and the KGB head. Though Russia is no more a Communist it still carries the trait of dictatorship. He may regard us as a mere street fighters. In the course of the exchanges Putin would surely ask  'who ordered the plane to fly over the war zone ? '

Accountability is a principle that a head, a leader and a Minister could not pass the blame on his subordinate and acquaintance for any mishaps, errors, failures and criminal events. It is honor of a man, a symbol of civility. Otherwise every soccer coach will say, "It is not my fault that we lost...the players are bad, never follow the instructions...I was not playing. They were in the field. Blame them, why me ?"

Accepting a post as the head means accepting responsibility and must be accountable to whatever happen in his department, without his knowing it or not. It is his job to know, scrutinize, and put extra senses over  his department.  It is an honor and a moral duty to be observed.

It is a hard job and unfair too. But it is how the things go, way of civility of mankind. We have to show to the world that we are men of principles, gentlemen and honorable. If we want others to be responsible, we have to prove to the world who we are.

21/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

DO YOU HAVE TO BE EXCELLENT GRADUATES ?

Be yourself. Don't let others bother you. There will be people who will try to stop you from doing what you want and like to do. What authority have they to control you or to discourage you ? Their education, Master or PHD degree do not give them any mandatory power to do so.

Speak out and speak aloud, and speak your mind out. Let them debunk your ideas if they are so smart rather than just criticizing you as a 'Keyboard Warrior'. If they disagree with you on a certain issue they have to put it down in good algorithm with convincing arguments so that you won't be able to challenge them back.

You don't have to be commissioned or license to express or give your view. You don't have to have to be an excellent graduate. What is required as a matter of courtesy, to be prudent and civilize. Try to present facts.

Ivan Illich said some failures and dropouts are those who simply do not agree with the form of establishment. Formal education is a prison. If you don't follow formal education you can always build yourself up mentally, gathering experience and knowledge as long as you are not lazy and idle. Today knowledge is free and you can grab it from your home.

The hot topic under extensive discussion now is MH17. We have been exposed on the conversations recorded among military fighters, to the height different instruction and the path that the plane took. We have been told about the clashes in Ukraine and to what extend Russia has involved itself. You have read articles from both the local and foreign publications. And finally you feel like giving out your own. By all mean expound it however absurd it may sound.

Readers may ignore or put a thought to it. Others can compare the maturity of the view from different category of people of different educational level.

I watched the discussion on MH17 by three high powered individuals including one Dato'. It was very interesting, matured and comprehensive. They gain my utmost respect. The three agreed that we are a small nation, we are helpless and doubt of getting justice. I found this side splinter as philosophical as well as reality. Our own citizens used to say 'We are small people. We are being arrested, charged, bullied....What can we do ?' Graduates at time uttered words that reflect our domestic situation.

Laymen like us should not be authoritarian to force their will on others trying to degrade others by calling them 'Keyboard Warrior' or names of similar character.

19/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

DO YOU BELIEVE IN BAD LUCK ?

Some educated and Western people do believe in Bad Luck. Like an aura around a person, bad luck is said to be a negative energy that a person carries without his or her own knowledge. The prediction does not base on any scientific evidence but merely base on observation of happenings. Thing like Feng Sui is strongly believed and people are willing to pay a huge sum to consult the Master, on business and building constructions, the design and the layouts, and the arrangements in the house.

Malaysians would frown at the idea of magic and mysterious phenomena as they dismissed and made fun of the Coconut Shaman searching for MH370. Voodoo and Black Magic is pure nonsense. Luck is a probability of happenings. It just happen on purpose of by accident.

I have a strong premonition of continuous bad happenings that befell Malaysia. There have been a series of events that befell the nation. I saw the bad aura in persons, probably by the fallacy of my mental image and evil imagination, which I believe as a true phenomena. And I have predicted bad things would happen one after another as in my previous articles.

Rather than dismissing it as absurdity I would like to call upon the government to consult international experts on Feng Sui, astrologers and skeptics to find out more about it. Else enjoy bearing the on going co-incidences, one bad thing after another. The most fatal is the civil war which Mahyuddin almost lit a fire. Thanks God it came to an abrupt stop because that 'co-incidence' could change the history of our beloved nation. Mahyuddin finally saw the point of dangerous remarks.

The Christian faith believes in curses as an utter of a wish of evil meant to bring people into great calamities. Islam mentioned Satan and falsely of the magic, the malignant witchcraft including spells, curses and 'evil eyes'. The Humanists reject supernatural beliefs, including the curses, magic, shamanism, and the bad luck of a person.

We are in the middle of three tragedies at the moment; the Sulu intrusion that result in a death and the capture of our police personnel, the nightmare of the MH370 and the shooting down of MH17. There were a series of misfortunes prior to these events. Would you believe me if I say more major shocking things will strike the nation ?

Predestination comes through the cause and effect. When the Angel of Death comes to take away our life it performs through a procedure such as fatal accident, blood poisoning or blood clot or we are strike by a bomb.  But taking the standpoint of a fatalist one has to reject the element of bad luck. It remains as a big puzzle, why us.

To say we are a nation of sin, there are many others that defied the command of God and putting away religious beliefs. All of these nations should receive equal degree of retribution. Did they ? We need to study the calamities in each of those countries before we can start a hypothesis.

Looking at the three incidences mentioned the cause seem to have a political root; the territorial claim, the control of military hardware and the Ukrainian clash. It is dangerous for any country to allow the growth of the seeds of hatred which can erupt in a bloody conflict that can affect anyone. What we fear most is the severe political chaos in our own country. What the government thought as antidote could turn out to be deadly fast spreading virus. Government's perception of the Malays as terrorists, militants and suicide bombers is self predicting of our future fate. Each of them is actually a state of mind. Communism worked hard to change and control the mind of the people for centuries. They failed.

Even threatening the May 13 is dangerous and could de-stabilize our security. People would be prepared for war. If we are hit by a series of bad luck the greatest devastation is the bloodshed.

Have we not putting all effort to do the right things and follow the proper procedure to correct our errors, after MH370 ? Then out of nowhere a missile knocked our plane down. Did we create our own fate ? Sound like a swarm of evil spirit over our sky.

In spite of the belief of bad luck there are ways to pave them away. Consult the Masters. Seek advice and views of the right religious leaders. Arrogance and ego would not help. Parading sinners to speak religion in public forum could add fuel to the current turmoil.

Let us study and record all the misfortunes that befell us by the political reign. We have nothing to lose but we could get a new knowledge of the mystery of the world. We can check ourselves and start to be prudent and wise in making life meaningful to all the Malaysians.

If fate is man made than mankind can choose to alter his destiny. Ask more question; WHY ? The late Tunku took an evening walk alone without any bodyguard in the Lake Garden Kuala Lumpur. He was spotted by the police chief who was concerned over Tunku's safety. The great Prime Minister replied, " Why I need bodyguard. I don't make enemy and I don't have one."

If you don't believe in bad luck, it will make you happier and less worry. Follow your own conscience. After all living is only temporary.

19/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

NAVIGATING TO THE SPOT DESIRED

How to navigate to a certain position on your web page ?

I have more than 50 topics in a page. In front of each topic I put a name to it, any name as long as they are different from each other. It is a simple code <a name="anyname"></a>

<a name="wckiss"></a>
<td>
<b>
<font face="Times New Roman" color="#FFFFFF">
<p align="center">
<font size="6"><i>WHEN CARS KISSING</i></font><p align="justify">
<i>A video of a woman whose new

A combo box with the topics is inserted anywhere. On my blog it lies somewhere on the top portion. You notice the word 'Select Topic'. Below is a code for it.

<select name="selectName" onchange="goto_URL(this.form.selectName)" style="color: #FFFFFF; border: 0 solid #000000; background-color: #000000" size="1">
<option value="">Select a Topic:</option>
<hr size="0">
<option value="#wckiss">When Cars Kissing</option>
<option value="#wctct">Whhechair to car transfer</option>
<option value="#waw">Where Are We ?</option>
<option value="#nwtd">No word to describe</option>
<option value="#sinap">Sins Against Parents</option>
<option value="#ranh">Ramadan Almost No Hamming</option>
</select></td>
 

Clicking the combo box will take you to the name topic. Notice the sign # in front of each. On the navigation mark at the position where we want it to go the sign is absent.

If you have ever browse LIMKITSIANG blog, the main page contain the topic followed by a summary. Then you click Read More.. You will be taken to the new page just after the point you just left. From time to time I want someone to go to a specific topic in my blog. I have more than 25 pages, each containing the average of 50 titles. Say I want to direct you to a topic Shoes and Barefoot in a page called index2.asp, I just go to the Facebook and type http://9m2ar.com/index2.asp?file=#shoesab .

9M2AR.COM is my domain name. Index2.asp is the page name and #shoesab is the mark point of the title.

Good luck.

18/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

AL-FATIHAH TO 9M2FT

It was yesterday, 16/07/2014, 9M2FT left the old remaining hams. I don't know much about Monti except for his plight, a victim of a kind heart betrayed by someone who never pay back the bank loan that he recommended. A Ham in Kuala Lumpur, probably Rashid Sultan, must have paid for his license, when I told Rashid about Monti's pitiful situation.

I worked Monti several time on CW. He was using a QRP rig. He told me that he had been monitoring my communication at his work place during the night. The first time I met him was at Port Dickson.

The news said that he had a liver failure and the morning burial was done quickly. To the Muslims he died in a good month of Ramadan. Without him his family's fate could hardly be predicted. Let us all pray that some kind hearts will look into it.

We used to say,"Hey come on the band more often and make a lot of noise, so that everyone knows you are still alive and kicking." Things are not the same today. The living old hams stay away from the band. We don't know whether they are still alive. Occasionally news arrive about the demise. I don't know what happen to 9M2FO, Weng, and 9M2YP, Yee. Eshee is sick. Lokman and Kamal said they have antenna problem. 9M2PV is not well too.

Ageing is inescapable. It is usually followed by sickness of some sort, and may be so worried of death. But death is also inevitable. Why worry about it ?

I wonder , what do the old people do at home ?

After Monti who will go next ? Only God knows. We can only say 'you go first we will be after you'.

17/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

17/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

16/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

14/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

 RAMADAN ALMOST NO HAMMING

The whole scenario of Ramadan today takes a total change from the days when my wife and I were strong and healthy. Hamming was one of the main activities then, before the breaking of fast and the final meal of Sahur. After office and Asar prayer we used to make ourselves heard with all sort of stories until the a few minutes before azan. That was almost a tradition for us, years after years until everyone was ageing and tired, ill and died.

My daily program is buying food, fetching porridge and going for exercise, a 5 kilometer brisk-walking. It takes me between 45 - 60 minutes to complete the four round circuit. The average completion time is 6.50 pm, ample for other preparation.

The number of Muslims at the jogging track was reduced by a big number. There are three ladies who are very regular but would start at about 6.20 - 6.30. One is a brisk-walker and the other two jog at a slow phase. One of the ladies do it for 2.5 km. Young men of between 20 - 45 join the session at about 6 pm, mostly doing a slow running. I could follow the phase of a few Chinese ladies but could never overtook them.

I felt much lighter than other non-Ramadan months. The amount of sweat was much lesser owing to the lack of water in my body.

Going home has always been rushy. I have to take a bath, administer insulin to my wife, prepare the food on the table and put her on the wheelchair.

My HF set has been quiet for some days. I don't know what's transpire on the ham band, who is active, who died and the band condition. My mobile antenna is on the car roof while the mobile set is in the house. The handy lies idle. Either it is lack of time or the due to the vanishing passion.

If there is a World Cup at midnight I would it. Game play at 3.00 - 4.00 am will be ignored. I browse for the result early morning and wait for the replay.

Tonight I spent a lot of time browsing for adjustable height wheelchair. I found a company in India manufacturing various kind of aids for disabilities. They have the hydraulic raised seat. I am waiting for the reply.

Computer and the internet made different to many people, either for good or for bad. Those who fell for scam were simply had bad luck. I spend more time on it than on watching TV. I don't even subscribe to the pay-TV. My companionship with my laptops are the same between the month of Ramadan and the other months. 

There was a moment that I had a fear of not being able to shake off ham radio. It used to be my passion which is slowly fading.

11/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

NO THIS IS NOT SATAN

These are

What British PM says about charity

03/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

 THE OLD AND THE MODERN INTELLECTS

What was 50 years ago and what is today are not the same. Knowledge expands by leap and bound and they can be grabbed from our home. People know more of sciences and philosophy, mastering the modern technology, and inventing appliances . Kids are more wonderful than the adults in using gadgets. They seem to be more intelligent than the kids of the yesteryears.

I think we need to do some research work to compare generations categorized by the timeline of centuries to compare the mental capability, ability and achievements. We need to know the standard before and the standard of today. Were Copernicus and Einstein of equal caliber ? How was Da Vinci as compared to Tesla ?

I think the instrument invented by United States to test graduates could be applied to the people of the yesteryears who are still living today. It is called the GRE assessment module. Let us take one of the smartest man in UMNO, Dr Rais Yatim, for GRE and look at the score sheet. And all the other cabinet Ministers sit for the test as well.

Head of departments tend to think they are supercilious, better than their subordinates and others in different institutions. Politicians do think the same way. If you praise and dignified them then you will be in their favor. If your idea does not meet theirs you have better buckle up and brace for unforeseen eventualities.

GRE is an aptitude test, not a test to determine political maturity. But it is a distant indicator of general ability, the system thinking and general emotional state. The qualifying exam for a PHD degree in the United States is to ensure the degree holder is up to date with general affair, never stop hunting for knowledge of the world. Clever people are assets to the country.

To others educated and smart people are dangerous. They should either be subdued or vanished. The Pol Pot regime chose to annihilate them, killing teachers, educators, doctors, and other professionals. Their existence pose national threats. Such evil thoughts do travel and spread.

There seem to be such a movement against institution of higher learning nowadays, first targeting University Malaya. Intellects who voiced the truth are regarded as enemies and labeled as militants. It is just like telling people that there shall be no smarter people in the country. To be safe they must be linked to UMNO and be the voice of the government. The systematic intimidation and suppression is under way.

How far intellectual jealousy drives government action ? The government had to call for the First Class and a highly qualified Rais Yatim in. 

Statement from Rais Yatim is portraying his ego as he believes his intellectuality cannot be superseded by any from the newer generation. People of today cannot be smarter than the people in the past. MAS made profit under the old administration and at the edge of bankruptcy when managed by the new people, graduates no longer proficient in English and university standard is slowly declining. PM Najib prefer foreign consultants to local graduates in planning our system. There is a lost of confidence in our own university.

Local universities were seen to produce graduates who challenged the government. Anak-Anak Peneroka Felda and Dyana were enough to spark debate on gratitude. There was a great disappointment and frustration on the part of the government for all the sacrifices and efforts to appease the citizens. Much has been spent to educate the young people. They turned out to be ungrateful lots.

Are the modern universities consist of low grade professors, failing to produce grateful citizens or potential recruitment center of suicide bombers ?

Have independent research bodies and open up the culture for learned individuals to debunk the findings with another research proofs. There shall be no compelling fotce from UMNO or government to work on a bias project.

Secondly Najib must have full control over his cabinet and ministers; to oust the useless ones, those of the single track mind, ignoring consequences in awarding project awards, clean it's gangsterism image and avoid lavishness.  Such type of ministers would not have survived during Mahathir and Tun Razak's era. Didn't the police and Najib have enough record on Tenku Adnan ? Mahathir would have kept it his Buku Tiga Lima ( book 555)

Old minds do decay. Even the remaining active minds find things strange in the new frontier. New generations think differently and are more creative than before. They dare to venture into the unknown. There are more millionaires today comprises of the young people today than 40 years ago. Their knowledge is in abundance.

There could be a probable gap in the attitudes towards work and life, the seriousness in doing a job and the work ethics. It looked like ancient people looked and planned for the future. Today 'NOW' is the utmost important.

It is the mixing of the old and the new minds that gave UMNO more problems today than 40 years ago. It is about mental liberation and the dare to speak the truth. It is not enough to fight antagonism merely using fire and force. It is a darn stupidity. We are regressing to the third world mentality. UMNO simply cannot depend on Rais Yatim solely to legalize it's action. Rais is just one man. Out there, there are thousands of PHD holders from USA and elsewhere with quality of higher magnitude.

Just clean the party and the people.

10/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

 ORDINARY MALAYSIAN

My life today may not represent any other ordinary Malaysians but there are probably many who are like me . There might be slight variations to our life shape and mode.

I am 68 and my wife two years younger. We stay together and she is considered a bed-ridden because her malfunction feet. I have written quite a reasonable length about my daily routine of my nursing. The people at the medical center where my wife is undergoing her dialysis had been asking me whether about my cooking during the month of Ramadan. I just sigh.

I don't even have time to clean my kitchen yet. And I don't even organize this shabby shack of mine. I have to start my day by cleaning dishes and arrange them on the table. Rubbish has to be sent to it's home. Floor has to be swept or else my feet would gather dust. The normal household chores is not complete without laundry.

By 10.30 I have to complete her bathing and dressing ready for her blood treatment.

I have almost four hours of my own time, for computer, paying bills and having a short nap.

A maid would do only one kind of task nowadays. Now I know what it is like to do everything alone single handed. Very rushy and very busy.

That's not the point and never was a problem. It will be a problem if I have a heart failure, drop in my shack while my wife is in bed. "Try to imagine if I don't wake up tomorrow morning. You could shout and yell your head off and nobody can hear you." I told her. It is very scary. She knows it and very concern about it.

Getting a maid might help. There has to be a third person in the house. My wife told me she just want a company to talk to when I am away. But finding one is not easy and it is very expensive. I had one before and I allowed her to go back home for her daughter's wedding and never to return. I paid 7K to a school teacher who runs the agency to have about  8 months of  her. Could a teacher doing other business do proper work in the school ?

I never stopped computing our longevity. In the meantime just follow my fate. Others are worse. At least we have a home and food to eat. I can enjoy my computer and going hamming once in a while. But what most of us don't have are what the  ministers have. They have even body guards and gang protections.

Every suffering man speaks. But only a few can speak trough blogs and social media.

The life of an ordinary man can never be the same as those of the higher echelons. The President of Uruguay who used to crawl and ate worms in the cell for 25 years knows what  poverty and sufferings like. Today he leads a simple life like Haji Nik Aziz does.

I don't suffer. I do not find life miserable and hell like. I enjoy living and doing what I do. So are many other Malaysians.

08/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

 SHAMELESS

It is not that I like to lash BN ministers but silly things simply crop up, painful to the ears, and it brought shame and disgrace to the Malay race. It protrudes the kind of mentality of people managing and administering the country. If I could I would like to stay away from writing on UMNO personalities.

As a former civil servant we were told by our boss to know every detail about our department, the people and the physical environment, and even 'it is your work to know where the rats are'. We accept it as our responsibility. One Head Mistress could remember everyone of her student and how they performed. We were punished for the mistakes made by our subordinates.

Then Idris Jusoh came up admitting he didn't even know Mr. Redwan and the existence of the research unit in University Malaya. It is the work of a Minister to know the staffs and what's in in every educational institutions. And another statement by Datuk Rohani that the soup kitchen benefited the tourists. Since she has never been on the street to watch the food charity, she must have listened from some hoodlums about the food being distributed to the tourists. I don't want to mention about stones and monkeys anymore because it is a waste of energy to talk about strange animal.

I remember several years ago, a minister summoned diplomats to brief on Anwar's sodomy. Do we need to summon foreign diplomat every time a crime occurred to brief them ?

Bad habits are hard to shake. You fool your fellowmen and you are trying to fool foreign countries too. First Anifah promised to work together with New Zealand. Then Hishamuddin confirmed of the extradition. When the unwanted man was said to be examined by psychiatrist people can scent of the effort to save him. Now we are hearing there will be a little delay.

As ministers they must always be conscious of their words and actions. I felt disheartening, sad and morose to read comment by the readers. How could they win intelligent people to their side ?  It is a shame to lean on those less educated kampong folks for votes. For not having shame being scorned by millions of our own citizen is a disgrace to our culture. It made people hate the race, language and religion. Our mentality may be deemed as Pariah.

If opposition party members blindly accuses the government there are laws that could be taken like what PM Najib did to Malaysian Insider. Sue them for making issues out of nothing and blaming the government without any fact or evidence.

Smart and cunning foreign leaders would do nothing and say nothing at our foolishness. They prefer to share our wealth and resources, exploit our stupidity and foolishness in  ways they can.

Morality and shame are related. People without moral are shameless. There are some repulsive Western culture which we call very immoral, like public nudity and public sex. All political leaders must have a high moral value. Clinton has never been ashamed for having an affair with Monica as our MCA minister with his woman.

The Malays may have said that they have nothing to lose by their demeanor. True indeed the ministers remain as ones, exercising their power according to their own will. They rule. They do not lose a single cent for being scorned.

But once people hate your behavior, they will hate your language and culture, and they will despise your religion, and would continue to believe the whole race are stupid and unintelligent, visionless with low IQ. That's why you can be made a chairman of a company without any payment.

Should we plead to our ministers to say something sensible and to have some shames in their conscience. Please never think ministers are the smartest and flawless.

08/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

 Deliberate Or Simply Stupid ?

I came across statements in a Facebook posted by a known UMNO man which says something like this

06/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

WHY MAHYUDDIN CALLED FOR ANOTHER POSSIBLE MAY 13 ?

The last I remember was the 6 Day Arab-Israeli War where the Arab nations thought they would crush Israel within days but instead it turned out to be the most disgraceful and shameful episode in the Arab history. Within 6 days they were severely subdued. With the expensive hired consultants, great psychologists and university professors on the side of BN's government I wonder why Mahyuddin could still threatened such a despicable act. It is a sign of the lack of resilience and the bankruptcy of mental will to fight the enemy using brain.

BN has the great lawyers and the power to enact law is in BN's hand, and in the party's favor. Didn't BN claimed the people are moving into it's camp as shown by Teluk Intan by-election ? With such a support and the existing law why the DPM is still contemplating of a civil war ?

If there is another clash it won't be a Malay-Chinese fighting anymore. UMNO will kill the Malays and the fight will not end there.

The peace loving Malayan must unite now to encounter any possible UMNO's aggression and the killing spree. We can't wait for the incident to happen before we start to to roll our head together. Otherwise the police must warned Mahyuddin of his possible detention for uttering such a threat to destabilize the nation.

Opposing Mahyuddin does not mean cowardice. It is just the people are not terrorists.

If UMNO cannot face criticism it has to educate itself more, to acquire enough knowledge to debunk any false attack with a strong sense using proper logic. BN can't even fight back intelligently against Teresa's video clip other than using threat and uncontrollable emotion.

Instead of repenting projects were given to Shahrizat's family again. Surely such an abuse of power would draw a harsh criticism.

Let me tell Mahyuddin that the Chinese had learned their lesson and at all time prepared for any eventualities. We can take the best of a military commando to have a hand combat with a local Chinese woman and we cannot be sure who will win. And they have never show disobedient against  the law; pay their quit rent and other utility bills on time, form a community police to combat street crimes, organize community fire brigades and abide by most of the rules.

A respect is earned not by any command or demand. What Tengku Adnan did is a reflection of the party and of UMNO. To the eyes of many people they are comparing the Muslims and the Christians attitudes towards the poor and the unfortunate. His very harsh words as seen as the character of Islam. UMNO can use the loudest rhetoric to say the party is very concern of the homeless but it is too late. The true character has been exposed and that's what people would be thinking of Islam.

And words of the cyber troopers in blogs and social media itself reflect the mentality of UMNO, angered more people instead of gaining sympathy. Gangsterism creates empathy and intense hatred. Some people hit back and some just don't.

You lose not only respect but also the economic battle. You begin to see apparition. Your mind is haunted by phobia and fear. You strive hard to please the people. Yet you find many are against you. You have to perform a direct cheat in by-election to force win though knowing your popularity is declining.

DAP accused Mahyuddin call for May 13 statement as a result of BN's failed policies. I call it whatever happened as a result of UMNO 50+ of ruling the country. The greatest casualty was during the era of Mahathir. He mishandled the nation and he left no talent to take over the Premiership.

Opposition parties should not be scared if BN is left as a sole party to rule this country. The whole universe will be watching them and let them fight the world using their mighty power. Let their greed plunder the wealth of this nation. Together we observe their fatalistic fate.

When PERKASA vocalized May 13 people were just winking. But for a DPM to yell it, the parliament must convene a session because it is extremely dangerous. The civil war he called for will not be confined within our boundary. Singapore which is as strong as Israel could any time intervene militarily without any warning.

Mahyuddin must apologize for his call for another May 13 or his insinuation to the scary civil war. He won't lose his honor, instead he will gain greater respect for his civil steps. A government can be strengthened by a serious and effective war on corruptions of civil servants and of the government Ministers. Politics must not be added to public administration and universities.

When the Chinese discuss among themselves the topics are more substantive. They had talked about the declining ringgit long before it happened, of the effect of minimum pay and wage increase without the corresponding increase in productivity, about the high price of properties as a result of competition with the foreigners and about the unavoidable inflation as a result of government policies. The Malays only know how to say 'Go migrate somewhere else',' Don't bite the hands that feed' and more stupid remarks found on the facebook.

UMNO must learn what made Israel so very strong. Ever hear the leaders say 'leave everything to the parents to shape their kids ?'  Even in Singapore schools must show concern over the welfare of their students and reached the parents for the children's development. It is the responsibility of a government for any mishaps in economy, social, crimes and morality.

It is better to listen to his own conscience rather than the people around him. The ordinary UMNO members could be greedy, insight-less and visionless. They live in the cocoon of Malay community, with a little of social interactions with other communities. Most of them are very blind. Just ask them about the land acquisition act and it's implication. They see blank.

There will be no another May 13 and there will be no racial disintegration. Wit, time and a lot of patient is what BN government needs to win the popular support. Popular support means the support of all races and creeds.

05/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

HOMELESS IN LOS ANGELES

eople were alcoholics and lazy to work or even drug addicts. I didn't know where they get the money to buy those stuffs.

Soup kitchen is found everywhere not only in Kuala Lumpur. It is a concept brought from the West. Vagrants are in Europe, Americas and Asia.

In LA alone here are more than 300000 homeless. The city has several organization to look for the homeless and rich people donate for their food and medical care.

To some of us homeless are useless people and they deserved to be ones for being gamblers, drug addicts, lazy and garbage to society. Tengku Adnan said they cause dengue, made Kuala Lumpur dirty and should be put away. He has supporters behind him.

To many onlookers they are seeing the different between Islam and Christian. What can you make out of it ? What would the onlookers say ?

Would we suggest to UMNO to haul these vagrants and vagabonds and filthy people and shoot and dump them into the deep ocean for the sharks ?

05/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

UMNO and MCA-Who is the master ?

What I am about to tell you is just one of the many stories that had been happenings between UMNO and MCA for a long period of time.

A friend of mine from the family of UMNO is still a strong believer in the party. His father was an UMNO strong man in Perak. "He ran a company with an MCA guy, having a luxury car and a house in Kuala Lumpur," he told me. "After he passed away, I went t look for his car and the house. There was a car but not under his name. So was the house. He had nothing." I narrated to him about an UMNO Exco man in Kedah a long time ago, being made a chairman of a housing development. He brought the purported Malay Reserve land to have it changed to Freehold. After the completion of the project the MCA man came to his house and said, "Dato' our partnership is over." He walked home. Not a single cent was paid to the UMNO man. And I tried to warn a friend of mine about being elected a chairmanship without payment. He boasted that he wasn't stupid. He suffered the same fate.

While DAP was accusing MCA being a tool of UMNO, the later was enjoying much privilege. Even Noh Omar thought he was a partner in the prawn project when the other side said he rented the land away. Similar system of conning is still going on today and nobody talks about it. MCA at anytime looks at UMNO members as people who are easily fool, just play with their emotions and they can strike gold. All ruthless UMNO members could easily be tamed.

UMNO hooligans had been attacking 'the Chinese' on many things, equating Chinese to DAP. But when come to Gerakan and MCA they were like being charmed and hypnotized. We saw that in Telok Intan.

Najib's 'Apa Lagi Cina Mau' and the 'ingratitude Chinese' were shortly forgotten. They finally realized they have to beg from the ingratitude Chinese. They know 'no Minister no vote' and they could be ousted in the GE one day. Each day they are assessing the number of Malay votes for BN. Any relationship with MCA is to make sure they could maintain the status quo.

Some of the UMNO members are of the view that the Chinese aren't important in BN. Hence there was no Chinese in the cabinet. PERKASA was waging verbal wars, hurling curses at the Chinese. Hishamuddin with his Kris and Ketuanan Melayu. The Malays were push to hate the Chinese.

In spite of those anti-Chinese drive, MCA knows that they could still conned the UMNO leaders. In Kedah MCA traded votes for land. UMNO agreed. Both sides won.

I sounded about the selling of properties to foreigners to my UMNO friend. His response was simple. "Other countries are doing it." Of course that comes from the partnership of UMNO and MCA. Certainly that will drive the price up beyond the affordability of the locals. How much the UMNO Datuk got and how much does the developer earn ?

Ousting MCA and Gerakan did not give UMNO total dominance. The covert battle of wit continues. The economic fight was hard. The government plans to look for new market and trading partners. There are many brittle trade relationships, with countries like Iran  and other Shieet followers. Asean countries are looking to sell their products too. We all did remember once when the Malays tried to buy Mandarin orange from China with an intent of killing the traditional trader, tons of those fruits had no market.

Almost everyday there are voices calling for the boycotting of the Chinese shops. These are either from the PERKASA group or the UMNO Blue Army squad. No Malays in our area took note of it. I am sure those hoodlums too would sneak to buy from the Chinese.

Najib, in the meantime, is trying to shake off from total dependent on the Chinese and is trying to go about to be dominant in economy. Mahathir knows he could not do it alone. He called on his Chinese friends and did things for him. Vincent Tan knows Mahathir better than Mahathir himself.

In the battle of wits, the Chinese will win. They have been in global trade for a long time and had strong establishment world wide. Najib has to bow to the Chinese. To them MCA and Gerakan is the Chinese. A strong MCA is not by the number but by the persuasive force. UMNO has to give in.

05/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

SUICIDE BOMBERS IN MALAYSIA ?

Suicide bombers and explosives come together. There is no suicide bomber without a bomb or bombs. Whatever news and announcement on suicide bomber I believe it is just to warn and scare the people, and to have the topic blown up to draw resentment against the concept and the idea. Clerics and the Fatwa group started to discuss it as non-Islamic and as a great sins.

Suicide bombing is the most powerful weapon feared even by the mighty Israelites. Feelers and spies were sent into the heart of the recruitment center and elaborate plans were made to counter it, at the extend of using the Muslims themselves to denounce it. A walking bomb is much easier to kill national leaders than anything else.

As I said, no bombers exist without the bombs. Bombs are not sold in the supermarket or even in the black market. Only the government has them. The best bombs the Malaysians know is the Molotov cocktail. Even if you may have the knowledge of the bomb making , you can't assemble it without the materials, which are not available too. You can call me a scum for not believing in the existence of the squad bombers in Malaysia.

In Iran the populace registered as squad bombers in preparation for retaliation gainst Israel's strike. The government can sponsor it because they have the bombs. They manufactured weapons.

The weapon of the Japanese Kamekaze pilots were the plane itself.

Likewise militancy comes together with the weapons including the bombs. I would not call the vocal Mahathir and Ibrahim Ali as militant unless they hold a gun in the hand and sending a warning message to Najib. Yet we don't call a man with a gun a militant if the weapon in hand is used without political intent. A robber with a gun has never been termed a militant.

The Syrian rebellions will not materialize without the arsenals and hard ware support from a foreign nation or from some wealthy donors for the purchase of the weapons.

We are happy to use Henry Kissingers' invented words that replaced nationalists with terrorists. And later extend it to all Muslims. And we are moving towards the new definition. Terrorists are people who  who are against UMNO leadership. Nevertheless, I don't see any potential terrorism in Malaya. But with Islamic spirit thousands would be willing to fight for the Muslims in the Middle East.

The latest government's target is University Malaya because the resignation of the prominent academic staffs could spark the following brain drain leaving the government. If professionals and academicians show their resentments towards UMNO the party's volatile position could be worsened.

The domino effect could trigger the spread of such resentments to all other sectors. It would be very hard to balance public unhappiness with the great cash distribution. I believe UM as a recruitment center of suicide bombers is a total farce.

If bombs are around there is no recruitment necessary. I would buy them and hurl them at the drug cartel and the criminals first, never at the police nor the politicians.

I would say 'Come on, let's not talk about suicide bombers without bombs available'.

Where are we now ? Mahathir says all Malay Muslims are thieves. Government says only Malays are prone to terrorism. The poor people is saying government is robbing the public through their cronies and proxies via various projects and privatization. So all the Malays combined would formed a community of thieves, terrorists and robbers. These are not our desire. But doesn't it seem they are made by our leaders ? Think about it. What is left in the Malays ? Anything decent ?

Imagine a country of thousands of suicide bombers without even a single bomb and militants without even a bullet. Or is it a riddle ?

05/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

WHAT DO I DO WITH GALAXY TAB 3 ?

Now my Galaxy Tab 3 has been idling at home for a long time. I do not bring it out and it is without a SIM card. Once I transfer my card from the broken iPhone 4 to Samsung but I finally replaced it back into the older phone. I did not know the setting to disallow it from accessing the internet. I could always find out from friends but I prefer to use my iPhone.

Splash screen is the main nuisance on the Tab 3. Probably some Malware had crept in with some of the soft wares I have downloaded. The gadget is almost a virgin. Most of the time the power is set to OFF.

What is useful for me right now is the Malay-English dictionary which I often used from time to time when I forgot some English words. Words decayed as fast as my mind. Tab 3 had been rescuing me from the blank spots. Imagine, come the iPhone 6 and another more powerful Samsung, I dare to swear that I won't be falling in love again. The present utilities have never been touched except for a few common tasks.

I won't sell the Samsung. Neither would I give it away. When I die let the living decide what to do with them. I have a Macbook Pro which is my main companion for browsing and downloading. This  very article is typed using an Acer. And there is another old Acer which is used for developing soft-wares.

I don't know what will happen to ham gears. None of my kids are interested in ham radio.

All the gadgets except an electronic key ( belongs to 9M2GET) are mine. Let no one claim that rigs in my shack belong to them. Neither do I borrow money or property from anyone or any ham operators.

You too need to spell things to protect your properties from falling to some possible scum. I have been hearing things when attending funerals. We can't trust anyone anymore. People have lost their conscience, morality and humanity. They can act in despicable manners.

At the very moment my Galaxy Tab 3 lies among the other junks on the table. It will lie there for quite some time until I may need it for the Malay-English dictionary, the Papago or the camera.

04/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

Wastage of Food

I thought the amount of food for the breaking of fast is ample. For the last two days my wife did not touch the kuih at all. She started with the porridge which I finally timed myself to chase for the supply from the local mosque. With a heavy traffics jam I would surely missed it. There was a long queue for the delicacy. After porridge she would rest for a while and proceeded with a jelly (agar-agar). Then she would say, "I surrender. No more food." I persuaded her to have a few bites on the cookies.

If we can hear the kuih cry, we will lnow how sad they are. Instead of serving human beings they were thrown out.

Yesterday I stopped buying the rice from the Klantanese lady because she would put too much. I changed for another type, from a different seller at a different price. The packet was smaller with less rice. She finished it during the sahur time.

Today we will not be buying the kuih anymore.

My parents used to tell us wastage and throwing food is a sin. The food cry. And God might stop providing us if we continue with the unnecessary wastage. One garbage hunter almost moan seeing the food being thrown out. He had to hunt from the garbage to feed his family when some others were simply so very reckless with foodstuffs.

My first priority when buying food is the thought of my wife. I have to know what she likes. Over the years I am very familiar of her favorites. Mine is much lesser. Thank God I can control my lust. Similarly when I go to a buffet I will never overfill my plate no matter how delicious the array of arranged delicacies were.

When you fast just try to remember those poor people who are really starving. Only bones protrude from their bodies. I saw kids collecting falling grains left on the road, collecting one by one for a cup. Even in a wealthy nation like the United States young people beg for food not money. A lady approached me for a dollar in KFC for food. I gave her enough for a meal instead of a dollar. Her face brightened and certainly would thank the Almighty for a good meal.

Some sellers were generous. What was  5 for a dollar was given 7 to 8 pieces. Pak Chop would give tons for RM3.50. I always told them to give half for the full price. Many ignored. "I can't finish them. I always throw the extra," I would told them.

Especially during a feast a neighbor would send us food for 15 persons for the two of us. No amount of mantra and magical words could finish them. What I would do was to sneak out at the dark night to find it's home in the garbage bin. During her healthy days my wife used to keep food in a freezer for years refusing to get rid of them.

The best for me is to minimize the purchase so that they are not wasted and at the same time I can save a little.

03/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

MH 370 - WE PAY THE PRICE

It has always been the tactical move of the government or the people in it to twist and turn facts and information. UMNO trapped it's enemy to destroy them, planting or fabricating evidence, disinformation to confuse the public and applied all the dirty tactic. The only thing which it may have not done yet is the false flag act. Everybody does that.

In the case of the MH370, what surfaced was the real convincing reason for the lost of the plane. Many believed the group responsible will plant disinformation, even the black box and other fabrication at the right time and place.

To avoid the blame the finger pointed back to the pilot, as a hijacker. Like the 9/11 tragedy, the blame was planned on Al-Queda and the Muslim terrorists. The real proof showed otherwise. The building 7 told the complete tale. The world is no safer place after the demise of Saddam, Ghadafi and Osama.

If MH370 had been the work of CIA or Mosad, it is just something obvious militarily. The blame on the pilot was just paying a price that we ourselves have been practicing. Now we hear the government is hunting for terrorists in University Malaya following the dismissal of the professor in charge of a research work. The same kind of tactic will be used against Malaysia by foreign countries. It is just like big fish eating the smaller ones.

I was trying to see how Anifah Aman carried himself in dealing with the New Zealand government. Was there any attempt to dupe the islander as they are duping the Malaysians ? So far so good. He did very well.

Foreign countries will deal with Malaysia using the same methods and procedures used by us on our own citizens.

I am certain there will be more unwanted incidences forthcoming within a short time. Right now Malaysia loves to use the term terrorists invented by the American Jews to define the Muslim nationalists of Palestine. And America is calling those who proved the 9/11 as False Flag as terrorists. Convenient, isn't it ? What is in waiting is those who had voted for opposition will be called terrorists.

Look at Australia. First she conferred Rosmah with PHD. Now she is moving Lynas to Malaysia. She wants Malaysia to accept the refugees deal. They play psychological game which we apply on our own citizens.  And Hishamuddin as well as PM Najib have been assessed closely in the course of MH370 affair. Foreigners are witty and cunning to find ways to deal with us.

CIA has had an ample time to manipulate evidence and to dunk them into the Indian ocean. probably we have to swallow what is shoved into our throat. Didn't the West had longer civilization than the Malaysians ?

03/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

EXTREMISM

Extremists are not people with guns and weapons. Extremists are people who want the government and authority to follow what they want by force or threat, respecting no law and regulations. In Malaysia, Ibrahim Ali, Catholic groups and those who dare to insult other religious groups are extremists. They want their way.

The extremist groups would force the repressive of the facts of history and want to change or delete it from being taught in school. How could a history be blocked, changed or erased ? This happen within the UMNO group and among all other races too. I remember writing about the errors of our ancient rulers who gave away this country for a post and relating it to the present leaders. "Why talk of the past ? " came the remark. And UMNO called the people to forget their past string of errors.

The Chinese, Indians and Mahathir want the social and economic history to be erased, finding it offensive to know their roots. These are all extremism. There will be vigorous challenges and yelling if the words extremists were used to them.

Extremism is a mental state that believe in 'might is right', 'superior race', 'the smartest mind'. A person who thinks he is most smart and superior forcing his will on others, and wanting the rest to follow and believe in his view would be vocal and aggressive.

Guns are only tools as much as literature on papers and websites.

One extremist will call other extremist.

When analyzing the Muslims movements one must also analyzed the  Western imperialism and the military bases on the entire globe, the espionage global network spoofing every government and the military capability, and the direct or expansionism using proxies. Wars in Vietnam, Cambodia, Iraq and Afghanistan must not be discounted. And the American enclavement of China and it's sea expansion capacity is worth to be noted. Would anyone say the Chinese, the Indians and all other colonies should not know the history of Western colonization. Following them were the priests with crosses to bring light to the savage world.

There were wars and killings in India, China and the rest of world. They were silent revolts of the Pariahs to come into the mainstream society. Communism beheaded tenth of thousands of the landlords. The Catholics and Protestants killed and slaughtered each other. The remnants of the shooting and bombing in the United States is still alive till the very day.

The simplest concept of extremism is generalization. All Malays are stupid. All Chinese are greedy. All Americans are immoral. Those are generalization. Only extremist would utter such words and insisting their truth.

Many people fear the truth.

WE ARE A NATION
The past is our reference for construction not destruction. Our common task is survival. We have to sit down together to solve the main problems that are facing us today and in the future, for the generation to come; the land and housing, the water and the food, peace and security, the evil of drugs and crimes and the education for all. We have to give and take, to put aside our ideal of dominance and superiority.

There should be a real and deep commitment, serious in our work, always be responsible and sincere in our undertakings.

Unfortunately unity is seen as a threat. Racism was used to divide the populace to win a place in political arena, and to halt any opposition to nepotism and cronyism. We were made to wonder why Shahrizat's family won project awards, one after another.

I NEVER TRUST A PERSON JUST BECAUSE HE IS A MALAY
I would not nod to theft or crimes done by the Malays. The bad ones are inconsiderate and selfish, even those with religious robs. They peddled drugs, snatch bags, steal things, double parking their cars, run red light and no-entry, threat political foes, vandalized public properties and show great greediness. During the fasting month these Malays were on karaoke with full blast audio that even penetrated the close building of KFC outlets almost every night. It happened that the non-Malays do respect Ramadan more than these Malays.

Devil knows no race nor creeds.

02/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

WHAT IS 12 WPM CW FOR ME ?

Try to work CW with old hams in Malaysia. Those who never on it since passing the test 30 or 40 years ago will crawl and struggle, and surely will decline your request for CW communication. The word for it is RUSTY.

When I was in form 2 a teacher told us a story about a Malay man in England who will go to the airport on hearing of a Malay visitor from Malaysia, for one simple reason ie. to speak Malay. He was brought by an Englishman to Britain when he was a kid. My own experience is in Mandarin, which I learned in 1962 and now have forgotten 90% of the characters I used to know and my vocabulary had vanished greatly. You will be rusty for leaving a language for a long time.

Fearing it I never stopped monitoring Morse codes, mainly at high speed. Using Websdr I could copy strong stations.

These few days I worked Mazwan just before the breaking up of fasting. Originally we planned on 8 wpm to help those who will be sitting for the September test. Gradually the speed increased to about 12 wpm. It was the busy time for me to make preparation. What I did was I increase the volume and started to work at the round table, putting ice cube in the jug, pouring drink in it, arranging food stuffs on the plates and prepare medicine for my wife. My ears was copying Mazwan while attending the chores.

At 12 wpm hams do not have to write and concentrate. I believe all new 9M boys found it elementary to copy the messages while doing something else. With Mazwan the overs are long. It gave me ample time even to take my bath in the nearby bathroom.

I know some hams started CW using computer after passing the exam. The bad point of not training the ears to copy is you can't copy other than reading on the screen, at even 12 wpm. It is really fun and a mental exercise working in this mode. It will develop a pride in a person.

01/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

THE LUXURY OF RAMADAN

Ramadan seems to pass very quickly. When I sat down talking with my wife I would ask her "How many days have we been fasting ? " Then she started counting with a Wow, a week was just like yesterday.

As old folks, one with sickness and another with mental and physical deterioration, the fasting process does not hinder us in anything at all. I have to make some adjustment to my timeline. So far I was unable to use my usual jogging time for the activity. Yesterday it was a very heavy downpour. The day before I went to survey for places where food were sold.

By now I have programmed my food purchasing, what and where to buy, even where to park my car. 4.30 pm would just be an appropriate time when there is no dialysis for my wife. On the dialysis days it has to be about 5.00 pm.

I simply love the fish curry. A three dollar curry gives me three mackerels. "I love your curry," I told the woman yesterday. "It is very delicious." "I blend the spices myself," she said. It was very tasty and I could drink it like water.

I planned to cook rice but a pack of rice with fried mackerel with coconut and a salt-egg costs me only 3.5 dollars. It was plentiful. I ate half during the breaking of fast and keep another for my sahur. I bought one more packet for my wife. I have decided to buy rather than cook.

Just with the two it was a grace and a luxury for me. They tasted much better than any restaurants anywhere.

Sometimes I murmured to my wife about our kids in Kuala Lumpur and about the Prime Ministers and the King, whether they were enjoying the good tasty food as we were having.

I have to ask the curry woman of her business outside the month of Ramadan. I could have save a lot of money then. Fast food like KFC and Mac Donald suffocate our budget.

Thanks God I can still enjoy Ramadan this year. We never can tell whether we will step in 2015/

01/07/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

DOUBTING THE PHD OF ZAHID HAMIDI

The other day we were discussing Zahid Hamidi whose several remarks did not shine him as a minister. My friend reminded me that Zahid has a PHD. I immediately said that he must have acquired it from local university. I have heard complaints that graduates from some universities could not express themselves in English when going for job interviews.

I really want to know from which university he got his degree, who was responsible in awarding him, his dissertation, when he wrote it and the resources as well as the research method. I wonder whether he knows what chi square analysis is.

His mind does not seem to match the educational standard. The conducts and words of a civil leader mus always check himself to make suion and sentiment does rule.

The university that conferred him the PHD does not only will lose it's credibility, it may affect the public conceptions of the whole graduates and the professors. Commercial bodies may despise the students and may not even consider them for the job interviews.

He gets away from the corruption charge in the last GE election just because he is a Minister and a leader in UMNO. And he did not want to take responsibility in the stolen jet engine. The incident was very shameful as it exposed our military capability. We sent Ghani Patail to get back the engine and he came back with nothing.

Would you exchange insult with a mad man ? Would you kick and curse a mango tree when a fruit falls on your  head ? A sanity of a sane man would disappear the moment he yell a loud swear words to a fool. It looks like Zahid is just a Minister to UMNO people not the people as a whole. UMNO does not feed Zahid with their own pocket money. Zahid is fed by all Malaysians.

Zahid would have been more civilized and would have gained enormous national support if he had shut his mouth up and did his work according to the law of the nation. If he thought Rayer was a fool, wouldn't it be better for him just to keep quiet ? Wasn't it enough for his people of the lower thought and rank with their clowning actions ? If beheaded cow's head was found at Rayer's home, how about the pig's head at the Holy mosque ? To say Rayer deserve it would reflect similar comment on the pig's head. For every action there is always of an equal opposite reaction. Only either you know or don't know it.

Diyana Ibrahim blamed Abdullah Badawi for bringing back Zahid to the limelight after Mahathir. But I blamed the university who award the PHD to him.

It's a pity that Malaysia has the most Ministers in the world yet we hired foreign consultant to teach us what to do. The most disgraced, we lost Pulau Batu Puteh to Singapore, the demise of PERWAJA, the billion ringgit disappearance in the PKZ, the shrinking Malay Reserve land and the purchase of faulty sub-marine.

How happy we are with the 'kacang puteh' degrees in the country, some with A in English but could not speak the language well.

29/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

WON'T MAKE A LIVING SELLING SOFT WARES

If you were to ask me to develop a soft ware for you for RM500 - RM1K, I won't do it for you. May be I will reject it at any price. After 8 - 9 years of using it, you may bethinking to do the upgrading with a small token of RM100. It usually took me about 50 hours. At least I need to alter the complete modules, almost like developing a new one.

One of the common problems has been the virus had infected the computer from the carelessness. A few would call for a free service because they thought the RM500 payment for the whole life span. I don't do anti-virus which may lock the keyboard, the regedit or any other thing. Just trying to figure out the cause and the problem would consume at least an hour. Imagine if I have to travel 20 miles to set thing straight again for free. I had no choice but to quote them the total charge for the service and the upgrading. The school just near my house required the upgrading of the biometric attendance system. I quoted RM200. They agreed. After the service and installation I was told the clerk was not present. Three weeks later I was called again for something. I reminded the school that I was paid yet. The school need an invoice for the payment. Simce I don't produce invoice, I don't make the claim anymore.

The second problem is that each secondary school was allocated with a computer technician. These are experts who would like to meddle, trying up to open up codes, moved the program to different drive and folder and finally the system refused to work, missing or corrupted. They would always deny and 'No, we did not do anything' when I could not find files in the located folders.

One other common thing is they started to call me when they had done the reformating of the hard disk, or re-installing the windows. The time and date system would revert to the default system. One user just send me a SMS expressing his unhappiness 'Your program has gone mad...mad...mad..The date shown is 6/28/14. The previous date showed 28/06/2014.

I could develop sophisticated software if I want to. I can't make a living peddling them. Sooner or later I will have to write to my customers that those programs used for more than 10 years will not be supported anymore. They will be recommended to purchase the cheaper ones in the market. If they still need the support I will quote them a frightening charges.

My original intent was to help my friends. Many softwares including the biometric attendance system were developed free of charge. All they need to buy was the finger scanner. Alteration was unavoidable as the name of the institution changed. They wanted to use more computers to monitor the attendance that was using the network. There were too much hassles and time taken. I did murmur about the time and petrol. From time to time I was paid a hundred or two.

Slowness In Clinics
Whenever I went for a medical checkup or for a blood test I had to wait hours. On each day at the same clinic or hospital I have the registering work had to be done more than one time. They have the independent computer system. Why should it be a poor system when they can use a more efficient and faster system. Every unit and department can use the same data. Data entry would be done for only new patients. With a small team of computer wiz retirees we could have always set up the state of the art system with most minimal government expenditure.

Retirees could contribute for the sake of the common people. We won't make a living out of it.

Computer Software Is a System Thinking and a Language Used
At least 80% of programming languages are using logical flow of algorithm. The different is the language structure to command a task. Though the Mac Operating system tries to create the system of it's own, there are languages opened to different platform. We still need to plan and configure what we want to do first and the desired output and input stuffs. X-Codes and Visual Basic are of two different entities. If you are 60+ now, would you start with the X-Codes or the Dot Net ? I still do, not with the intent to make money but for the sake of knowledge.

Survival Is Whom You Know
Survival and wealth is a political issue. They call it pulling string. It is whom you know and how much you are willing to depart with the money in the project. You can be a great genius and a great inventor but you will be nothing if you know nobody. Even lobbying is a competition. Usually an honest and sincere man won't go anywhere. Just stay at home and enjoy the small providence from God. I won't want to prostrate to a man who think himself as a Hindu god.

I think I should stop hunting money. My stomach is getting smaller. Food intake is lesser. Appetites have been shrinking. Soon I will announce that I have to give up support for the software older than 10 years old. The days of commercial softwares have ended.

29/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

USA is just like my second home

My visit to USA was the most frequent. I lost count. May be more than 20 times. I visited Cape Kennedy no less than 3 times. So was Hawaii. My main vacation place was Los Angeles, where I always put up at Gaslite Motel known. It has a new name now. The distant to the capital was about USD5 and to Disneyland about USD2 by bus.

The country is just like my second home. My heart is always in Bloomington Indiana where I would like to make my final visit. My sick wife still has a great desire to go back to the small town where both of us took the driving test and passed with flying colors.

Not all the life experience in the United States were rosy. I was mugged once in downtown LA, conned several times and cheated at the hotel counter in an Indian country.

In general the people were very friendly. They like to talk to me at the bus stops and on the busses. A bus driver in Irvine called me Malaysian as boarded the bus and introduced me to the others. An elderly woman was narrating about Las Vegas on my first trip to the Nevadan gambling town.

Once in London I met a woman from Indiana and we talked and talked about the state, about Bob Knight and the lovely environment.

I have never enjoyed England despite my several visits. London was never organized, like Penang. Roads were narrow, building cramped and I saw no esthetic beauty of the layout. Beautiful sights were from Calais to the city center. Paris was well planned and better than London. Europe as a whole was too expensive, tripled USA in the cost of living.

Americans are not of the white Anglo Saxon race. There are thousands of Vietnamese occupying one area in LA and the Koreans. Many could not speak English, especially in cities bordering Mexico. In New York there are Muslim area filled with Pakistanis and the Arabs. Chinese occupied San Francisco, New York and other localities.

Mt favorite American food had been Long John Silver that sells crispy sea food and lovely sweet corn. Red Lobster was expensive but I finally tasted the delicacy. It was a superb menu and worth the money. Yet when at LA I took Indian Briyani everyday. It cost USD12 at the Gaslite Motel restaurant and USD 4 at Queen New York.

Several Malaysians went to buy meat sold by Jews. Jewish meat is halal for the Muslims. I dare say that American Jews are kind, friendly and like any other good Americans.

As for the politicians, I think they are all the same. If Bush is bad probably Najib is the same as Bush. They are being influenced by their advisors and close aides. If there are millions of Malays do not like Najib , there are millions of Americans who loath Bush and Obama too. Someone whispered to me that American Presidents did not rob or strangled national coffers.

Today to visit the United States is hard. One has to go for an interview, which is not free. It costs about RM500. If one fails the interview there will be no refund. The air fairs climbed so notoriously. I used to pay RM3K for the return ticket. Now MAS charged RM8K on the economy class. How much do you think the price for Business Class ? I can buy a Viva with the amount.

28/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

PROBLEMS WITH CATHOLICS IN MALAYSIA

Because Muslims do not know much about what's going on in the Christian world, it is good to do a little research on the internet. Beside the less and unknown opinions and documents there are various exposures made by people and media with authority.

In Malaysia we have Catholics and Protestants. So far only the Catholics showed defiance pertaining to whatever they want to do to the Bible. The Bible was subjected to changes from time to time. The Roman Catholic church has been under constant attack by the Protestant for decades until now. Below is just part of the criticism plugged from a web site.

It is the law in Malaysia that the content of the Holly Quaran cannot be altered however conservative it may look. It is the supreme Book, not to be altered by anyone, even by a religious authority or a King or a Prime Minister. Whereas the Western theologians and scholars have been showing the many fallacies and contradictions in the Bibles. I do not say it. Just read it by yourself.

I think it is best for the Catholics to get back the original bible and to re-translate it once again with the help of the Jews, Muslims, Atheists and the rest, sentence by sentence, to ensure there will be no contradiction. Then they can distribute these Bible among the Muslims. The Muslims must believe in the original Bible and the original Torah as well. The distribution of altered by Bible is a crime and a religious felony.

Interesting isn't it , one seized the bibles and the other burned the Quaran.

If the Catholics and Protestants had been warring each other before, there is no reason why they would not court for another major bloody conflict with the Muslims in Malaysia too.

The Whites are leaving Christianity but the Black Asians are spreading Christianity. Sound like a joke but that is what it seems to be.

28/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof

TOO OLD ?

I just acquired a used PIC programmer. The unit is without the USB cable yet. My old student expressed his surprise to my wanting to venture into learning adventure. Why shouldn't a 68 year old man investigate more on the secret of this universe ? Let me tell the young people that they too will be old. I am sure they can't figure out what will become of them then. Just look at the above picture taken more than 30 years ago. Except for ageing and forgetfulness my heart and my mind is just like the old days. Florida Disney World was just like yesterday in my memory.

I had kept programs and all other information on PIC in my CD, which I had downloaded many years ago. I have to look at the particular PIC again in the website and study the structure, the pins, the internal parts and contents, what is PIC 16F877A, and to examine the board that I have just purchased.

I don't have a specific goal, only to know what it is all about, merely for an understanding of something that young Malaysians are good at. At technical exhibitions I am fond of making enquiry of the working of the exhibits. So far more than 80% said they were not involve in the project of the exhibitions.

Really, I don't know what those people do in the PLKN. Some military and survival training may be. A lot on indoctrination perhaps. Do they teach computer programming, micro-electronics and other sciences ? I doubt.

What do the young school leavers without jobs do ? Painting wall cursing Lim Guan Eng ? Parading their ego of empty nationalism ? Being trained to insult the opposition members ?

There is nothing better than learning by doing while at the same time trying to grasp the concept underlying the principle operation of the objects.

My conception of ladies and the elderly changed after several years in the jogging tract. I would not underestimate them anymore. Both in running and walking they proved to be better and stronger than many men, beat me flat on speed and stamina. Reading Mariam Mokhtar's articles, she amazed me much by her mental prowess.

Guard your mind and don't let be idled, because it can lead to mental laziness, and weakens it. When your mind is dead then you are dead.

27/06/2014 - Abdul Rahman Raof