CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
I MISS A DEAR FRIEND
I miss a dear friend for not
lending her RM300.00. It was
an impossible amount that I
could hardly raised within a
five or ten years. Even if I
have the money it would be
of a great risk to lend
without a collateral. I have
lent people cash before.
After a few month the
borrower pretended not to
know about it. Because the
amount was quite large I
signalled her of a grave
danger. She paid back with
the words 'tak halal' ( it
is illegal money for you ).
And a few years back a Haji
Halim, a Malay contractor in
town ran away with RM500.
I did have some saving for
my own living starting from
my younger days. Till today
it has been more than 50
years. Putting aside a
dollar a day would gives you
30 dollars a month, 360
dollars a year.
She hated me so much that
she barred her children from
communicating with me. The
kids are like my grand
children, one already in
university and another will
be joining another in July.
I took time to think about
it but never to regret
losing a friend rather
losing the money. How could
I depart with all the 50
year savings of my life just
to help a friend ? That's
not even attain the 100K
level.
I do not depend on my
children for my sustenance.
At 72 I do not have many
more days to live. As well
as remembering God and the
life after, I want to enjoy
my remaining life as much as
I can. I want to see the
world and the beauty of
nature. I want to have fun
with electronic gadgets, to
have fine time with 3D TV,
flying drone and seeking
pleasure with the wonderful
cell-phones.
So I need to check my limit
of helping people and
trusting people.
If I don't talk to people I
can talk to my cat.
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Me
more than 50 years ago at
Epcot Center Florida.
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30/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
RAMADAN FEAST AT rm66 PER
HEAD
Ramadan feast, buffet style,
at the hotels and some
restaurants is set at the
cost of RM66 per head for
adults and RM33 for
children. I can't say what
type of delicacies are
spread because I have never
been one but as my
conjecture goes it is just
like the normal hotel buffet
I used to attend. Among the
best hotels are the present
Sama-Sama at KLIA and one
hotel I can't remember the
name in Las Vegas. They have
a great variety of food we
can choose.
I suppose with the RM66 the
food are the best among the
best ones too.
These days I come to control
my appetite. There is always
a lust in us, crave for any
favourite dishes like bake
fish and prawns, fried
squids and lobsters. But how
much could our stomach could
take. At the breaking up of
my fast I only take half
packet of rice. With two
glasses of water I could
take no more. I bought
mutton Briyani for RM7 a
set, with delicious mutton
curry and dalca
gravy. I bough a packet of
fried mee for my final meal
at the price of RM2.50 and a
ringgit of cookie. Those are
for breakfast and the Sahur.
If somebody were to offer me
to have the ramadan feast at
any of the hotel in town for
free I would be happy to
accept it, just to enjoy the
fine dining of RM66. I doubt
it because it would cost
quite a fortune to spend
about RM300 for four persons
on the meal.
Of course it won't be a
lobster or a crab there.
The first thing that people
will do is to go for the
water. The more they drink
the less will be the amount
of food they can take in.
There is a limit that the
old people can eat.
I would value the total
consumption to be about
RM20, the most is RM35.
For foreign travellers the
food is darn cheap. I told
you before that a burger at
Burger King Maldives cost
USD15 a piece which is about
RM60. A simple Briyani in
London costs six to ten
pounds a packet. To the
wealthy Malaysians RM66 is a
chicken feed. For most
Malaysians it is a scary
price to avoid.
My total daily expenditure
on food during ramadan is
far below the other months.
I am all alone at home. I
thank God Almighty for
giving me life and
happiness.
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29/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
THE JOY
OF FLYING |
My drone is about 5 months old. It
crashed the first 4 days I bought it and
some time later when I pressed the RTH
button it shot vertically upwards and
hit the tree. An once I could not find
it as it got stuck in between leaves on
a tree top. I disciplined myself to keep
control over my emotion but rather to
slowly build in confidence in me. Since
then most of the postings on the youtube
were showing improvement though may not
be as good as the clips posted by other
hobbyists. On the youtube my channel is
under man4855. That's what one should
type on the search box.
For most my flight, 99% of them, I only
used one battery. The shot looks
continuous as I just maneuver it from
the lifting off to the ending points. In
my own assessment the lip above is one
of the best so far. I never expect the
view to be so very spectacular,
different from other locations.
But there aren't many viewers for
all my videos. It does
not matter. Though my target audience is
the foreign viewers who might have known
this country will get some idea of how
Malaysians live. Some might be thinking
that we still live on trees and travel
by bullock carts. I also do not know how
to promote it.
I cannot concentrate much on this hobby
as the current political affair
distracted much of my attention. We have
just got a new government.
The clip above is about my trying to
race against vehicles on the highway. It
gives me some idea the comparative speed
between my Mavic Pro and the speed of
the traffic flow on the highway. It also
shows that a single battery is enough
for most of our photography. I never
flew up to 27 minutes. I would call for
home when my battery was about 50% left.
Yet there were people who commented that
each of my footage was too long.
We were told to have the drone on our
sight while flying. I found it difficult
to comply. There isn't any open plain
other than the paddy fields. And I don't
like to fly in the open where people
could see me. Moreover under the blazing
sun I could not stand the heat. I
usually stay in my car and using the iphone 6
to monitor the flight path. There were times
nothing appeared on the screen and I
quickly pressed the RTH button on the
Remote Controller. My eyes fail to see
small objects like this Mavic Pro once
it reaches about 200 feet away.
When the drone returned to where it
started, I would only looked up as I
heard the buzzing of the propellers. If I considered it
was too far off the target I would
stopped it and flew a feet or so to the
right place. This can happen at places
where the open space for landing is
small, about three or four feet in
radius. Mind you I am 72, not a young
man as you are.
29/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
DON'T
BE
SWAYED
BY
THE
SPIN
The
magnitude
of
the
stolen
money
was
too
huge
to
let
things
go
without
a
harsh
actions.
Najib's
favourite
words
is
'proof
that
I
stole
the
money'.
Is
it
not
similar
to
any
thief
asking
the
police
to
proof
that
it
was
him
who
was
thieving.
We
were
told
having
a
stolen
property
was
wrong
and
a
wrong
can
be
punished.
In
the
case
of
Anwar
and
Saiful
there
was
no
concrete
proof
of
sodomy.
it
was
between
Saiful's
words
and
Anwar's.
The
judge
chose
to
believe
in
Saiful's
words.
Nobody
saw
the
sexual
act.
So
was
with
the
previous
case.
In
the
case
of
Najib
the
court
will
have
to
decide
whether
to
listen
to
Najib
or
to
the
government.
We
can
always
establish
that
Najib
is a
liar.
He
even
lied
to
the
parliament.
And
the
money
is
missing.
And
he
never
reported
of
the
missing
money.
In
fact
he
said
everything
was
perfect
and
confirmed
by
Apandi
Ali.
It
was
Najib
who
was
the
boss
of
1Mdb.
He
is
responsible
for
any
mishap
of
the
body.
He
signed
on
money
matters.
I
don't
even
believe
that
it
was
the
DOJ
who
came
to
Malaysia.
We
need
to
check
to
ensure
that
they
were
not
Najib's
henchmen.
The
1Mdb
task
force
should
be
sent
to
USA
and
discuss
with
DOJ
in
Washington.
And
Arulkanda
himself
admitted
1Mdb
was
a
kind
of a
scam.
Isn't
there
a
charge
for
consistent
lie
on
Najib
Razak
to
hide
the
wrongdoing
of
1Mdb
and
even
paying
the
false
IPIC
a
big
sum
of
money
?
I am
just
an
ordinary
man.
So
are
many
millions
of
others.
We
can
see
what
is
happening
right
now.
There
are
attempts
to
sway
the
authority
by a
string
of
spins.
And
in
some
we
smell
incitements.
28/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
COUGH AND FEVER
All of a sudden I had a
great cough and a fever
yesterday. It was almost 9
day of the fasting month. At
5 pm I strived hard to go to
Secret Recipe to buy me fish
& chips and spring rolls for
my break fast. And after the
break fast I took the
remaining cough drug that I
used before, had a Panadol
and went horizontal till
this morning.
Indeed it was a good rest.
The severe cough has
subsided. But each time I
coughed it inflicted pain in
my body. This isn't a new
thing for me. It happened
this way all the time. I
have to wait for two more
hours before going to get me
some food. I decide
identical menu, spring rolls
and fish & chips. I hope for
the full recuperation by the
day after tomorrow for I
promised my maid to buy her
a new year dress. In fact
she messaged me this
morning.
At the moment Ah Hwa is
outside my house doing some
spring cleaning. I called
him to do some small repair
work. While waiting for the
cement floor to dry he
choose to clean my compound.
Ah Hwa is another poor
Chinese who, from time to
time, I would called for
help. He has a son working
in Singapore and he is an
odd job worker.
Cough and flu have always
been my worst kind of
sickness. It usually took 7
or 8 days to cure. I never
went to clinic or hospital
whenever I had them. I
gathered it would rest my
body a little by staying
home and consume a meagre
amount of food. After all I
am now 72 years old. God
blesses me with bonus on my
longevity. There are
millions of younger people
who have died from all sort
of diseases before me.
I believe both in medical
science and the miracle of
God.
There are people who wish
that they would die the
soonest but continue to live
till centenarian. There are
those who want to live
forever but died even before
50. Think. Just think. That
was what my Professor had
been telling us repeatedly
"to think at least once in a
day'.
The good thing of sickness
is one tends to forget and
forgive, to think all the
races and creeds as one.
It is 3.30 pm now. Ah Hwa
has just finished his job.
As usual he always refused
to accept all the payment I
made to him. I insisted and
I had to force the extra
into his pocket. The fever
and the cough have lessened.
I thank God for the
providence.
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27/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
PITY ARULKANDA
Arulkanda says he is new to
1Mdb. When he joined in the
mess was already there. Now
he says that. But he hopped
around the country telling
people the rosy picture of
the agency, challenging
people to debate with him.
He even asked Rafedah Aziz
to apologize about the
seizure of the yacht. Who
said about the money in
Singapore's bank and later
twisted it into UNITS ?
When people condemned 1Mdb
UMNO supporters and Cyber
Troopers blamed the people
for not hearing to Arul's
explanation. Even Tuan
Ibrahim was happy with Arul.
Niot only that Mr Apandi
himself declared that there
was nothing wrong with 1Mdb
and everything went well,
one Imam praised 1Mdb for
sending Muslims to make
their pilgrimage.
There was in fact a war
between the netizens and
Arulkanda that the people
saw as adamant and arrogant,
defending the lies. A true
man would have not gone
around the country to lie to
the people, millions of
them. Was that not a crime
when it involved billion of
ringgit ? What was his
intention then for telling
those lies ? Remember people
who asked about 1Mdb had
been sacked from UMNO and
threatened, and may even
been killed.
In the ancient time the
masses would have mobbed him
and may even burnt him as a
witch or an evil spirit.
Was he not aware of the
payment made to the false
IPIC ? How much was it ? Now
he pleads innocent. What a
joker.
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24/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
NEW DRESS
The end of Ramadan is
in three weeks time. Muslims
are encouraged to buy new
dress for the Id
occasion. I think it is not
necessary for an old man to
procure any new one. I still
have a lot of old and
presentable shirts and
trousers. But it would be
sad to see the young people
and children donning shabby
attires during the
celebration. The most
important ware for me is the
shoes. I have to have a good
pair of shoes for my jogging
and for my travelling trips.
The most important activity
on the Id day is the morning
prayer. I have got enough
Sarong and Baju Melayu as my
prayer apparel, After the
prayer I will stay home
waiting for children to come
over and give pittance for
their joy. These days the
number of children has been
lesser than the past. Each
child is given only a
dollar. An adult or any
beggar will get between five
to ten. It has been two
years since I can't even
finished RM300.
There had been many shirts
bought but not used. They
were still wrapped in
plastics. Before the New
Year I would take them to my
old school's guard house to
give away to the workers. I
even bought some new ones
for them. And during the
fasting days sometimes I
would buy food for them.
Then I stopped doing so as
one of the guards whom I
knew did not allow me to
enter the school compound to
do the computer service. He
said that new Principal gave
that order. Such an action
did not make me suffer any
loss. Now I cease from
giving them any donation
anymore.
Nevertheless I promised my
monthly Indonesian maid to
buy her a dress. I intend to
buy a couple of shirts for
her husband as well.
I am not a rich person. To a
poor man a thousand dollars
is huge enough to be divided
among the needy. This new
maid had been lamenting of
having no customers during
the fasting months. Her
husband only works whenever
there are construction job
somewhere. People told me
not to trust Indonesian
maids for they will not
appreciate the goodness done
on them. I believe them base
on my three experiences with
them. I know it. But I do
not expect any return from
them. I just pity them. When
my wife was sick and fell
down Chinese people came to
help her up, not once but
several times.
I need to do some repair
work. My daughter's room has
to be cemented a little. My
sink pipe leaks. I have
called Ah Hua to fix them.
These consume money. And
just now I went to buy
vitamins and medicines that
cost me RM412. My quick
calculation shows the total
expenditure on repair work,
maid's dresses and the
medicines comes to about
RM1.5K. Somehow it is less
than the price of my drone
and my coming trip to
China's Silk Route.
If dress does not give me
happiness and joy, I can
always find them by other
means. Charity is one, and
keeping healthy is another.
I do not buy anything for my
grand children. They always
wear sparkling and splendid
dress on every Idil Fitri.
They will be back a few days
before the festivities.
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24/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
PITY THE POOR MALAYS
Sorry to say that the Malays
are generally not so smart
and with a poor vision. I
don't exactly remember how
many years ago there was an
attempt to build up the
Tabung Ekonomi Islam (The
Islamic Economic Fund). Te
method of collection was
simple. A Muslim who go for
the Friday prayer
contributed to the fund as
much as he desired. They had
a box for it. I remember it
went on for about a year or
two. And the amount came to
millions of ringgit.
Then there were discussions
what to do with the money at
the top level. To our modern
standard we would say they
came up with all sort of
stupid ideas. They didn't
even think that this was a
blessing for the Malay
Muslims did not have to rob
from Peter to pay Paul. They
should draw a clear
objectives, at least to
enhance the socio-economy of
the unfortunate poor. The
money was not to be put in
the cold storage to see the
growth of the figure.
I didn't know who were in
charge and who were the
committee members. I guessed
they were the religious
clerics. I am not
underestimating any
religious people but I know
how they think. I am not
wrong about it. They are no
doubt could be considered
experts in religious matters
and God, but to bluntly say,
they are narrow minded
people and very emotional
and sentimental. So much so
the collection then went to
a stop. I do not know what
they do with the money and
who is keeping them now.
With this foundation the
Malays could stand on their
own feet without having to
depend on the government for
everything. They could even
build many good affordable
homes all over the country,
or spacious compartments.
They could have
joint-venture companies with
the non-Muslims in doing
local and global businesses.
But no politicians must have
any hand in running it.
Ours is a multi-racial
country. We must not
antagonize other race by
taking their money and
unfairly given them to only
one race or only dividing
them among our friends and
families by the millions,
that do not reach the poor.
There are many poor Chinese
too.
The Zakat money was not
fairly distributed. The
officials got a few
thousands monthly while the
poor gets a couple of
hundreds. They have millions
in savings.
The poor habits of the
Malays are they like to
steal and waste their money.
The story of thefts is not
only at the top
organizations and
institutions but also in
their homes. Even sons and
daughters steal from their
mothers. When they run an
institution they do the
same. They always deny their
doings. People of my
professions I know of do not
steal but I noticed they do
not have wisdoms in
financial matters. Most
spend more than what they
have.
I am not talking about
liberalism in Islam. I am
talking about open
mindedness, able to see
things in a macro and micro
modes.
As for the Tabung Ekonomi
Islam only God knows of it's
fate.
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21/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
STRUGGLING TO LEAVE
POLITICAL SCENE
Only God know how hard I
tried to leave the political
scene. I hate to follow the
news on the social media and
tried to avoid repulsive
messages that should have
been halt by now. On the
Facebook (FB) some remarks
are very provocative,
illogical and stupid. I did
not response to such stupid
political statements rather
prefer to write on other
topics like on Ramadan's
food and the drone flight. I
put my thought on where to
capture the next movie and
when. Within these few days
I manage to produce three
short movies.
Editing work, compiling a
movie and uploading it to
the youtube take a lot of
time. It is good for me. It
diverts me from politics.
When I watched the uploaded
movie, I tend to repeat it
for a few time, observing
the errors that I could have
made. Among the three the
one on Ramadan food mart is
the best to my assessment.
In fact I made another one
before this but there wasn't
any customer yet at the
time. It was too early. I
contrived to make another
one at a later time.
But during the editing I
deleted a part of the
previous introduction about
the effect on the camera and
gimbal of a drone if the sd-card
is full. And when I posted
to the youtube I have to
write an explanation. Again
it made me very busy with
other things. It does
contribute to my effort of
putting off the thoughts on
current issues.
And when I prayed I asked
God to bless me with a peace
of mind. I have faith
that God will take care of
everything.
Believe me I still do not TV
till now nor buying
newspapers. I don't intend
to hear or read political
news from those media. It
would better for me to enjoy
the Youtube movies which I
could watch directly from my
large smart TV. I don't
regret buying it. It serves
me to escape from hell.
Politics can shorten my
life. With a little time
left I might as well enjoy
the good life blessed upon
me. I want to think of my
coming trips to China's Silk
Route, Maldives and
Indonesia. And to have
fantasy on each of the trip.
Drone is the best of my
hobby now, replacing the ham
radio which has lost it's
juice. The new culture does
not fit me. The best of the
drone is not the aircraft
itself but the capturing of
a quality video. Every time
I have to think of a theme.
Some people climb over the
mountain to fly the drone
above the cloud and travel
to spectacular locations.
Aerial photography alone is
not enough. It is better to
combine the land photography
with the sky capture. But I
am not a professional, only
an elderly hobbyist.
Fasting month is along way
to go. It will end in mid
June. I wish the dark cloud
will be paved away replaced
by the clear ones. |
21/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
KHALID
ABU BAKAR |
All
along I have been thinking that Kevin
Morais was murdered under the order of
Najib Razak. I whispered to some of my
friends that the AG at the time, Ghani
Patail, had instructed Khalid to arrest
Najib and charged him under the criminal
breach of trust. Instead Khalid chose to
inform Najib and the subsequent actions
were taken on both Kevin and Ghani.
It was
just my wild suspicion then. But I
believed the FBI's suspicion was along
the similar line. Here is an article
written by the Financial twitter. Judge
by yourself.
This
was what transpired from the court case
yesterday. I just pluck a small part of
it>
Gunasekaran, who was the second accused
is now free after serving two years in
prison. He changed his plea to guilty
after being charged with concealing
Kevin Morais’ body and destroying his
vehicle.
Who would not want to go to prison for 2
years for 1 million ringgit bribe ? We
can still get Guna to testify whether he
was bribed to change his plea. Just
promise him protection and he could keep
with any bribed money.
Below I pick up a few views of the
netizens
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DO I PITY NAJIB ?
Whether there were proofs or
not Najadi, Kevin Morais and
PI Bala were dead at the
time when scandals erupted
over Najib's 1Mdb and
Altantuya's case. I also
follow the the sodomy case
of Anwar Ibrahim and how
Najib was directly involved.
He lied about knowing Saiful
but later admitted of his
meeting with him. How could
I treat such a person with
dignity. Do I forget about
his fierce attacked on Tun
every night on the national
media ? And Mahathir's plane
experience oil leakage at
the tyre ?
He sacked Mahyuddin, Shafiee
and those who questioned him
about 1 Mdb. Mukhriz was
removed in a disgrace
manner, without showing any
respect whatsoever.
Najib is not worth to be
treated with dignity.
I followed his movement all
over and saw how he was
trying to corrupt even the
world's leaders. His maxim
CASH IS KING is not supposed
to come from a dignified
man.
Millions of people voted
him out for the same reason.
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18/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
POOR
PEOPLE CAN ALSO TRAVEL
Whenever
I went for a tour, alone or with a
group, I never brought with me much
money for a simple reason, I just don't
have excess cash or wealth with me. I
would stay outside the souvenir shops
while other members of the group went in
to buy a lot of things. They can pay for
a 20Euro magnet for freezer without
bargaining, not one but a dozen of them.
At Morocco's leather shop many of them
purchased a few thousand ringgit
jackets. I saw them spending money like
water.
I
concluded that they were very wealthy
people and I would stay aloof from them.
On the bus I chose the most back seat
and enjoyed appreciating the beauty of
nature.
Now that
I read about a person with RM400K
monthly salary I begin to understand
their position and social status. Though
they were retired they must have a very
huge savings. I heard them talking about
visiting the North poles and
Scandinavia, and other exotic places. I
saw them changing elegant dress each
day. Travellers from Sarawak would lodge
at Sama-Sama hotel before and after the
trip. Of course I can't afford such an
expensive hotel.
I start
to imagine that how many jobs we can
create with the 400K ringgit. Basically
we can have 40000 with the salary of
RM1K. That's a lot. We are lull on
hearing of 1000 people had to be laid
off. It is much more smaller than 40000.
That's for one person. How many earn as
much as that amount of salary. The
discrepancies are too great.
Nevertheless I also met with budget
travellers. The ones in Maldives there
were university students who can't
afford to pay for a USD15 burger king.
Of course for a burger to cost about
RM50 a piece is insanely expensive.
Wealthy people would not care about it.
There were many customers enjoying the
American delicacy.
In almost
all my trips I did not buy anything for
myself. However I brought about RM400
with me for small purchases or for foods
sold at the roadsides like maize and
banana.
I am
happy. With a meagre income I can still
go to see places and enjoy the fun as
any other wealthy people.
18/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
ROSMAH'S
FACTOR
When
Najib and family made a trip to
Australia and New Zealand, I already
suspect they were opening bank accounts
for their kids. I had guessed millions
were put under the family members'
names.
Similarly
the trip to Uzbekistan that saw numerous
number of bags carried on the plane,
which I guessed could have stuffed with
precious metals and diamonds.
Now we
somewhat got a picture of a great
heist that had taken place. It is indeed
true for the ex-world bank personnel
called Najib a CROOK and the DOJ called
him KLEPTOCRAT.
In the
recent raid most commodities found were
women's used items. The handbags cost
millions of ringgit.
I am
sorry to say that the lust of human
female specie has always exceeding the
male counterpart. Even the world isn't
enough.
Rosmah
had called for the wrath of God. She
lied to the people that she had returned
all the stolen goods.
Najib
could have not suffer as much as he is
now if he had not taken Rosmah as his
wife, A Prime Minister should have not
married to a used woman. |
CONSIDER
THINGS BEFORE BUYING A DRONE |
HOW OLD
ARE YOU ? |
Are you thinking of buying a drone ?
Wait a moment. Buying a drone is not
something like buying a cell-phone. A
middle to a high end drone is more
complicated than the cheap hundred
ringgit stuff. There are a lot of
setting up to do. I think it is not
advisable for a beginner to buy it
online. It would be a hassle to
calibrate the IMU and other things. I
bought a drone, a dJI Mavic Pro from a
drone shop. I was shown how to remove
and fix the propeller, how to start and
stop, how to handle gimbal cover and how
to use the remote controller (RC). The
did the IMU calibration for me.
One other important item we have to
remember is the video editing software.
If you don't have any yet then don't buy
the drone. Look for one good one. I
could not buy one as I do not have a
credit card. Using a free one is always
a hazard because it was temporary.
However if you have an Apple Macbook
you'll find a software called the
I-Movie. It comes free with the
computer. I have a Macbook to do the job
of video editing.
There are drones that can splash in
water and even record video underwater.
I asked my supplier why they do not sell
it. The salesman said that they don't
have people with knowledge to repair it.
GHis reason was quite sensible.
dJI sells several versions of their
drones, the Phantom, Spark, Mavic Pro
and Mavic Air. Phantom 4 and Mavic Air
are both having sensors all around while
the Mavic Pro only has a sensor in front
and one at the bottom. Hence it is prone
to crashing compared to Phantom and
Mavic Air. Phantom is more expensive in
Malaysia. Mavic Air flight time is
shorter than the Mavic Pro.
Another thing that you should know is
that when the sd card is full the camera
will refuse to function and the gimbal
won't move. You may be thinking the
fault lies with the camera and get panic
over it. Remember this well. If this
happens what you need to do is just
format the sd card.
Most of us are not rich men though we
have a strong desire to own a drone,
RM4K is a huge sum for us just to enjoy
the hobby. I always compute my spending
comparing with other goods I could have
with the same amount of money. A couple
of drones could be the cost of a small
car. People tend to wow when you tell
them that you own a drone, especially an
old shabby looking person like me.
Don't be duped by some cheap aircrafts
that can fly only for one or two minutes. It is a sheer waste of money. And
seek someone to coach you if you are
just a beginner.
18/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof
|
It is a
simple question. If you are below 45 you
are still a young man. I am 72. What I
can tell you about me is that the most
glaring thing is that I am very absent
minded. I always forget. My mind is not
as sharp as before when I could solve a
very complicated computer problem and
writing sophisticated codes.
I am a
very independent person like many of my
friends of about the same age. We do not
depend on our siblings or anybody to
spread bread on our tables. We do not
seek assistants to help in our mobility.
My
hair is white. It is a sign of the end
of my life. But day by day I heard news
of people who were much younger had gone
to meet God. I will not strive to fight
death. When time comes I will go.
At
this age I still have a passion for
travelling. Soon I will be going to Silk
Route China, Maldives and Indonesia. And
I go alone wither with the tour group or
by myself. The young girls at KFC showed
surprise of my going solo. And I play
with drone, moving around capturing
scenes and produce movie clips.
Let
me tell the younger people that most of
my contemporaries are very wise with
money. As for me, I am a lavish spender
but I have a check and balance
system in my head. We can survive any
financial turbulence.
At
times when we encountered with arrogant
civil servants like clerks and nurses we
refrain from asking their salaries and
their savings. We do not brag, do not
show our capability and the past
achievements.
I
might as well tell you that I sometimes
slept on the floor, sofa or on a chair.
It has been more than 40 years that I
did not sleep in a comfortable bed
except when I went on travelling trips
and excursions. That's when I live like
a King.
I am a
Malay who could speak a little of
Chinese and Thai, and of course English.
At 72 I can still remember those
languages. I can survive in China or
Thailand.
If you
are younger and your vision is fuzzy and
myopic then seek for God's blessing. You
have a long way to go. You may rise or
fall and probably live in perpetual
unhappiness.
How
old are you ? |
RAMADAN |
Today the
fasting begins. It is the holly month of
Ramadan to the Muslims. The Muslims are
bared from taking food from early
morning to the sunset hours, gossiping
and doing any form of sins at all. It is
time for the Muslims in this country to
stop bickering and lashing their
political enemies. The main communal
activity is praying after the breaking
fast. It is TARAWIKH prayer. Sadly
enough I could perform this religious
rite yet until the 1st of June. It would
be a three months completion of
eye operation. Since the praying is long
and I have to bend, I have to wait for a
few days more.
But when
I has had my eye operation I did not
inform anyone. I only informed my kids
who are in Kuala Lumpur after the
procedure. To me it was not so very
serious for the minor job. Certainly my
neighbour would be thinking I am not
pious enough and do not keep to the good
practice. I have to bare and be patient.
I know I am not a good Muslim.
Every
Ramadan there are food fare markets
everywhere in the whole nation, selling
every kind of food. Thousands of people
flock to the market causing the hell lot
of traffic jam. I would spend about RM20
to buy food for the breaking of fast and
the last night meal which we called
SAHUR. We have to halt eating just
before dawn. I usually took my last meal
at 3 or 4 am. A wise person would not
overeat and control the amount of the
food intake including beverages.
The
breaking of fast is between 7 pm to 7.30
pm following the time of the sunset. At
about 4.30 pm I would go to the Ramadan
Food market to avoid crowd. Then proceed
to the jogging track and have a light
walking exercise until I feel exhausted.
That will end about 6 pm. It gives me
enough time for my rest, bathing and
ready for the first meal. The meal
starts with one or two cookies and a
drink. I will do a prayer after it and
approximately would proceed with rice at
about 8.30 pm.
The
routine will be for almost the whole
month. My kids and grand children would
return about 6 to 7 days before the end
of Ramadan.
It has
been more than 5 years that I did not
buy a new clothing for myself. But I
bought for others as alms for them. My
old monthly maid already had been
pestering me for the new dress though
she no longer gave me any service. She
is working in Kuala Lumpur. I intend to
buy for my new monthly maid and her
husband, at least 2 pair each. That is
the best I can do. Things would be
different if I were at the young age.
Today I don't even iron my shirt or
trousers. I washed and wore them.
I hope I
will live till the end of Ramadan.
17/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
HAHA rm150 GONE
A day before the election my
drone camera did not
function. There was no
response at all when I
pressed the record button or
trying to move the camera up
and down. Immediately I took
it to shop where I bought
it. It was sent back to the
service centre. I was told
that I had to pay RM150 for
the repair. I insisted that
it is still under warranty.
"But you crash your drone by
your mistake," the shop
said. I remember it had one
sever crash after the first
one. I thought one of the
components might have been
loosened. I agreed to honour
the payment.
I went to pick up my drone
this afternoon, tested it,
the camera worked very fine.
I brought it home. I was
shocked when the original
camera's faulty state was
just like the day I brought
to the shop. I was very
puzzling. I went to the shop
again. The salesman just
remember something. He said
it might be due to my SD
card. He asked me to change
with the high speed card. I
argued with him it could be
due the card because I have
been using it all along. I
told him it would be because
of the storage. I just
erased the content using my
PC. he took the card and
formatted it. Like a miracle
it was working again.
I am going to test fly the
air-craft tomorrow. I don't
mind paying the RM150. I saw
there were about 5 staffs in
the shop. In my heart I was
contributing to their
livelihood.
|
16/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
PUBLIC PERCEPTION
I am sorry. I don't mean
to defame or accuse anybody
of being bad or evil. But to
state what people think
about some of the political
leaders base on their
observations and deductions.
Nazri Aziz, Zahid Hamidi and
Annuar Musa were all
associated to gangsters and
mafia. I read an article
about BN leaders were
rubbing shoulders with gang
leaders and affirmed by
Zahid's letter to the United
State's court to secure the
release of an apprehended
gang leader and later the
arrest of the police with
million ringit corruptions
who was in cohort with the
underworld. The murder of
Najadi and Kevin Morais were
done by the gangsters under
the request of someone in
the government.
Nazri was not seen as one by
his arrogance but also by
his donning of rings on his
fingers and the necklace on
his neck, the common attire
of the Mafia and the head of
the gangsters.
During the last election the
pictures of Zahid Hamidi
were hang in every corner
and on poles everywhere. The
passing motorists loathed Zahid as they associated him
with Mafia. It was a great
mistake of BN as the party
did not care to find out
what people perceive on
Najib and Zahid Hamidi. Had
they put the picture of
Rosmah, the worst thing
could have happened.
Millions are still with the
view that Kevin Morais was
killed under the instruction
of either Najib or Zahid.
Many feared Zetty Aziz could
faced the same fate for her
knowledge on the fraudulent
money. It was good that she
chose to resign. They said
that she escaped the drum of
cement.
BN's government has the
psychological war
department. Their expertise
could have advised Najib and
Zahid to be more careful of
the way they deliver their
speeches to ensure of
negative perceptions on
them. It could create more
hatred by the grinning of
their teeth and the ugly
facial expression.
Najib had tried to promote
his good image by paying
millions on donation to
foreign institutions,
advertisements. Zahid
declared that he had a PHD.
Instead people were making
fun of his PHD. But none
would question the PHD of
Raja Nazrin.
The citizens are observing
their leaders. Hence the
leaders must conduct
themselves well, behave
well, avoid from being
arrogance, observe their
speeches and demeanours.
Remember they are only a
mere perception.
|
16/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD BE LIKE NOW
It happens like a dream. Though I have seen
the consequences, I never thought it is this
quick. I trhought I would die first before
Najib would be incarcerated.
Until today I believe Najib had been charmed
by his spouse, a woman who would have been
called a witch in the yesteryears. They said
that she was in the university in the same
year as me, Shafiee the lawyer, Shahidan
Kassim, Aziz Shamsuddin and Adnan. But I was
a teacher when I joined University Malaya,
meaning I was a few years older than those
who were fresh from school. Rosmah already
made a debut even during her university
days.
I didn't know when she married Ismet. I
heard that she was after Najib's brother but
decided to go to Najib. Workers in Najib's
office were asking among themselves who that
lady was, making the office like her own
home. Najib got a wife then.
We heard Najib took Rosmah. His former wife
was declared insane and was divorced, in
exchanged for Rosmah Mansor.
Her relatives and daughter narrated about
her having shamans around her. A lady I met
in the travelling trip told us that she was
scared when she was near Rosmah Mansor.
An office was created for her in the Prime
Minister's Department called FLOM. A weekly
slot was given to her to talk to the
government employees at Putrajaya. Then she
created PERMATA that consumed million of
ringgit, the work that was suppose to be
under the Ministry of Education.
Her lust began to be seen by the whole
country, using the newly purchased
government jet to go for shopping spree all
over the world. It was leaked that her
purchases were paid using the government's
fund. Computer image of the bill went viral.
People who talked about her Berkin bags and
diamond rings were apprehended and charged.
Then emerged the story about 1Mdb. They
denied saying it was all a lie. Najib even
said he did not know Jho Lo. Pictures of
their acquaintance were published in the
social media showing Najib, Rosmah, Jho Lo
and the Arabs on a yacht.
There were detailed reports on Najib and
1Mdb misdeed. DOJ began to make
investigation and followed the money trail
and came up to show the detailed of diamond
transactions. Rosmah herself was shown the
design of the pearl diamond which she wanted
a little changed.
I heard stories about Rosmah making a phone
call to Obama about DOJ's charge and wanted
Obama to settle it. And later to Putin about
the MH17. She said that she was too busy to
play badminton because she had to attend to
the nation's welfare. So much so the public
began to say that Rosmah Mansor was the real
Prime Minister and Najib was scared of her.
I believe that had Najib stuck to his wife
and did not take Rosmah, things would have
not happen as it is now. The traditional
Malays believed in Sial ( always carry bad
luck ).
We are waiting for the Altantuya's case to
be opened again. We need an answer on the
approval of the C4 bomb and who exactly gave
the order for the killing. Someone even
mentioned that Rosmah was at the murder
scene.
What I thought would take place in between 5
to 15 years time is happening now. Only God
knows.
15/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
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|
ABOUT BEING ARROGANT
God conferred us with power
to help and see the welfare
of the people is taken care
off. If not with power, it
is with a huge wealth. If it
is not a wealth, it is a
position. In the past
arrogant people were
pictured as persons who
walked pushing their chests
in front and the heads were
tilting upwards by a few
degrees. When they talk
their voices were high.
I did meet hospital nurses
who would like to yell at
the patients, especially at
the elderly. The same nurses
would transform themselves
when talking to people of
higher stature. My neighbour
made a party and invited me.
Since he was close to
political people the party
was almost filled with
politicians. I saw my
student who had been a Yang
Berhormat at the party. He
didn't seem to know me. They
were addressing themselves
as Dato'. As I was a nobody
I would not blame them for
ignoring me. Were they
arrogant ? No. But I knew
what a student can do his
teacher once he had become a
Dato'.
When people show their
arrogance we lose nothing by
their actions. If they are
shop owners we don't go the
shop anymore. If they are
public servants, our hearts
just said, "Wait one day
when you retire...". If they
are politicians we would
pray for their fall. As we
go too far the God Almighty
may lift HIS blessing on us
and we will go on our own
without guidance and the
show of the right path.
We can avoid being arrogant
by being friendly to all. We
don't segregate between
races. We extend our hands
to help the masses
dismissing their political
beliefs. We befriend our
enemies. We don't put people
to shame in public. We make
other people feel they are
important to the society. We
respect them.
At most of the time God
gives us ample time to
repent, to correct
ourselves. We must be brave
enough to apologize to the
people whom we have made to
suffer. What if murder
someone or putting an
innocent in jail for a long
number of years ?
sample
of arrogance |
15/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
ABOUT BRAGGING
We can be proud
of ourselves and keep the pride
within us. It is not legally
wrong to shout to the world of
our prowess but is religiously
wrong for the Muslims to brag
about oneself. The Malay word
for it is RIAK ( sounds like ree
yaak ), It is almost a taboo for
the Chinese to thump oneself to
show how smart and great one is.
There is a word in any
dictionary ie humble).
A shabby old msn that we meet on
the road can be a very educated
person, and be a millionaire.
I am very afraid
to talk about myself for fear of
crossing the riak boundary. But
I met people who worked in Boeng
industry and a medical doctor
who only whisper to my ears
softly about their professions
when I asked them. The American
doctors, husband and wife,
wanted me to address them just
by their names.
I do not have a
Dato's title. If they knighted me
with one, I can assure you that I
won't even use it. I have one
radio friend by the name of
Abdul Rashid Sultan who had been
conferred with such a title has
never told his friends about it.
He said, "I already have a
Sultan. What more do I want ?"
When he travelled to the United
States and Europe everybody
called him Sultan. So we are
calling him Sultan Rashid rather
than Dato' Rashid.
There are people
of great intellectuality, skill
and honourable professions who
do not parade their grades. Do
we ever hear Mat Sabu or Lim
Guan Eng broadcast to people of
their qualification, academic or
professional ?
Brain should
co-inside with characters and
behaviours. A knowledgeable
individual should not do stupid
things. Take an extreme case as
an example, should a doctor
steal ? I have seen despicable
arrogant braggart among the
normal men and among the
politicians. I have been
interviewing jobseekers before.
I had never been interested in
the paper qualification but I
would ask questions related to
the job.
People do not
respect your PHD but interested
in how you conduct yourselves.
The moment they come to see that
you are a braggart they will
begin to hate you.
Of course there
are time and occasions when you
have to declare your capacity.
They are done in private during
the work interview and other
similar situations. You just
don't go around to show your
achievements and excellence with
the aim of getting respects and
obedience. What more if you go
on the air to belittle others
and elevating yourselves
to the level of gods.
To me such a
person deserved to be called a
disbeliever. God forbids chest
thumping to show your greatness
and superiority. Yet some people
simply make it their daily
chores.
I believe that
God gives and God takes.
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14/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
BIZARRE MEMORIES
It is a bizarre memories when thinking of a
person being killed and dumped in cement and
a pregnant woman tied to a tree and killed
by C4 bomb.
In my mind they were murdered by conspiracy.
Millions of Malaysian citizens do think as
what I am thinking. Of course God knows
everything.
The main question that bog our minds is
'should we show mercy on the murderer' ? To
me this is not a matter of showing pity. If
proven beyond doubt then the perpetrators
must bear the consequence and accept the
verdict. This is not about theft but about a
murder. One cannot declare that the killing
is legal as we are are at war for we are not
in the state of war with anybody.
13/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
|
FROM A
HERO TO A ZERO
We
voters gave our support to Rafizi Ramli.
Many sacrifice their savings and pension
funds to Invoke to support him, thinking
he was fighting for a cause, not knowing
he fought for a post. The show of
arrogance withdrew our support and
respect on a person whom we thought was
our hero. He bragged of his
qualification and his ability as if no
other people could outsmart his mental
prowess.
Tun has
wisdom and a wide experience. Ask the
voters whether they vote for Rafizi or
because Tun is there. I talked to all
Chinese voters and everyone said they
voted for Tun.
Many
intelligent men are wise. Rafizi should
learn from Jomo, Zetty, and Robert Kuok
as well from the Cpuncil of Elders. |
RAFIZI RAMLI |
Rafizi
worked hard. Many others worked hard
too. I talked to many Chinese voters,
all said that without Tun Mahathir PH
will not win. It is not wise to lash the
newly elected PM in public. Remember Mahyuddin Yassin was DPM before and did
not demand for the same post. If Rafizi
wants the Finance minister's post he can
always go to see Tun and expressed his
unhappiness. I am sure he will still be
the Finance Minister 2, but not to go
public. I feel so sad to have a smart
and intelligent man who thinks PH won
because of his sacrifice.
Voters
who voted for PH are all unhappy on
Rafizi's action. "We respect you,"they
said."Not until now. We paid to your
invoke by the thousands to support you.
Shut up." Young people talked the bad
past of Tun said, "We still want Tun."
They said that Tun can deliver.
At a
stall this evening I talked about Rafizi
to the stall owner who said that Rafizi
should thank to Tun for not going to
prison.
I also
look at Rafizi in different way. He
showed that there is a sign of him
having a high blood pressure and the
possibility of heart problem. People of
such a character shows the real
dangerous health condition. The anger
itself is a symptom. If Rafizi is in
front of me I would advise him for an
immediate medical check up.
Everybody sacrifice, even the laymen.
There are several shops in town have
stopped charging GST and willing to
absorb it themselves. They are Chinese
who are selling to the Malays. Rafizi
should be shameful to them. We fought
using the social media and campaigned to
people we encountered with. None of us
want any favor from anybody. We just
want a clean and honest government.
Volunteers woke in the wee hours to go
Subang airport to make sure that Najib
do not escape. There were people who
followed Najib's van that went to
several condos to pick up Rosmah's
expensive handbags.
Somebody needs to tell Rafizi to cool
down, go for medical check up and wait
for a moment. He is not even sworn yet
as a senator. Tun cannot wait for that.
He has to form a government first.
I
myself was not a fan of Tun during his
tenure but I forgive him and he has
endured the comeuppance. I believe that
he will not be long but wants to put
things in order again.
13/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
MY VIEW-IGP, ALI HAMSA AND MILITARY CHIEF
ARE HONEST
As the story goes about the drama yesterday
on the swearing ceremony I trust Ali Hamsa,
the IGP Fuzi Harun and one Senior member of
the Arm Forces who went to see the King
about the need to appoint Dr Mahathir as
immediate as possible. Or else they could
conspire to topple Dr Mahathir.
I hope the public should understand this.
Even before the election the IGP, Hamsa and
the Navy chief said that the government
servants can choose the candidates of their
choice. Previously we heard warnings and
threats that government officers must vote
for Barisan Nasional.
It is true that it is hard to say NO to the
instruction from the Prime Minister. It only
takes some kind of people who dare to tell
their bosses if things are not right.
Really, I dare to accept demotion or being
sacked for the truth. I would not fight or
yell at him but only declined in respectable
manner.
If an army chief says he is loyal to Najib
he is darn wrong. His loyalty is to the King
and the Country. The problem of Najib is
that he commanded absolute obedient to him.
He sacked those who questioned him.
Some can be weeds, sway as the wind blows,
to survive.
11/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
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NAJIB
WILL FAKE DOCUMENTS
There is
an attempt to disinformation of a so
called Investigating Paper on Najib.
When reading through I found that the
paper was trying to say most money came
from Arab donation. I immediately knew
this document was forged.
It won't
be a problem for us. We have the money
trail as shown by DOJ and the submission
of Reza to DOJ that the money was from
1Mdb. The Singapore and Swiss authority
can help us as well.
Najib
himself had said that all political
donation must not be under personal
account but to be put under party's
coffer. He would have not sacked
Mahyuddin. In fact he should inform the
party members immediately after he got
the money.
He hid it
until WSJ wrote the news about it.
If the
document says a donation, the WSJ says
otherwise he would have sued WSJ and
even DOJ.
Majib is
struggling hard with the help of Shafiee
and Apandi now for fear of
incarceration.
|
APANDI-WE
HAVE TO WAIT AND SEE |
A
person holding a high and respectable
public office should not behave like
this. see the video clip.
NAJIB AND
THE MURDER CASE
There
were 4 death suspected to involve Najib.
There will certainly be investigations
whether he ordered them or helping by
direct or indirect mean like asking the
gangsters to do the killings. The case
carries the penalty of hanging to death.
11/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
Apandi
Ali was put there by Najib after the
former Prime Minister stripped off Ghani
Patail. If Najib can do it surely
Mahathir can do it also. It does not
make any different. Ghani Patail did not
claim that he could not be removed under
constitution.
I
remember Apandi's words that he wanted
to prosecute Lim Guan Eng himself. Of
what reason that Apandi spewed such
words ? Simple. Because Guan Eng is DAP.
Other people can be the prosecutor.
He did
not show his professional behaviour when
he did not show up to meet the Swiss
investigator in Malaysia in 1Mdb, then
claimed that the Swiss did not consult
him on decision to confiscate the 1mdb's
money.
If
Mahathir does not like him and he does
not like Mahathir, they cannot work
together.
How
could Apandi conclude that there was
nothing wrong with 1Mdb, and made the
finding a secret and cleared Najib for
it when the DOJ has enough proofs. And
Najib's son -in law admitted that the
1Mdb's fund did passed his hands and
paid the fine.
Therefore he was either wrong or
committed a deliberate mistake. A
mistake, deliberate or not is enough to
show of his incompetency.
Apandi
cannot be the smartest. There are
millions of people who have made
judgement against him and do not want
him anymore. |
MY
QUESTION STOPS |
I
do not bother to check out all the
previous pages on the topic "WHAT'S NEXT
?" It was a question insinuating Rosmah
carried a bad luck charm with her.
Though I did not believe in SIAL, there
had been bad happenings in the country
one after the other which I had
contributed to possible mysterious
phenomena in the lady.
But I
never thought that it is coming this
far. I pray, Sirul will not expose
Najib's or Rosmah's involvement in the
murder of Altantuya and nobody will come
out with the story of Kevin Morais's
murder under the order of Najib Razak.
The penalty for murder is death.
I followed the court
proceedings and the death of Saddam
Hussein and I wrote briefly about it as
a warning and reminder to Najib. I knew
some SB people would read my private
blog and would advise the Prime Minister
of consequences of being so adamant. And
I discovered that people do not hate
UMNO but hate Najib and Rosmah for their
high handed policy.
Tun Mahathir is still
smart and sharp at 92. He knows what he
wants, despite Najib's last-ditch
to defend himself.
I still believe in the
will of God. Bragging and praising
oneself is sinful in the eyes of Islam.
So is lying and stealing. CASH IS NOT
KING after all.
The way the couple
conducted themselves invited hatred.
Even the world's leaders were trying to
avoid the couple.There was a story on
FLOM and PERMATA and recently she
claimed that she setup PERMATA to
educate the youngs so that they won't be
as rude (KURANG AJAR) as Nurul Izzah.
When she was accused of using public
fund to buy million dollar rings she
denied it saying she saved from her
young age. And now she swore that she
never own any ring. She used
government's jet to go for shopping and
Najib's administration said she has
the right to use it.
Things may not be over
yet. But I decide not to ask the
question anymore. This is the end of
WHAT'S NEXT.
Whatever will happen from
now on is left to the fate, predestined
by God the Almighty. She has the time to
repent. Would she know the pain suffered
by Altantuya and Anwar Ibrahim and their
families ?
It is lucky that we are
living in the modern era. In the days of
witches and sorcerers Rosmah might had
been burnt as a witch. We are sane and
civilized. We show our happiness by
making sure that we will not be bought
with money. We voted out evil and
un-shamed leaders out when the time
come.
DOJ is not lying. They
have proofs of the diamond purchased.
And they have evidences of what they
say.
I always have faith in my
believe that Rosmah will shed her tears
one day.
10/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
COMEUPPANCE
FOR NAJIB
Today is the happiest day of my entire life.
As I saw, Najib has no faith in the God, the
creator of mankind. He boasted much about
himself and brag and brag, which is strictly
forbidden by Islam. He tried to bribe God to
whitewash his sin by sending people to
pilgrimage with the stolen money. He lied to
the masses and to the parliament.
Dr Mahathir had made mistakes before and God
has punished him severely. We all saw his
sufferings and how the man he picked up as a
Prime Minister insulted him.
Many people believe that Najib is ruined by
his wife, Rosmah. It is better for me not to
say more about her. Somehow she has been
punished slowly by God. I hope she realizes
that she is growing old and been arrested by
wrinkles. She will go into the history books
side by side with Imelda Marcos.
Both live in fear now. It is not about
stealing money but about the possible
involvements in the death of Najadi,
Altantuya, PI Bala and Kevin Morais that
carries death penalty. Did he know the
feeling of Anwar's family when he jailed him
for sodomy ? And the Americans even linked
this jailing to the missing MH370. The crime
has been very massive.
Najib has to admit to the IGP that he is
scared what Mahathir is going to do to him,
and plead to the police chief to negotiate
with the new Prime Minister and the people
about his offence.
I am also happy that we are free of gangster
King to rule the country. I don't have to
mention the person.
Down here locally I want to look at the
arrogant UMNO leaders in their eyes. A few
are my former students, who do not know what
respect is.
What these people had done to Lim Guan Eng
had been too bad, just because they want to
take Penang back, and fanning racial issue
on DAP. Combining with Hadi they have
disgrace Islam and make the religion
repulsive.
In short Najib thought he was invincible and
cash was King. He did not know the morality
of the Chinese have been greater than the
Malays, and believed he could buy them with
money. He was damn wrong.
10/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
|
ROS
was never good to Dr Mahathir, banning
his party but allows BN for almost the
same reason. And could we forget how the
BN candidate was stopped from entering
for nomination ? |
I NEED SOME MENTAL REST
Whatever you see on this page is not
something that I copy from somewhere else.
It is not something great or things to brag
about. You may take it for granted or you
may 'wow' it as it comes from a 72 year old
man. I think it is just a simple background
and creative in design. I plan the layout
myself. The coloring may not be appealed to
you but it is good enough for me.
Young people could do better and nicer. I
'wow' at some of the clip of Mavic Pro
produced by our fellow Malaysians. They were
well done and extremely good. When my drone
comes back from repair work I will strive to
produce somewhat a clip similar to that
standard.
One out 100 younger people I met would
regard elderly as senile and weak and offer
to carry things for me. Of course they did
it with full of respects. I agree that they
are stronger and more energetic but the same
time I have been carrying more than 8
kilogram backpack on my back when I go
travelling.
And I have met friends and my teachers who
are superior to me in many fields and
activities in arts and engineering, in DIY
and sports.
It is true that ageing needs a lot of rest
too. I need lots of mental and physical rest
with only a slight exercise to make my mind
alert and keeping me fit, so that I can be
independent. These few days I feel tortured
with election fever, mental stress to see
blue flags and banners that I associated
with crimes and dishonesty. I watched a lot
of TV and entertainment programs to divert
from the political stress.
There have been several remarks about the
senility of our mind as if we cannot analyze
events.And it drove me to think how smart
these people are. Can they write computer
software ? Can they manage their future ?
How knowledgeable and creative were they ?
I have been managing funds, both my own and
my former institution. I have been
travelling to distant places alone on my
own. And I developed and sold computer soft
wares. They aren't achievements and they are
not great. But certainly I cannot be a
moron, senile and incapable.
I am not talking about myself. I have
friends about my age who are very
resourceful to their old age. One person is
called all over the world to do a certain
specialized repair work.
When we need mental rest we would go on the
Whatsapp and crake jokes. We were once a ham
radio operator. And everyone is an expert in
his own way.
We agree that let the younger generation be
left to run the nation. They are brighter
than us and more capable in dealing with
hazzards and problems.
09/05/2018
- Abdul Rahman Raof |
|
FLIGHT
EXPERIENCE
I have flown many airlines over the
years. The best ever flight to the
United States in those days was The Thai
Airline. I like the food and the
air-hostesses. They would change their
dress from time to time with the
traditional dress, looking gorgeous. And
since I ordered for Muslim meals i was
served with Briyani from Bangkok to Los
Angeles. Other planes were China,
Northwest and MAS. Northwest would
charge us for the earphone usage. My bad
experience with MAS was during the meal
time. Some said, "beef chicken...beef
chicken..beef chicken..." and when I
said 'Beef' the reply was 'beef finish'.
Air Asia came much later. I took it to
Lombok, Surabaya, Padang, Tokyo and
Maldives. But I was never happy with it
for the various extra charges. In
Jakarta once we were not allowed to
board the plain for not producing a
custom declaration card. We have to rush
back to the custom counter for it.
If I have any alternative carrier which
is just a little more expensive I would
opt for the alternative. Within these
few years I had been flying MAS to Kuala
Lumpur. My luggage problem would be
settled.
I took BA to London. It was as good as
MAS, Garuda to Jogjakarta, Quantas to
Australia and a few other ten sitter
planes. I do not remember the flight to
New Zealand.
The worst of all was the internal flight
from Los Angeles to New York. I don't
remember the airline. We were starving.
There were several hours of delay at
different location. |
BOOKING DONE TO SILK ROUTE
Booking fee of RM1K has been paid to the
travelling agent today for the trip on 11th
September 2018. It had been several time
when the trip was postponed. Prior to this
one I will be visiting Maldives again on
12th August. I have not paid for the island
tour. It is not because I have plenty of
cash but because I won't have many days more
to live. I will die any time soon. I k now
my health condition and I am not going to
strive not to die since I have crossed the
70s line.
I do not look for details about the total
program and it's itinerary yet. It is about
10 days inclusive of two days of leaving and
returning. The tour duration will be 8 days.
I know it will hectic but full of fun. I
hope I won't die during the trip unless they
are willing to leave in the desert. As
always I will be alone in the back seat.
I worked hard enough during my younger days.
I save for my old age and for the trips. I
might as well fulfilled my dream.
While others crave to go to the North pole
and to see the aurora I put aside of
visiting cold places. I have had much
experience with icing and snowing. And I
hate carrying thick clothing in my bag. They
consume plenty of space.
I think September wouldn't be too cold. I
have not checked the temperature yet during
the month.
I just wish myself good luck.
09/05/2018
- Abdul Rahman Raof |
WHAT
PARTY TO VOTE ? |
WHAT
I THINK OF ROSMAH-JUST MY THOUGHT |
I made my own decision on the political
party of my choice. I can change it if I
feel it needs to be changed. Nobody can
convince me anything. I never want to
attend any political rally by any party,
PAS, BN or PH. Neither do I watch TV
other than live soccer match. So much so
I do not follow the progress of the
world.
People cannot make me sway from the main
issue. I will stay firm and patiently
wait for the voting day.
So far I was not wrong in my prediction
as what will happen after the election.
Yet the same people who vote for a party
of their choice will be the first to
curse their chosen party. The myopic
visions of the Malays is so real that
they become refugees in their own land,
selling their lands and towns away and
then disintegrated sporadically.
The cash handout they received quickly
erased the past memory. I hate this kind
of people so much that I am happy to see
them suffering. A strong supporter of
UMNO had been unemployed for many years
and survived under his wife's income.
There are many people who are just like
him.
Of course I can't change the world or
force the world to think like me. It is
their right to choose their own path
either to heaven or to hell. I am
telling myself to be selective in
helping people. I should also treat the
religious figures like any other people.
It looks like some of them are hiding
behind the Koranic verses to cheat and
lie.
These kind of clerics existed since we
knew about what we called PADI KUNCA.
08/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
If Najib
does not marry Rosmah he would have to
face much problems as he is facing
today. I have a glance at Rosmah's few
clips and studying her behaviour and
deduced some conclusions about her. Like
many other people she thinks she is the
smartest in the country and has am
authoritarian trait in here.
She
commanded apprehension on those who
criticize her. She used government jet
for her shopping spree. She spent
lavishly trespassing public funds. In
short she think she is the government.
It is not a surprise that she was called
the real Prime Minister.
We
have several Prime Minister's wives
before her but there weren't any
controversial issue rising. Dr Asmah is
a medical doctor with knowledge and
skills but played her role well like
many other First ladies of the world.
And she even said that she saved money
from her young age to be able to buy
million dollar jewelries.
I
would have guessed that she talked to
Putin over Mh17 and to Obama and other
American top people on things pertaining
to 1Mdb. "I don't have time for
badminton as I was too busy with the
country." Just dig the history of French
Revolution and compare her to Marie
Antoinette. Some even described the
couple as Bony and Clyde.
Even
the world's media blazoned the news of
Rosmah's handbags, rings and necklaces.
Why Malaysia was quiet ? It should take
legal action if they were not true.
There
is a Malay saying Pandai-Pandai Tupai
Melompat Akhirnya ke Tanah Juga. None of
them can outsmart China. Believe me. |
SWEET AND
SALTY FOOD |
Some food from some vendors can
be poison. I tasted most of the
food from many stalls and
restaurants and they are always
sweet or saltish. One
businessman told me in a soup
they put plenty of sugar. The
mixtures some other ingredients
made them tastier and more
delicious. Even the fish, the
prawns and vegetables were all
sweet. It is hard to find stalls
and restaurants selling food
with less salt and sugar. I find
it is safe to go to Mac Donald,
KFC, Secret Recipe or the Indian
restaurants. I can find hot
curry with chilies to replace
the sweet and saltish stuffs.
Sugar free food is usually more
expensive. Western menu like
Fish & Chips, Lamb Chops, Beef
Steak that I used to take do not
have sugar-sweet taste. Nasi
Lemak Udang sold in small packet
I took this morning was almost
totally tasteless but it suits
me. It is just a ringit per
packet. Potato chips and wedges
are also free of normal sugar.
I
don't know about the Chinese
food. I am talking about the
halal ones from the Muslim
restaurants and stalls.
Customers simply do not care
about what they take and they
may not be thinking of their
health. I saw many overweigh
young girls around. They do not
control themselves in food
consumption until they are
strike by diabetes and heart
disease. Many die at a young
age. If they think that death is
in the hand of God, they
shouldn't have to go for
medication at all.
There are killer disease in
ourselves that we do not know.
The common one is the
cardiovascular. One symptom I
would guess of such a person is
his temperamental and easily
angered character. He can't
stand a slight provocation. A
person whose emotion is ruling
him is a bound to have a heart
ailment.
There is a saying 'you are what
you eat' . It applies to your
body size and your health.
There is a small compensation
for the bad food intake ie.
regular exercise for an hour or
two each day. It won't make you
live forever but you do feel
better after doing it.
07/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
MY DRONE
IS SICK AGAIN |
|
My drone
has to be sent for repair again. I guess
it will take three weeks. The camera and
the gimbal simply did not response to
the controller or even through the it's
wifi system. I don't know what goes
wrong. I realized it when I went to
China Town to record both the Malay and
China towns. I would be some story I can
narrate on. I don't worry much as it is
under warranty.
What am I
to do without a drone ? I have to revert
my activity just before I procured it. I
have to make watching Youtube movies
with my smart TV.
Being
jobless, lonely and old, I have to fill
in my time. I do not find radio activity
as appealing as before. It is being
replaced by computer chat and reading
e-book.
These few
days we are having election fever. The
atmosphere is different from before as
cheatings and corrupting are so rampant.
There are bullies and there are victims.
And this is the first time I ever see so
many of BN and PAS flags, billboards and
banners, estimated to cost billions of
Malaysian dollars. It made me busy as
well, readings all propaganda stuffs
from all sides. None can convince me
with new things because I have decided
the party of my choice even 4 years ago.
Soon
after it is over will be Ramadzan. My
drone may not come back till the end of
May.
I saw a
few trips made on the new year days. At
first I was thinking of following the
trip since I am alone and celebrate the
Idil Fitri outside the country. But I
doubted whether the Malaysian Muslim
want to join the trip. The Malays have
been celebrating the festival at home
traditionally. I guess I have to observe
of the progress of the tour agencies.
If I
don't I will need my drone to capture
people playing fireworks at night, on
the eve of the Id. It will certainly be
an interesting one.
I can
always buy another one and sacrifice
about RM3.5K. Since the toy is not cheap
and it is not so reliable. I must not be
foolish to waste my pittance on China's
product again. In my mind I am thinking
of buying an American made drone one
day.
06/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
1. SCAMMERS TRYING TO REACH ME
A phone call this morning alleging from
the court asking me for my IC number to
check my court case. I said I have never
have a case and never have problem with
the law and hung up. As the court is
just near my house I went to make an
inquiry. One lady officer immediately
told me that it was a SCAM. She
described how I would hear in the phone
which was exactly as her description. I
put the story in the Facebook. Already
one person had been trapped this morning
by similar scam.
2. STRANGE SPECIE
Behind a curtain there is a box, black
in color. A man was asked to guess the
color of the box. He said it is white.
When the curtain is opened and he sees
the color is black, he immediately says,
"It is a FITNAH (slander)." He keeps on
repeating it time and again.
Another yells that infidels are the
enemies of Islam and must be killed.
Then we tell him to abandon all that is
un-Islamic and products made by the
infidels, the TV and other house
utensils, his car and his belongings
except the ones made by the Muslims.
Instead of throwing away the infidels'
products, he aggressively attack
us as infidels and sinners. He just
loves the goods made by infidels
especially the cell-phone.
3. WHAT PARTY WILL I BE VOTING ?
I don't love any particular political
party. But for sure I will not vote for
BN because of the introduction of GST
that taxed the poor, the disabilities,
the newly born and even the dead people.
And the abolishment of several
subsidies. I will also reject a party
that condoned thefts and robberies, and
lying to the masses through their teeth.
|
CAN PAS
LIE ? |
Some
people with God in their mouth, dressed
in robes and Jubah and the serban do lie
and run away with people's money. I
think they will always carry with them
justifications for cheating and lying.
As I have said before they will turn the
corruption money as donation as long as
the money is not for an individual
usage. And that will be the fatwa.
Lying to
save Islam would be halal. Lying to save
a political party is also halal. And
then they will come up with Verses from
the Holly Book and Hadith and all sort
of tradition. They would not realize
that they are making Islam more and more
repulsive to the non-Muslims, who time
after time were asking whether their
tongues could be cut according to Hudud
law. PAS is seen to lie on their mission
to save Najib and their receiving money
from UMNO.
To
justify their actions they create an
infidel enemies before them, the DAP
party as an enemy that is destroying
Islam. God would halal the money and the
lies to fight this anti-Islamic party.
Their leader, Hadi, had once called the
Muslim to fight UMNO and to die against
the non-Islamic BN was to die as a
martyr. Today he is working hands in
gloves with UMNO and he has another
justification for it.
The
Muslim clerics in Penang claimed that
they flourish under DAP. Yet PAS keep on
saying DAP is anti Malay and anti Islam.
The
inconsistencies and the spinning do not
depict the cleanliness and honourable
features of the party.
ONly God
knows and only God decides.
05/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
THE
MALAY MIND |
I am
not talking of the Malay mind in
general. I do not have proofs to show
how the general Malays think. When I
mentioned the phrase Malay minds, I mean
the minds of the Malays whom I
encountered with in a certain
situational condition. As an old man I
do remember everything of the past
except that I know I have done a lot os
errors and mistakes. I don't remember
calling my students stupid nor moron,
the whole life of my teaching
profession. I caned and punished them
and never to forgive those who pushed
drugs. They broke up many families and
making many people suffer by their
enterprise. Neither I ever looked down
at my teachers who did not go to
universities.
During
the course of my living I met so many
people who loved to brag and show to
people of their ability. I had narrated
about a friend who was sent to a
computer course and told me the
instructor was not knowledgeable enough
for not knowing to run a certain
commercial software. "I am better than
him anytime," he told me. And I heard
people condemning their teachers for
being stupid enough not to go to have
university education. And finally a PHD
guy who said in one of the PIBG's
meeting, "If you do not have a PHD don't
try to argue with me......"
One
Muslim cleric in campaigning for a
general election said, "You must vote
for a Muslim whether he is a thief, bad
or cruel. Do not vote for the infidels."
So the followers follow to yell the same
texts and tones. If you were to tell
these Malays to boycott shops run by the
infidels and to destroy all the goods
nade by the later, they will go crazy
and get very mad at you. If they can
hate Israel and boycott goods from
Israel, they also should stop buying
goods sold and made by the infidels.
And
there is a person who would curse the
doctors, lawyers and other professionals
as stupid for believing in something
different from him. This guy didn't even
go to a college.
Rather
than using their minds to think, they
administer themselves with emotions and
sentiments. One of my lecturers told us
to THINK at least once a day.
Would
we stop them from hating an infidel or a
Chinese ? This evening I went to a
Chinese shop. They were more than 30
Malay customers and no Chinese. The
owner and the cashers are all Chinese
and infidels. Out of the 30 Malays how
many of them are the followers of the
Muslim cleric. Whether the shop belongs
to MCA or DAP, they both oppose
Syariah's law.
If you
were to ask a PAS man the different
between MCA and DAP he will say DAP
stops Islamic activity in Penang. If you
tell them that DAP gave a huge funds to
the Islamic body, they won't want to
accept it. It is not Lim Guan Eng who
claimed of the huge funding but the
Islamic body and the Penang Muslim
clerics declared them.
I have
been labelled stupid by many of my
students after I asked them whether
a banner with a sentence
THOSE WHO VOTE FOR PAS WILL GO TO HEAVEN
is true or a fake one. If the mind
thinks it is a fake surely it will be
followed by a question 'who did it', a
Muslim or non-Muslim. From the angry
response it looks like it is a serious
matter. Was it hard to investigate
? Could it not be made by the PAS
followers ? Is PAS a rational party ?
Do I
have to say more of the Malay minds ?
05/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
WHEN
PEOPLE DEFAME YOU |
It is
very cruel for many people to call our
Prime Minister a crook and a thief. It
is a great defamatory remark that must
not be allowed to go unchallenged. The
least we can do is to demand for
retraction and apology. The worst is to
declare an all out war. DOJ used the
term Kleptocrat on DS Najib. And a
former world banker called him a crook.
We are
still waiting for a summon to be served
on the fake report of WSJ and we want
Najib to take legal action on DOJ to
accuse our leader as stealing the 1Mdb's
money which he denied. Our Attorney
General said not a cent of 1Mdb's money
was misappropriated, which means DOJ and
other unfriendly foreign media were
lying. The foreigners said DS Najib
stole the money but the later denied it
saying it was a donation from Saudi
Arabia. To say the donated money as the
stolen money from 1Mdb was not a trifle
matter. Our honor is at stake.
Don't we
have any honor and shame at all ? This
is real, not an imagination nor a dream.
We don't wait or try to corrupt people
to withdraw their statements.
The only
way to stop the Kleptocrat story forever
is to sue DOJ and WSJ and all other
media that talked about our thievery.
BN is
telling us that 1mdb does not rob the
rakyat at all. Not a dollar short in
everyone's bank account. And people came
to believe it. The money lost is not in
the physical sense but seen through it's
value and purchasing power. The attempt
to fill the 1Mdb holes, to pay the
interest, paying twice to the IPIC needs
effort to find the money. It has to come
from taxation, the abolishment of
subsidies or to get it from somebody
outside the country. And the distrust
towards the leader might be the cause of
investors moved out of the country. The
whole manipulation saw the declining
value of our money compared to Thai Baht
or Indonesian Rupiahs. Prices of
imported products soared. That's how we
are losing our money.
Even
giving RM250 millions to Shahrizat's
family does not make a dollar of our
saving disappear, the plundering all of
national coffers too does not cut our
saving. Would that be alright ?
Then it
is wise to take DOJ to court and told
the judges that the citizens do not
suffer from the kleptocratic government.
Why should we let our honor be urinated
and kicked into the drain ?
05/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
IF IT IS
YOUR CHOICE THEN BARE WITH IT |
We can't
force people to think like us. They can
choose their own ways and styles,
embrace their own beliefs and
philosophies. But never to come back to
me lamenting of any mishaps that befell
them. I would not have advised and
warned people if I don't care about
their welfare. I think it is my moral
responsibility to tell them the right
thing. If they refuse it, it is their
own funeral. And I always tell them to
wait and see.
I have
seen people of their rise and fall. They
were all the supporters of UMNO. And I
saw how UMNO cheated PAS during Asri's
era. Before GE13 I told my opponents in
the Facebook to wait and see what would
transpire after the GE13. I suspect the
same vicious cycle is happening again a
few months after GE14. I can't say what
will happen but I guess something big
will take place. I want to see the
behaviours of the known supporters. We
don't be surprise when they blame the
DAP again. Remember DAP is never in
power.
Of course
we would pray for the brighter future.
Najib's
sources of income come from local
taxation including GST and China. This
is to cover a big debt and interest. We
have to see how the balancing act would
affect the masses. What will happen to
the value of money and what will be the
purchasing power. Which other Malays
will be chased out by the China's
companies out of their land. I really
don't know how much we are paying for
all loans we make inclusive of interest
and how much we collect from GST and
other taxes to assess our leaning
pressure on China.
Hadi has
just said that PAS will get 40 seats and
will form a government with BN, Don't
UMNO, MCA and MIC have enough seats for
BN to form a government ? Unless he was
told that MCA and MIC would not have
enough for UMNO. I think PAS is not
popular in Trengganu itself. Would UMNO
sacrifices their seats in Kelantan and
Kedah for the sake of PAS ?
Viewing
from my perspective I think Najib has
several plans. If UMNO can win enough
seats someone will ask Hadi to fly kite.
If it is weak it needs PAS for a
government. It is a gamble that he takes
as long as he is safe. But PAS members
won't feel the heat of economic
difficulty even if UMNO chucked the
party out. The poor economy will effect
UMNO supporters most despite the BR1M.
The
people has been warned about the
possible consequences of choosing BN.
There must be no regret and no
lamenting. As far as Najib is concerned
his nightmare won't be over even if he
continues to be a Prime Minister. There
will be pressure from China and the
unending job of DOJ over money
laundering. The international hunt for
the crooks and scammers continue. A very
massive resources will be used to fight
and corrupt these nations. It will be
the voters who will pay for Najib.
04/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
PREDICTIONS |
My predictions are almost based on
causal effect and human nature. Many
years ago during the tenure of Dr
Mahathir I told my friends that UMNO
will fight among themselves. I made the
prediction as I knew that the members
were so greedy and worked hard to grab
for a few projects. They would have to
stab and kill each other to survive. All
came out to be true. It continues from
Dr Mahathir to Najib's administration.
When I was 12 I did read a book entitled
MONEY IS THE ROOT TO ALL EVIL though I
didn't understand much of English. It
described a string of evil and sinful
things that money could drive people to
do. The Chinese has a saying that 'with
money one can ask the Satan to pull a
bullock cart for you'. After more than
50 years later I heard Najib said that
CASH IS KING. That made me thought about
who is smarter, Najib or the Chinese.
Causal effect means the result of a
certain acts or happenings.
I would expect Hadi Awang to show
support to Najib when the Prime Minister
paid a visit to the hospital to see the
former in a ward. That was the time I
told one religious teacher that Najib
had broken the camel's back. He didn't
believed me then, but narrated about
government's project awarded to Hadi's
son in law. What I said was the causal
effect that happens to have taken place.
My prediction on the winner of this GE
is neither base on the causal effect or
human factors. But it is base on what I
notice in the structural design of
Najib's administration followed by the
massive corruption. It is base on that
Najib will win.
All the time I ask myself 'where does
all the money come from ?' BN's flags
alone would cause millions or may even
be billions of ringgit. I even suspect
that PAS's flags are financed by UMNO
and made by the same company. The hard
cash given out will sum up to the same
figure. DRB Hicom claimed that 30
million ringgit were promised as
incentives the the workers.
If it is the money from GST it means the
money from the all citizens from all
political parties. Are they from
donation again ? We have been hearing
donation songs sung by BN and PAS. Who
would want to donate billions without
getting back nothing in return. Even
Najib himself had said that 'if you give
me something I'll give you the money...'
It has to be reciprocal in nature.
Or is it from China ? If it is, is it a
direct cash or it is incorporated into
the ECRL project ?
It is at this point the question of
selling land to China come whirling our
mind. And now it has become a security
and sovereignty factor.
A puzzle or a problem that has to be
examined through different angles and
there have to be alternative solutions
to it. But this is not a problem. It is
to find out the answer as to the source
of money. Surely it will be a great
impact of after-election effect. If it
puts more burden on the populace Najib
has to execute a more repressive measure
to curb any spread of possible
discontent.
Other than the causal-effect, human
nature and reasoning, people may tell
the future by some mysterious means.
Hadi Awang claims that he dreamt meeting
with Prophet Moghammed and God
sent him messages through the dreams.
The Chinese are still using the Feng
Sui.
Seeing the total happenings in this
country I FEEL our future is not good.
Before GE13 I fought and said that our
future will not be good after the
election. Indeed it happened to be true.
And after GE14 I smell more and greater
disaster. China will be bullying Najib
like hell.
03/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
NAJIB
DESTROYS THE MALAYS |
Yes Najib
will win the GE14 election. His main
victory is that he is free from being
jailed or tortured. But the turbulence
is far from over. The hatred deepens and
the government will have to be more
authoritarian. It is Najib who will be
responsible to create chaos and the
growing dissidents against him and his
spouse. It is him who is responsible for
causing the proliferation of hatred
among the Malays and the society of
Bugis.
It will
be the Malays who will suffer the most.
They will make enemies among themselves.
Those who vote for Najib will be charged
as traitors to the country and their own
race. As Najib is finding excuses for
the declining economy and the selling of
more land to the Chinese, the disunity
among the Malays will be more severe.
The world
knows what sort of a person Njib is and
will decide a policy either for or
against him. It is whether to uphold the
moral value or to reap all the benefit
they could get. But Najib is more than a
question or morality, he is also in
collusion with China's expansionist
policy, which slowly limits and narrow
down the United States security sphere.
It is likely he will be treated as equal
to Idi Amin or Gadafi.
His name
will nevertheless go down in history
books together with Suharto and the rest
of the world's kleptocrat. He may be
associated with several murder cases.
Marcos's name is still been mentioned
today. The dead feels nothing but the
livings feel the shame. The worst of
Najib is that he does not guard our
security and sovereignty by sleeping
with China and giving land to them and
defending them more than the fellow
Malaysians. He cheats the people and lie
to them about his kowtowing to the
communist. He is a fool not to know the
Chinese design. And the UMNO supporters
are too foolish not to read between the
lines of Tiong Lai's behaviour.
The
Kampong Malays who support him are poor
people. They cling on Najib's BR1M and
will want to secure it in their whole lives.
The more richer and affordable would
not suffer as much as these poor guys.
These Malays dwell in flats and terrace
houses whereas the opponents of GST own
a RM500K - RM1milliom bungalows. As it
looks, these Malays like it that way.
View in another perspective, they love
to pay for Rosmah's comfort while they don shabby
outfits and stay in birds' nests.
These
UMNO guys will not be able to buy land
in China and build a private city where
only UMNO supporters can live.
Yet, that they did the opposite to the
Chinese. A Chinese from Malaysia can buy
a condo in China but it only belongs to
him for 10 years.
This is
what Najib does to Malaysia.
02/05/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
AMONG THE FACES OF THE SATAN |
I am
anxious to know their addresses. Before
I die I want to visit both of them. |
DIRECT VS
GATEWAY COMMUNICATION |
BAN ON
DRONES |
We are
all entitled to our own views. And
different people do not have the same
taste. As far as I am concerned an
amateur radio is a communication through
the air waves to a distant place. People
do not use radio to talk to each other
within a few yards. And it has to
be a two way of intelligent
communication between human to qualify
it as amateur radio.
If a man
were to talk alone over the radio he is
broadcasting.
I do not
find it tasteful to combine
transmissions musing lines and radio
wave. Since Echo-link came into being I
did not interest in it at all. During
that time computer chats throughout the
world was already in existence using
voice and text at the same time. I was
in there for more than 6 years and
enjoyed myself in it as I was with the
ham radio before that. Nobody has to
have any license to do that.
The
wonder of the modern technology is the
GPS incorporated in cell-phones, drones,
watches and many other mobile
equipments. Combine with maps it could
show the exact location of a person on
the globe. Of course one day it will be
a part of the radio circuit that will
sent at the beginning of the chat so
that the other side would be able to
know the location of the parties.
Secondly
information are digitized, compacted and
kept in small gadget smaller than a
thumb by millions of words in it. A
cell-phone can keep books and nobles by
volumes and readily readable anywhere at
any time. Hence to million of people
cell-phone is a natural choice. One can
have visual and voice communication
directly with another directly with
ease. Why should one go the long winded
way to reach the other point if one can
do it directly ?
The radio
and computer combined using gateways are
merely technical game and experiment as
it's efficiency is reduced by the added
steps whereas the cell-phone is straight
forward and cuts the unnecessarily added
steps. Even the normal chatting system
can specifically restrict to window ham
groups. Just open a window for it. But
it won't be fun as the real adventure of
cruising against the band condition and
the noise level. There is a kick to be
able to pick up a pile up stations that
buzz in like the bees.
We are
not to debate which is more progressive
but rather to state a mere view. To me I
do nit find it a pleasure using gateway
and digital methodology.
28/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
Drones are banned for a time being.
Malaysians are not so sophisticated like
the actors in the Hollywood movies to
cause havoc or to kill using the
aircraft. The worst sophisticated
killing machine is the IRA. IRA talked
less, said less but bombed the most
without traced.
If the Malaysians want to create trouble
they would not wait for the election
days. They would have done it at any
time at all, even without being a member
of a terrorist group. The
anti-government group are mainly from
the middle and upper income group. These
are the people who can afford to own
drones and they are also the people who
have enough bread to go around.
Many drone owners love scenic
photography. I won't buy a drone just to
fly it like a kite or without a camera
on it. A few I knew have a passion for
over the cloud photography. They went
climbing hills and mountains to capture
beautiful places.
I may dislike Najib and Rosmah. But I
will not go to the extend of hurting
them by any mean, not even thinking of
using the drone. Drone that carries
weapons are not made for public. They
are used by military and police forces.
We leave to God to deal with them and we
pray for a severe one, for causing so
much hardship to us.
The main target of my drone is the
Sandbank and the sea water in Maldives.
Since I failed to bring it to the island
last January, I will bring it again on
the coming August. Whatever I can
capture with a handycam I would do so
with the cam. Whenever I want to capture
under water I will use GoPro.
Hobby drones' flying time is short, only
27 minutes for Mavic Pro. The military
version with the new battery system may
be able to fly forever. Such a battery
is being developed in Silicon
Valley by the Indian scientist several
years ago. Some drone lovers may
be curious to learn more about such an
infinite energy supply.
If fate has been written then there is
nothing that we can do. You don't
believe it ?
Ban the drone. Make the new rules.
Employ a million guards. When the time
is up we will witness how things will
befell the sinners. |
WHAT YOU
DO WITH THE MONEY AND WHAT THE MONEY CAN
DO TO THE COUNTRY |
BN
goes all out with money. What we call as
corrupt they call it as donation and
gift, helping the poor. If we do it they
call it corruption. Wasn't the
anti-corruption guy blackmailed to side
UMNO on his extra-marital affair with a
married woman ? Where are the
words "...we have God with us..."
Marcos
was throne out because he gave out money
to voters by the people, not by the
court or an anti-corruption agency.
Najib is a firm believer of CASH IS
KING. And in almost every campaign he
talks about giving out money to voters.
He does not only giving out cash to the
locals but millions to the outsiders.
For what reasons he donated to foreign
institutions, individuals and even to
people close to American Presidents ?
And where did he get the money from ?
Saving from his childhood days ? From
his father's wealth ?
Of
course we do not see what have happened.
But like everybody else people make
conjecture. They suspect money,
millions, went into the pockets of
foreign judges covertly and quietly.
Just because people do not see, it does
not mean they were all fake. Just
because we don't see what our fathers
did to our mothers it did not mean there
were no proof that the sexual intimacies
had actually happen. We are the proofs.
Would the court say they are only
hearsays ?
Really
we can see how many Malays are fools and
their true colors, their mentality and
traits. We are shocked to see people
without shame, like an emperor with a
transparent dress. The world has seen
how corrupt we are and called us by
names, crook, kleptocrat and autocrat.
What seem to be the truth we hide them
behind OSA then we denied them. Remember
Apandi's statement that the Swiss
authority did not even consult him ? But
when they came to see him he did not
himself available ? Is he not an
accomplice to a certain form of crime ?
Where goes his daily prayer and his God
and religion ?
1Mdb
is one. Corruption is one. The worst of
all is giving away land to China and
giving the Chinese military power to
control us. Of course Najib and the UMNO
ministers will deny saying our
sovereignty remains intact. He is
telling us that those are for China's
investments. To use the world 'stupid'
may sound emotional and the show of
respect. What else can we call Najib for
such a decision, giving the country to China. "No, where
giving Malaysia to China ?" surely
will be the response. To him giving away
may mean when China come to rule
Malaysia with a new constitution.
China
thinks strategically. Najib thinks on
how to save himself. His followers
thinks about money Najib promised to
shower them.
As I
have been saying repeatedly most of us
will die before we are able to see a
real hell on our shore including many of
Najib's critics. But Najib will still be
alive and becoming confuse like a crazy
man as the UMNO supporters will be
lamenting and regretting. By then it
will be too late. That's why I
prophesize that Najib will be the last
Prime Minister of Malaysia. Najib can
corrupt the people to command for
support. His craze for money will sell
away the beloved nation.
25/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
DEMOCRACY IN UMNO ? |
FUAD
ZARKASHI |
There
must be election for every post in UMNO
including the top post. But to remain in
power someone will come up with a
proposition that the number one and
number two post must not be contested.
This is where democracy is dead in UMNO.
Bad leaders always fear that they will
be thrown out and would use their gang
members to suggest and propose to
maintain the current leaders. What, if
not because of the money factor ? To
avoid of being accused of corruption
democracy must be restored.
Of course
not all of UMNO members buy what Najib
says. They also read DOJ and aware of
worlds' conceptions of Najib. The worst
is about the great fear of losing our
sovereignty to China. The Chinese seem
to be more powerful than anybody else
and Najib is kowtowing to China.
The fear
that this would happen he tried to avoid
the election, He thought he was so
strong enough that nobody could do
anything to him. He even called the
police and the army to show allegiance
to him instead to the King. Now he is
not a Prime Minister anymore. And he
thinks he can still run this country
undemocratically.
There is
no way to say that UMNO is still a legal
party anymore as saying Najib is not the
son of Razak and Toh Puan Raha. This is
the Rule of Law, the real democratic
process. ROS has no power to extend the
AGM period in UMNO or followed the order
of Ku Nan or Najib.
With the
agreement of all political parties the
election date can be shifted to a later
time and BERSATU is allowed to contest
on it's own banner. The anti corruption
body must be declared independent again
with a new head, to apprehend all those
responsible in killing the democratic
process by corrupting the voters with
hard cash and giving trips locally and
to countries outside Malaysia.
Remember
ours is Polis Di Raja Malaysia not
Poilis DiNajib Malaysia, Royal Malay
Regiment not Najib Malay Regiment.
23/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof
|
If I
were Fuad I would not demand anything
from Najib but would resign from my job
immediately. He should have read what
Zahid Hamidi commented about him, that
he could be an Independent candidate.
Another words Zahid showed the way out
for him. He should have just quit UMNO.
When
people talked about Najib and the world
called him a kleptocrat and a few called
him crook, Fuad fought hard for Najib.
There is even a covert investigation
whether Najib murdered Kevin Morais,
Najadi, Altantuya and PI-Bala, Fuad was
staunch in defending Najib as an honest
man.
Didn't
Fuad know that Najib does not scare one
bit of any threat. Why ? Because he has
so much wealth accumulated and ever
ready to leave this country in case BN is
defeated. Is Fuad ready to flee the
country in case of any bad happening ?
Najib declared that he is a Makassarian.
Zahid Hamidi declared that Java is his
kampong.
In my
opinion Fuad deserves it for trying to
protect a person a former World Bank
boss called Crook and the DOJ called
Thief. There are many lies that have
been told about Najib and Rosmah to the
people. The Hindus said that Karma comes
to soon and too quick. Even the ROS
deregistration of BERSATU hit back by an
immediate by the illegality of UMNO by
it's own constitution.
Fuad
and all UMNO members should understand
that Najib does not care about the party
and the country but merely to save
himself from going to jail. He may not
know of the defence agreement with China
when it was first made and the selling
of much land to China.
I
doubt whether he and the other UMNO
members know what Tiong Lai is telling
the Chinese. For Bashah not to be smart,
he is just a SRP holder. But for a PHD
person to be so stupid, a lot of people
feel sorry for him.
Fuad
just deserves it. |
THE
ROUTINE, THE BOREDOM |
Daily
routine can sometimes be boring. Today I
have a new activity, to pick up a new
monthly maid to clean up my compound.
The old one has got a job in Cyberjaya.
She introduced this new person, a close
friend of hers from Surabaya. I saw this
one is pregnant. She had not doing any
job for several days and need this one
badly. She just have to sweep the dried
leaves under the rambutan and mango
trees. It took 2 1/2 hours for her to
get the job done. I picked her up at
9.30 and sent her home at 12 am. I paid
by the piece work not the time rate. She
asked to do the inside cleaning which I
said I will call her again.
After
a short rest passed dinner time I get
myself ready for an early evening walk.
Walking at 4 pm under the shade was no
so bad. Crowds started to swell just
before 5pm when I was about to go home.
I was thinking of going to Perlis for
dinner. I asked someone to accompany me
due to the long distant. Only by 6.30pm
the reply was negative. While thinking
of my decision I decided to watch 3D
movies on my 3D TV from the Youtube. I
have a 3D spects which I have charged a
couple of days ago. It was spectacular
and amazing. I watched for an hour about
butterfly and nature, so splendid and
beautiful.
I
brought my drone out while going for
dinner, may be I might want to shoot a
clip somewhere. Instead of going to an
expensive place, I went to the ordinary
Indian restaurant. A delicious rice with
excellent gravy and all cost me only
RM8. I did not go for shooting movie
after my meal. I rushed home
immediately.
At
home I continued watching the 3D again,
a cartoon for 1 hour 20 minutes and a
Chinese ghost for 7 minutes.
Then I
went into my radio shack and worked a
Thai station HS7JEN. Just one station.
The
current new maid had asked me time and
again to look for a new wife to kill my
boredom. At least I will have a company, somebody
to talk to. She is different from the
former one who showed less concern.
For
tomorrow I do not have any special
program yet. I still could not figure
out the next location for shooting
pictures unless I am willing to move out
of my district, like going to Langkawi,
Phuket, Cameron Highland or even drive
to the East Coast. That would be very
hectic, and uninteresting without a
company. Then I have to follow the
routine again. At 9 am will go for my
breakfast and then coming home for
computing or viewing videos on my TV. At
3 pm will go for my lunch and 5 pm
putting on the evening exercise attire.
Imagine I am to do that for the whole
year.
The only advantage for
the restricted movements and extended
activities is that I spend less money
other than food. Within a few months the
accumulated amount will bve enough to
take me across the Malaysian border to
see exotic spectre and scenic places for
5 or 6 days. The young women atr KFC
always said to me, "Uncle, you go alone
, how could you..." And I would just
smile.
I never like to stay with
my kids for they have hurt me so much in
many ways. I wanted them to be teachers
and doctors because they were bright
enough to be so. One who got the
teaching job simply walked out. The rest
told me not to interfere in their choice
of professions. The hurt is deep and
will not be killed by time. I even
thought of going to a place unknown by
all and die alone there. Rosmah and
Najib may not be thinking of death but I
have always been thinking of my last day
that may not be longer than 2 or three
years more.
23/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
NO
PAS MEMBERS WILL GO TO HELL ? |
|
Don't be surprise if Muslim clerics are
called terrorists. They are very
pompous, spewed their words with full of
emotion. I am not a fan of DAP but I
analyzed things with reasons and
rationality. Hadi said that he condemned
DAP with the party rejected Hudud.
Didn';t he know the percentage of UMNO
Malays who also rejected the Islamic
Law. Dr Mashitoh Ibrahim even argued
against it in the mosque. And MCA as
well as Gerakan stand firm against the
law.
The
image of Hadi's terrorist was seen in
the Memali incidence where the PAS
members believed the infidel government
must be thrown down. UMNO was regarded
as running the infidel constitution.
There were a series of speeches inciting
the Malays against DAP for being
anti-Islam as if PAS members and the
party are the martyrs. Heaven is only
made for them. PAS seem to know better
than God what's in human's hearts.
Hadi and Ustaz Idrus and probably all
PAS members underestimate and look down
upon women. They thought only men can
lead the country as a Minister or a
President. Idrus said that women are
always inferior to men in physical
strength and sports. Take both to race
with normal women or join the jogging
events with them, only then they will
know who is stronger.
I
have been visiting the Muslim countries
like Morocco and Egypt and compare them
with the non-Muslim countries the
different in cleanliness and
developments are sky of difference. It
is the mentality problem.
The
top video clip could open up our mind,
at least to think about it and compare
with the states ruled by BN. And
stealing and lying and bragging are like
taking a bath everyday to them. UMNO has
been very arrogance and high handed.
Corruption is at the highest level. Are
all these practices Islamic ?
I
am not pro DAP or PKR. I have been my
vote to PAS for many years. But I feel
so sorry to see Hadi Awang as he is.
22/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
MONEY FROM GOD |
I
have always known that whenever ulama
receive any form of money they will say
they are from God. The word is REZEKI,
God's providence. I narrated a story
about a murderer who said that he did
not shoot a man but the gun was. So
catch the gun and jailed it. On further
argument he said I don't have any
intention of shooting at all. It was my
hand that was wrong, cut my hand and
hang it.
A
new way of accepting bribes is to
say,"Don't give me the money. I won't
touch it. If you insist give it to my in
law or my friends or my wife".
We
read about several ulama who live beyond
their mean from an instant wealth coming
from nowhere. They know that to say they
save from when they were young their
tongue must be cut immediately. The only
right answer is to say it comes from
God. Indeed to the Muslims whatever
things they receive are given by God. I
have to admit that too. So they bought
luxury cars and built million dollar
lodging and even marry another wife.
Could they be wrong ?
22/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
UMNO
AND PAS TALK OF DAP's RULE |
GARBAGE HUNTERS |
When
China takes control everyone must know
Mandarin. China did not raise up on any
other language but the Chinese Hua Yi.
There are already many Malays who have
sent their kids to Chinese school. I
went to night class on my own accord in
1962. Millions of PAS and UMNO members
have not acquired the knowledge though
Rosmah's son is a Chinese educated.
China's control is something inevitable.
They have set their feet here, own a
huge land area and applied their own
regulations over the Malaysian rules.
Part of China's territories are here, in
Johor and Pahang where their rules are
applied. DS Najib Razak had said that
Forest City is not even on Johore's
land. And China has it's university here
instead of having it in China. We call
it China's investments that will bring
prosperity to the Malays.
Now
our military land has been
disintegrated. Later the farmland will
be attacked. Things may take years as
the Malay fishermen in Kuala Kedah lost
their total business and disintegrate,
leaving a few to survive as inshore.
Even farmland has been changing hands.
The Malays seem to like it these ways.
They are happy to live in terrace houses
while others are owning a million dollar
bungalows.
China's hotels and businesses will use
the Malays as long as they need them and
will chuck them off when their services
are no longer required.
This
is how I see it. Majority of the Malays
do not share my view. But it will not
harm me. It is the risk they love to
take. The future generations do not feel
the regret as they do not know the past.
Everybody experience similar things. They
go to Chinese school and speak Mandarin
among themselves.
What
the hack do these UMNO talk about DAP ?
21/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
To
some life is becoming harder. I had
never seen young Malays becoming garbage
hunters before. But now there are plenty
of them. Friends in the village out of
town have been complaining of thieves
and housebreakers harassing their homes.
This
is not Najib's phenomena. It has been
here for quite some time. I have been
blaming the administration and the
greedy as well as selfish people, who
cared not to think about the welfare of
the masses. I am not going to elaborate
about the best ever during the period of
Tan Siew Sin. And the wealth of the
nation boomed during Rafedah Aziz's
time.
Garbage hunting is a recent happenings.
Society does not show concern about it
at all. Everyone is rushing to fill his
own pocket. Previously we heard of
RAKYAT DIDAHULUKAN. Now BN HIDUP RAKYAT.
I met
food vendors who sigh at their striving
to make a living. There are too many of
them now, competing with each other. I
would just compare their status with
that of Shahrizat, who get RM250
millions. I am not asking for a million
to be distributed to each of these
jobless young people. I am talking of
job creation and relevant training for
them.
I
don't limit my mind to only the Malays.
I also saw non Malays who also salvaged
the garbage. One Chinese woman in town,
about 45, has been collecting used
boxes, kept by some shops for her. There
was a buyer I noticed. But she lives
alone in a small store provided to her
behind a Maybank Alor Setar.
Why
talk of millions here and millions there
when garbage hunters are on the rise ? |
THE
EXCHANGE |
GE14 |
Rosmah Mansor has revealed that one of
the reasons she started the Permata
programme for children was because she
wanted to teach them to be respectful,
unlike PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah.
She called Nurul as Rude. What is the
response from the public ?
20/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
THE TOUCH
OF DESTRUCTIONS |
ONE BAD EGG |
I say it
again. Everything that Najib touches
will turn into a mud. His intent and
visions betray him, only if he believes
in the mystery of life and darkness.
Nobody will want to analyze all the bad
luck that have been happening to the
nation and the people. The carrier is
never known to be a victim but the
people around catch the bad luck. I have
had several topics entitled WHAT'S NEXT
talking about coincidences and bad luck,
from MH370 to MH17, to the disaster of
1mdb and China's strong hands over
Malaysia.
I call
myself a man of science, rejecting
ghosts and shamans and black magic but
somehow smell of the evil force, the
mystery of good luck and bad luck (sial)
carried by a person in his or her body.
Najib
thought he could mend 1Mdb. At first he
commanded that people should not talk
about it because it was not true. People
still talked about it. Then he appointed
Apandi as the Attorney General and tell
the country the AG is supreme. Whatever
he says is the truth, Apandi declared
that there is nothing wrong with 1Mdb.
People questioned on it's validity and
continue to press on the issue.
Then he
paid to the IPIC twice of millions of
dollars, to the fake one and the real
one, an enigma that remains a puzzle. He
ran to China to seek help. And this is
the end of his run. He is trapped.
Najib
wants everybody to think like him. He
can never know how the Chinese think. He
can lie and bully his own people but he
can't do it to the world. He got to pay
to foreigners millions to sustain his
popularity, donating to foreign
institutions, engaging advisors and
consultants and tried to bribe them. He
succeeded in half and failed the other
half.
It is not
that he is always happy and relax about
the current happenings. He was told not
to resign and fight to the end using all
the money available or getting loan
somewhere.
Whether
winning or losing Najib will never be at
ease. It will depend on the population
whether to proceed in disposing him. The
case of Kevin Morais, Najadi, Pi Bala
and Altantuya will never vanish from
people's minds no matter whatever he
does and whatever the courts say. Nobody
can blame the gun that shot or the hand
that fired shots. I even believe that
Sirul's life is in danger.
30 years
is a short time. It is the time when
curse after curse will be spewed on him
for damaging the country. But it will be
too late. Let Rosmah be the talk of our
generation to come.
19/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
It has
been a long time since my childhood days
I was told that you can never trust an
ulama with money, land and a woman.
Their dress can always cheat you.
When
they lie you tend to believe them as if
they are the group who will never commit
sins. I saw them running red lights and
became the king of the road. They can
run away with your money and never to
pay your loan.
It is
a very sad thing that followers believe
in their divinity. There was an Ayah Pin
with the sky kingdom with followers
though he was not in the category of
ulama. There was Al-SHaari with the
followers of Arkam. And now there is one
by the name of Hadi Awang.
The
man in center is Hadi Awang who
had been supporting Najib in GST and 1
Mdb, and lied about receiving money
directly or indirectly from UMNO.
It
took several months for him to come up
with the answer that "It is ridiculous
for UMNO to provide the money to a party
that is challenging it in the GE14"
This
man is never popular in his own state.
Knowing that PAS would be losing all the
seats in the GE14 if proven that he is a
tool of Najib, he came up with the
argument. He did not attack MCA for
standing firm against Hudud but he
attacked DAP for doing so. He approved
all Najib's deal with China, approved
GST and regarded women as inferior to
men.
Comments from non-Muslims in the social
media as a result of Hadi's behaviour
had made Islam very repulsive. They said
Islam support theft and criminals. In my
mind this man has been lying to the PAS
members followed by a few of his
followers. See the pictures below.
Pictures speak louder than a thousand
words.
Though
not all ulamas are bad, one is too many.
|
NO GST
FOR CHINA ECRL |
ELECTION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL WARFARE |
I am
not at all surprise as the secret was
out, It just confirm my vision of the
Chinese design, vehemently denied by
Najib and his supporters. If I were
China I would ask the most from Najib
since I have had help him and save his
life.
Only
fools would believe in Najib. The
majority of the fools are the Malays.
The Malays despite their education have
failed to observe their environments,
the history of this country and knew
nothing whatever happened in the 18th
and 19th century. Only a few on the
ground and who travelled far and wide
began to see things.
The
most desperate man in UMNO is Najib. He
is in need of money. China knew it and
they observed his behaviours and
actions. Surely he needed the money to
fill in the 1Mdb's hole as his foes were
telling him 'SHOW US THE MONEY'. The
money first started with the term UNITS
because they weren't any. When they ran
to China for help probably with the help
of Jho Lo and Tiong Lai. Then the demand
began. "If you want our money you must
comply to our help". I would put such
the conditions.
When
lands and rights were given to China and
the military Najib tells the Malays
"THEY ARE INVESTMENTS". All were asked
to sing the same INVESTMENT song.
The
Malays did not know of the defence
agreement with the Chinese that saw
China's sub-marines in Malaysian water,
the Great wall of China in Kuantan about
7 km long, China's territory in Johor
and more land sold to the Chinese. Even
the land in Langkawi was said to be
leased the Middle Kingdom.
ECRL
all started with Chinese culture which
was denied by UMNO. Now Najib bows to
the Chinese that all workers must be
from China. The secret kept was
everything is free of GST.
In
Malaysia the toddlers, blind men, the
crippled, the poor and the dead are all
subjected to GST. Najib defend it as he
defended the Forest City "IT WAS NOT
EVEN ON JOHOR'S LAND".
Who
else are supporting Najib. Hadi Awang
did. His remarks either show a direct
support or insinuation of the support.
The pictures of Hadi and Najib on this
page speak by themselves. Only now as
PAS grassroots were questioning the love
affair between Hadi and Najib he said "I
DID NOT EMBRACE NAJIB, BUT NAJIB DID" .
Twist and turn and spinning has become
the culture of this so called Islamic
party. They are now going around to say
they are not UMNO.
If
Najib is a traitor to the Malaysian
people then PAS who support Najib could
be labelled as a traitor too. However
PAS is not so bad as the UMNO women who
carried the placards that wrote "WE
SUPPORT GST" and one UMNO old man who
said 'GST IS FOR THE RAKYAT'.
GST
collected from the rakyat is for the
rakyat. GST not collected from ECRL is
also for the rakyat. Funny. As for the
Malays their future is bleak. Worse will
be coming from China under Najib.
When
China is in total control Hadi will come
out with something which may be blaming
Mahathir and the rest will say it is the
will of God.
18/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
Najib
does not have to go to war with the
people. He will win the election.
But the
pre-war election has shown a massive
wastage by UMNO and PAS on the flags
itself. They won't come free together
with the bamboos. From my estimation,
PAS would not have the mean to pay for
the numerous green garments. I think
flag alone could cost more than 100
million ringgit throughout the country.
Who make
the flag ? Which shops ? We have seen
pictures that they were made in China. I
suspect, a mere suspicion, that the PAS
flags too come from China and paid by
BN.
Billions
have been spent by UMNO to secure
support. I would term them as
corruptions. Kampong people were taken
to take trips and all expenditures paid
to them by UMNO. Once I knew MCA did the
same thing. I can't say about PH. In the
past important supporters were given a
trip to Hong Kong, Indonesia and even
Europe. The same things may happen now.
Where
does the money come from ?
If it
comes from China then brace for the
worst when BN wins. Whoever in the world
wants to give away his own money for
free. Donation again as Najib claimed
from Saudi, spent in GE13 ? didn't Najib
himself tell the UMNO people donation
must not be in personal's account but
the party's ? And recently it was
announced the whole donation was
returned to the donor ?
Only the
Malays who are gullible people and
easily won through brainwashing and
color play. Only a few of them with a
strong mind could stand any
psychological warfare. No amount of
advertisement and speech would lure
them.
From the
whole setup I see Najib will win.
What
would the Malays stand to gain ?
Employment in the Chinese hotels,
motels, factories, Chinese colleges and
universities ? Becoming millionaire by
selling their land to the Chinese ?
Malaysia will be protected by China
against the United States in war and
economic embargo ?
And even
the local Chinese somehow will be
threatened unless they are willing to
work with China. Hong Kong Chinese have
been complaining of their hardship now.
There will be competitions on grabbing
the rising cost of properties.
Everyone
has to pay on what Najib is spending, on
election and loans, luxurious jets,
Rosmah's travelling, PERMATA and etc
regardless of their race and creeds. All
local people will suffer.
All along
the election periods there isn't a flag
in my kampong but for this time there
are hundreds of them, PAS and UMNO. Why
the different ?
To me the
answer is simple. Najib wants to save
himself and will go all out to make sure
that he will win, at any cost.
Sure he
will win.
And sure
the worst is coming.
When bad
things happen the UMNO Malays can go to
hell. |
SPENDING |
ANOTHER
FAIL CHINA'S PRODUCTS |
I have to remind that we have to be wise
with our spending unless we are really
wealthy. We always want the best. May be
an iPhone, a TV, a freezer, or a hobby
gadget. But funny things do
happen. I once saw a lady leaving her
car entered a bank with a mobile device
and asked whether Br1m had been banked
in. I saw ladies with all sort of credit
cards in their wallets, giving me an
impression of their economic status.
I am just like everybody else, craze for
the best like a millionaire. The only
difference is that I do not like to buy
on instalments or making loan to cater
for my desires. So I only look for the
affordable stuffs when I have enough
money. The latest craze is flying a
drone.
I spent almost 5K for a Mavic Pro. I
regretted for not waiting a little to
get the same one for less than 4K. A
drone is just a toy that provide me no
return. A small new car is about RM25K,
which will serve me for at least 5 long
years at the minimum. Imagine if I were
to procure a drone at that price. It
would be a darn fool of me to spend that
much. But each day a very advance and
complex drone appears in the market. It
does jerk me.
Today I do not accumulate money to
travel at a far distant land which are
very costly. Each trip may cost me about
RM20K. I still can afford to satisfy my
lust on a RM3K or RM4K trip. Yet I
considered myself as a lavish spender.
The good thing is that I am sober when
deciding to spend, and always consult my
mind about it.
I am not a miser though. I spent on good
food, and travelling. So much so some
people formed conceptions that I was a
wealthy guy, and approached me for a
huge loan up to RM300K. It was the
greatest joke on earth. One asked me to
redeem her jewellery from a pawn shop.
Another wanted to borrow my car for
weeks without wanting to meet my request
of sending me to an airport just for a
few minutes of her time. And they dumped
their friendships with me.
When you are sober you always compute
the opportunity cost of your spending.
What else can you buy with the same
amount of money and estimate the amount
of service you will get from them.
I found that I saved about RM6K a year
without smoking, subscription to ASTRO,
and buying newspapers. It is the
internet that sucks me most. And
therefore I never have any mobile
internet and I use Redone for my
cell-phone. Redone is always below Ram15
a month.
Financial planning must be from the
young age. The latest should be from the
day one gets a job. I did not do that
but only started doing it when I was 45
years old. I survive from my pension
fund.
18/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
Another
Chinese product that I bought and tested
did not work. It is a signal enhancer
for my drone, Mavic Pro. It is cheap,
only RM24 which is sold through Lazada.
It will take a hassle to return to
Lazada. So far I felt cheated in buying
almost China's products on-line.
That's
why I did say that if there is a war
between China and USA, the former will
be wiped out within a week or two. In
fact I was surprise to see my Mavic Pro
was made in China after I opened up the
box. As it was mainly depict footings of
all the Americans playing with it, I
thought it was American made.
It is
up to you to decide. You may have
different opinion over the matter. The
money is yours. You can spend it in
anyway you like and to whoever person
you want to.
The
enhancer I am talking about is just like
the one I show on this page in the
previous article. If you are a drone
lover, particularly the Mavic pro, just
take note about the drone accessories
you may want to purchase from the third
party.
If dJI
produce their own accessories I think
they are more reliable.
Just
now when I tested it my drone began to
have the lost signal problem even just
after 2000 feet away and then nothing
appear on the monitor. I pressed the RTH
button on the RC. A couple of minutes
later I heard the home signal and the
image began to appear again. The
enhancer will be another China's item
for an archive.
If I
bought it after having several bad
experience with the Chinese products, it
is me who is to be blamed. I just warn
you.
18/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
I DON'T
WANT TO BE A TRAITOR |
Under
TGNA I have been supporting PAS. But
Hadi can never be my choice. Even before
I came to know what Amanat Hadi was, I
had predicted that the state of Kedah
would fall back to UMNO as his adamant
behaviour had angered the younger
members of PAS. I was damn right. He was
never able to get followers in his own
state. And now he is in cohort working
with Najib Razak who in my view had betrayed
the counttry and
lied to the Malays over and over again.
Hadi had
never condemn MCA for utmost hatred on
Hudud. He never condemn of 1Mdb and the
theft that was going on. More so
circumstantial evidence showed PAS had
got millions of ringgit and Nik Abduh
admitted Hadi and he himself took the
money from UMNO. I began to see PAS as
liars and the supporters of criminals.
Hadi regarded women as docile. And I have no choice but to reject the
party.
Everybody
commits sins, small or big. I believe
that Najib has committed the biggest sin
ever in the history of the world. I just
say I believe it, say of my imagination
if you will. Many others believe the
same thing but nobody dares to utter a
word about it in public. In 40 years
time, when Mahathir, Anwar Ibrahim and I
myself will not be here anymore, someone
will bring Najib to court and he will be
charged for the murder of Kevin Morais,
Nakadi, PI Bala and Altantuya. The court
will find him guilty on at least one of
the charges. He has no Agung to
forgive him. It is highly possible that
the institution of monarchy will be
rejected too by then. Already more and
more people are unhappy with the Sultans these
days for their partisan politics.
All
countries with an iron fisted rule,
Communist or not, had fallen. Najib will
slip and fall when he becomes old.
When he does not even one UMNO members
loyal to him will come to his help. This
is sure to happen, as has been happening
to the cruel leaders of the world. We have list of
names like Najib; Suharto, Marcos,
Muammar Ghadafi, Saddam and many others.
I know if
Najib continues to rule he will have to
give more to the Chinese. He will talk
as the Chinese wants and the stupid
Malays will praise and hail him as a
hero, till they realize they have become
the 3rd class citizen. By then they will
know what Hadi Awang had done to support
Najib.
He tried
to change his tune as some of the party
members confronted him of his
relationship with Najib. "I don't
embrace him. It was Najib who embraced
me," he said. His followers believed
him. But in a series of statements he
had been defending Najib in many ways.
And PAS is happy with Najib on 1 Mdb,
whereas till now Najib does not take any
legal action on WSJ, DOJ, NYT and many
other world media who broadcast news on
him and on his wife.
I pity to
see the PAS and UMNO members. They are
digging their own graves,
17/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
LET
THE PROGRESS PASS BY ME |
MAVIC PRO RC BOOSTER |
The
understanding of the old tune circuit is
irrelevant as there is a total change in
the capture of radio signals using the
new sampling method. But all are seem to
mum on the subject matter. The RAE
question papers must address to the new
technology of microprocessors as vacuum
tubes are going to be made illegal in
the United States and transistors are
becoming obsolete. Else we would be
learning something that is not in
existence.
Equipments do not come with resistors
and capacitors where you can read the
values. If they are, how many of you can
read the color codes of the resistors
which were once known by all the hams.
And I wonder how many can show circuit
diagrams of an oscillator without
referring to the other source.
We
are lucky today as free information is
readily available on the websites. We
can copy them and claim they are ours
and brag how smart we are in
home-brewing stuffs. But it is fun
anyway at construction of antenna and a
transceiver. Not everyone can do it even
with the detailed diagrams. In a way it
is an achievement.
There is a trend that people are racing
for huge antenna with a tall tower. They
either purchased the the half-wave three
element yagi for 40 meter or endeavoured
to construct one, hired a crane and
staged them on their towers. Some do
know of the specific purpose yet a few
just want to follow the trend. But I am
so sure that no one cares about the Q of
the antenna, the effect of the
environments and height to the SWR.
Asking what is the length of a driven
element of a full wave 3 element yagi
will yield no answer from one amateur
who claimed he put up such a yagi.
But
it is good to experiment, and compete
for the best station. At least
Malaysians prove that they too are
capable with the rest of the world.
Only old people like me still listen to
the old songs and music. In my video
clips posted to the Youtube I blended
them with the Sound of Silence, Ye Sama,
Green Grass of Homes, Listen to the
Rhythm of the Falling Rain and Aryati. I
want to stay put where I started.
14/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
I want
to limit my drone altitude to 400 feet
without losing the signal strength. I
just ordered one from Lazada and hope to
receive it by the end of the month, at
the latest. It only costs RM24. I very
much hope that it will work.
I
bought the aircraft not to play with it
as flying a kite for fun and relaxation
but solely for aerial photography. It
was a decision made before my trip to
Maldives last January. Unfortunately
four days after the purchase it crashed
very badly and had to be sent to Kuala
Lumpur for repair.
Height
is not important in Maldives because
most of the islands are small.
Sandbank/atoll is so small, I think it
needs only about 60 feet to cover the
whole sandy island. It doesn't need any
booster even to capture a private
island.
To
capture scenic places in Malaysia, I
would have to travel to many place which
is hindered by my age which affect my
strength and energy. Yet any effort to
do so will not produce clips as produced
by the professionals nad younger people.
Flying
drone does not make me a better person.
But I learned many things about people,
about those who want to make money. They
came out many accessories that do not
fit and work with the drone. I purchased
a lens which made the drone camera
unmovable upwards.
Now I
can wait to see how the booster works.
It acts like a reflector to the antenna.
When I watched the Youtube I noticed the
flyer could go up to 20000 feet.It was a
fantastic distant, a risky distant. But
it amazed me.
I
don't need to travel that far. A 200
feet radius is good enough for local
photography. Then why the booster ? It
is for just 'in case' I need it at some
situation. |
Where Is Morality and Shamefulness ? |
A DIPOLE |
I hope I
can avoid bad people who are running
businesses. I have talked about Majeed
restaurant that I have been frequenting
since my younger days. Majeed cheated me
in taking away my big prawns and replace
them with the smaller ones. There is
another Malay restaurant at Pumpong, a
famous kampong type of delicacies that I
also frequented for my lunch for many
years. When the wife charged me RM8, the
husband grabbed the card with the price
written on it while I was about to pay,
looked at me as if I was a crook, went
away to see his wife and came back to
tell me the price was wrong. It was
RM13. This wasn't about cheating but
about the attitude of the husband. To me
he thought his business was too famous
and very flourish.
Majeed is
a mamak from India. Pumpong is a Malay.
Both are doing good business. My absence
won't affect them at all.
I do not
believe in Karma but I do believe in
Barakah, the disapproval by God
the Almighty. Without Barakah bad things
may fall on us. We will be living a
miserable life and unhappy despite our
wealth and power. We may be strike by
sickness and diseases. There will be no
providence and we do not know what the
real happiness and fulfilment is. Life
is without satisfaction and joyfulness.
Some
shops attached to Lazada cheat
especially those from China and that too
made me disbelieve in the On-line
shopping. Most of Chinese products are
either fake or of poor quality. I opted
to buying from the local vendors. They
may be more expensive but more reliable.
Cheaters
are everywhere. Avoid them if we can.
Never trust people just because they are
Hajis, religious clerics or political
leaders. The so-called Muslims run away
from paying debts, support thefts and
corruptions. They spin and lies days in
and days out. The Malays steal and rob,
con and peddle drugs.
Values
are changing rapidly. Morality is
dissipating and nobody seem to know what
shame is. When I see sinners I can never
go wrong. They were always confirmed by
other sources. These are the people
without God and without religion in
their hearts. They are just damn
sinners.
Sometimes
I saw fellow humans like stinking
animals. Nowadays I no longer looked at
the unknown people right on their faces.
They could be either pests or vultures,
especially during the election months. I
was made to understand China is in Johor
and Kuantan. Only God knows how stink
these vultures are.
This does
not mean there aren't any good and
honest people around. But we don't know
who they are. I seldom accost people for
these reasons.
12/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
I am not very well verse in radio
electronics. What I learned 50 years ago
are all gone. I studied what I thought
would suit me or just to understand in
detail how things work.
During my time there was no internet and
no on-line shopping. When I got my
ticket I immediately apply the 462/f
formula to cut a dipole. Taking
462/7.000mhz I would get 66 feet. 66
feet is half wave, the full wave would
be 132 feet. I have never known any
Malaysian hams cut 132 feet for a
dipole. Most cut at 66 feet and continue
to divide into to pieces, 1/4 wave each
side.
A dipole for 40 meter band had been very
convenient for local work. I understood
that the ground wave was good too.
The choice for 20 and 15 then were only
for Dxing. It was very rare we could
work among the local hams on those
bands. Since I could use 40 for 15 I did
not have any other antenna.
To me the most convenient is the
Inverted V with a single mast. The
choice of a bamboo was because when it
get dried and turned yellow, it get very
light. I could hoist it up single
handed. Making it like a flag post with
a rope and a pulley. I could put up my
antenna whenever I like, by attaching it
to the rope and pull the rope. Simple.
In the modern days people fix the dipole
to the mast so that they can rotate the
mast to the direction they prefer.
Professor Yagi added elements to the
dipole and named them as director and
reflectors to make it more directional
as well for more gain.
As I said that old hams did not make 40
meter yagi just to work with the local
stations. So yagi were mainly
constructed for 20 and 15. In the
old days 15 were the home of the
Japanese.
There is a antenna handbook which you
can buy. Or you can rely on ARRL
Handbook. They are good for the DIY
people. But not everyone is good with
his hands.
A radio operator must cut and fix his
own antenna, a dipole is good enough. He
must know how to solder and construct
instead of asking people from Indonesia
or USA to cut and solder for him. One 9W
whom I have never seen doing a soldering
claimed that he built and gave me an
antenna. I was a ham and did not know
him yet till many many years later. |
WE
NEVER AGREE |
My
late wife was pro-Rosmah. She insisted
that Rosmah must look gallant and
gorgeous as a Prime Minister's wife.
There was nothing wrong with elegant
dress, expensive handbags and donning
expensive items. As she was very ill and
bedridden she didn't go to vote. My kids
are all have been supporting Barisan
National. One laughed at me when I
pointed the wrongs of BN and said that
it was only my imagination. Since my
wife passed away, I refused to talk
politics with them. But I know they are
all out in supporting Najib.
I
am not with them. I studied history in
schools and universities and since then
had been critical on the British and
Malaya relationship. I took a paper on
Chinese in Southeast Asia and later went
abroad to many countries, talked to many
people and studied their behaviour. In
my GRE test score I fared best in
analytical and worst in English.
Therefore I believe in my ability to
analyze behaviours and happenings.
I
made prediction on what will happen to
Mahathir and the Malays during his era.
I analysed the effect of Land
Acquisition Act as to the causal-effect
factors. I was not wrong. Now I see
Najib-China's relationship and have
traced what many would not have realized
until pinned. While Najib does not see
it as a mistake but I see it as a grave
mistake.
I
would not talk or argue with my kids. If
they make mistakes, I am not going to
suffer for my life won't go to 2030 or
2040. It may not even be 2020. So is
Mahathir who had made a disastrous error
in his life. The Land Acquisition Act of
his time is still alive and kicking,
which slowly impoverish the Malays and
slowly pushing them to be beggars and
the third class citizen in this country.
When I die, I leave nothing. When
Mahathir dies he leave a legacy of Najib
Razak.
I
cannot agree with my dead wife and let
her soul rest in peace. Knowing Rosmah I
would not forgive her involvement in
politics. Didn't she say "I have no time
even to play badminton now, busy with
country's affair..." ? And I cannot
agree with my kids over Najib's GST and
the rising cost of living.
I
plan my spending, what and when to buy.
I compare prices over time and between
shops. I do not waste money on bad goods
like cigarettes and newspapers. I switch
off electricity when they are not in
use. I don't waste. I even plan to buy a
house and go away to live alone on my
own. These were the activities and the
events that I come to know the current
situations of our life; the rising cost,
unaffordable house, the value of money.
Comparing the policies of all the Prime
Ministers, I feel this is the worst. I
feel the pinch.
From the reading of the FB's remarks, I
find that the people are short sighted.
They choose to be what they are and
believe in their perspectives of the
world. They do not see their own future.
I
can't change the world. I won't tell
people to follow me in my belief. Let
them go their own way.
It
is a pity.
11/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
MY E-KEY
IS IN SERVICE AGAIN |
When I want to go SWLing or to be on the
radio, I have to switch off my MODEM, It
is beautiful and quiet without it.
Recently I procured a new rig FT450 as
my electronic key stopped working with
my IC750 Pro and it did not work with my
FT857. I could not open up the front
panel to investigate why it only work on
one side. I do not have any problem with
the straight key. But I cannot go high
speed with the later. Then I plugged in
into FT857, the paddle did not function.
Thinking both of the rigs have gone
kaput as far as electronic key is
concerned, I purchased the 450.
My iambic key goes to work again.
It puzzled me why it did not go with
another small Yaesu, which I rarely used
due to the noise level as compared to
the Icom. I read the manual again and
examined how to operate CW. Having
putting on the right setting, again the
e-key fires up like nobody's business.
Indeed it was for me. The last one is to
try hard to make my key work with the
756Pro. I tried to open the rig up but
in vain. I read the manual again. And
found that the up-dwn button on the
microphone can be used for CW. It was a
good news for me. The next day I went to
an electronic shop and bought an eight
pin plug and sockets. I studied the
schematic of the button-microphone
connection, applied it to the e-key. It
was amazing. The dit and the dah sounded
well but the iambic did not work. But it
is good enough for the paddle. Whenever
I want to use my IC756pro using a
paddle, I just have to pluck in the 8
pins female socket with a minor
attachment to my key.
If I had been patient enough to do the
thorough investigation before decided on
the FT450, I could have saved RM2.5K.
The very comfortable speed for me is 25
words per minute. But to work with a new
ham I am willing to spar with them even
at the speed of 5 wpm. Long distant
stations which we termed as DX are
commonly running at about 25wpm. But I
do not want to work them for two
reasons. The first one is I do not want
to send QSL cards anymore. It is an
expensive affair nowadays even through a
bureau. And secondly I prefer
rag-chewing rather than the short
contact by only giving signal report and
then signed off.
Whatever, I am ever ready for any
critical situations.
10/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
MYOPIC VISION-THE MALAYS WILL GO |
I feel so very sad to have such a
crooked leader, mistakenly chosen either
by error or by design, by the bizarre
people. It is not due to my wild
premonition or guesses about Najib but it
is about the real life before my eyes,
who is willing to sell the country and
the race to
foreigners just to remain as
a Prime Minister. He cheats and corrupts
the voters with pure and hard money.
Things that happen are not fake or
fabricated. The picture below looks like
to be the inhabitants of hell. Najib has
been lying through his teeth. Never mind
about stealing money. But about the
selling of Malaya to the Chinese bit by
bit.
Any sober thinking man will not do that
and will not hide any transaction behind
the Malays. Beside the OSA, things still
leaked out, except the agreement that
may be made
within the four walls of his own premise,
unknown by others.
When people question Zahid about the
workers in Forest City and ECRL he gave
a simple answer "The agreement was made
that way...."
I am not concern of whatever is going to
happen to Najib. He can even be a God
and his spouse can wear as much diamonds she
likes. It doesn't bother me one bit.
But what bother me he is selling our
sovereignty blindly, not knowing the
design of the Chinese. The Malay race
will inevitably be the 3rd class
citizen.
I have seen the events and happenings in
the history of Malaya even before Najib
was born, how our Sultans gave away our
sovereignty to the British and how the
Malays were eaten up by the greed of
UMNO leaders, and how these leaders are
conned. And I was not surprised how the Jho Lo came into picture. Najib did not
understand things because he originated from an
aristocrat family.
But I have seen the Chinese game. The
UMNO supporters do not. PAS do not. I
can't blame them for their myopic vision
and their ignorance and stupidity. UMNO
leaders didn't wake them up.
And nobody even thought about Najib's
behavioral pattern and attitudes. He
spend and spend and spend and spend.
Later he will be looking for money to
pay and cover the holes. That's how the
colossal debts came about, the GST came
into being, the abolishing of subsidies
took shape and the selling of lands to
Chine started the track.
Go and ask the Malays whether they care
about their generations. Go and ask UMNO
politicians about their generation. Some
of the members of the general public
might be worried. None of UMNO leaders
does. If they do they won't be
supporting Najib. Even the woman in the
picture above does not think of what
could happen to her in years to come.
I know what PAS will say. "It is fated.
It's God's will."
09/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
HAM
RADIO ISN'T THE GREATEST |
We communicate during rain, thunder and
lightning, and laugh and joke. At one time
I was so absorbed in the internet chat
with the world wide friends that I
forgot totally about amateur radio. I
was amazed on how they made it possible
until many years later when I could
developed my own chat software. But
today live video could be instantly sent
from anywhere and any part of the world.
You won't miss your family even though
they are in Timbuktu.
Internet is the state of the art
technology. Kids are playing games with
each other across the globe. It is all
about digits and speed. As a Muslim we
had been told about a very astonishing
speed since our childhood days. The
secret is now within the grasp of
mankind. They are working on
teleportation after the success on
micro-electronic stuffs.
To be at the user stage seem to be very
comfortable. As the understanding of how
it works would cause us much of a head
ache. Gadgets are darn cheap nowadays.
There are 5 cellp-hones in a family of
5. Toddlers are playing with ipads.
Even cats and pets are exposed to these
technology.
Certainly e cannot condemn the phone
users as primitive just because they are
not interested in amateur radio. The
advantage of the radio is that it is
free to be on the air whereas the usage
of the phone incur cost. For travellers
hotels, restaurants and busses provide
free Wifi. Just imagine how the world
was like without it. 60 years ago when
our grand parents sailed to Mecca by
ship it took them three months and weeks
and months on their voyages only we
would receive news about them. We
already have ham radio during those
time.
Having a rare gadget or things that
people don't won do no make a man great
nor a fool. He just have a mean to buy
it. Unless he invent the technology and
build the gadget by himself that is
something to be proud of. My having a
drone does not make a better person nor
more smart than the others. I just have
the mean and the interest.
Tonight is a windy night. When I flew my
drone there were warnings of the strong
wind with a very high velocity. It just
effect my drone, not my radio and my
smart phone. If there were wind, thunder
and lightning, I will not switch on my
radio, will keep the drone grounded but
can continue with my Whatsapp and the
Facebook.
HAM Radio is great but not the greatest.
08/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
LONG
TIME NO DRONE |
It has
been quite some time that I did not fly
my drone. I brought it along with me
wherever I went out of my house hoping I
would do some shooting somewhere. I
could not think of any attractive place
anymore within my district. And it is my
habit that I do not like to have crowds
around. I usually hid myself while
lifting off the aircraft.
There are
many more features that I have not tried
and the drone setup for better capture
and performance. It will take at least a
year to cover a large part of it if I
were to make a regular flight.
Another
alternative that I can do is to repeat
capturing at the same location but with
different setup, height, angle and area
coverage. It did crossed my mind to do
it but it just seem to go away.
The last clip was made on
the 31st March after I came back from a
marriage festival 40 miles away, Since
then nothing is done. May be the next
one will be the night shooting,
06/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
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THE
WONDER OF WWW |
Have you
always been to countries beyond your shore ?
Today, travelling and holiday trips are
common features of our society. The most
handy stuff everyone carries with them is
the cell-phones. A few carries iPads. While
I was in a bus in Spain I talked back to
friends at home and sent them pictures that
I captured on the move. A few using Skype to
communicate with their kids and grand
children. No wonder a university friend of
mine was laughing at me and asked me to
throw away ham radio. "Tell me in what way
ham radio is better then the modern world
wide web ?"
I think in a
way he was right. Even today take the
amateur radio operators of the world and
investigate their time spent on the social
media and radio communication ? The
superiority of internet technology over the
radio is beyond comparison. The other day I
called a grab car. As the taxi moved I could
see him where he was. And on the Whatapp
similar facility is also available. I asked
myself 'why I need the APRS for ? ' And the
need to use RTTY, AMTOR, FACTOR etc when
messages can be sent across the world just
by typing ? Send now and nano seconds later
it can be read by the recipients on the moon
and other galaxies.
The answer is
simple. It is a matter of taste. If you find
sending message through digital mode suit
you then go with it. The millions who love
to use the WWW then let them enjoy
themselves with this style. My radio has the
digital modes but I just ignore them.
I spent about
99% of my communication time on WWW. Once in
while I would go on the radio to call CQ on
Morse codes for a kick. It is something
different that not everyone knows. It
provides a satisfactory feeling and the
feeling of personal achievement. It is not a
technology but it is a code. And it is also
not for comparison.
Which
traveller would choose to leave his/her
smart-phone at home ? Which ham radio
operator would bring his rig along during
the trip ?
06/04/2018 - Abdul Rahman Raof |
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