Berangan...

i hate my current situation sekarang... aku mcm ada limit utk merancang (read : berangan)... ada external party yg aku tunggu jawapannya bg aku blh merancang lebih jauh... hopefully next week... aku blh start merancang semula... dah habis dah sebulan dlm tahun 2009... kejap sungguh masa berjalan...

walk out...

All of you mungkin dah terbaca kat mana2 pasal mcm mana PM turki dgn tindakan beraninya... mampu ke PM kita berbuat demikian... ke sekadar mampu berkokok kat dlm negara... dan berkokok kata suruh boikot, when they actually cakap tak serupa bikin... yucks!!!

anyway, i got his short speech extracted below... (sorry i cannot verify the translation betul ke tak.. got this from the internet)

Moderator: There was a heated debate here. This is a discussion that can last for hours. We are already out of time.

Erdogan: One minute.

Moderator: Mr. President, well, you know

Erdodan: One minute, one minute! No! One minute.

Moderator: Ok, but I want you not to speak more than one minute.

Erdogan: Mr. Peres, you are older than me. Your voice is very loud. I know that you are speaking aloud because of the requirement of a sense of guilt. My voice will not be that loud. About murdering, you know killing very well. I am well aware how you murdered children on beaches. Two former prime ministers of your country had important sayings to me. You have former prime ministers who say When I entered Palestine over armed combat cars, I consider myself more and more pleased. I can give their names, maybe some of you wonder. Besides, I condemn those of you who applaud this persecution. Because applauding these killers who murdered those children, who massacred those people is, I believe, also another crime committed against humanity. Look, we cannot disregard a reality here. Here, I jotted down a lot of notes, but I dont have time to answer all of them. But, I will say you only two things:

Moderator: Excuse me Prime Minister, we can't start the debate again.

Erdogan: Excuse me. First, excuse me, do NOT interrupt me! First, The Old Testament says in the 6th commandment: You shall not kill! But there is murder here. Second, this is also very interesting. Gilad Atzmon, a Jew himself, says: Israeli barbarity is far beyond even ordinary cruelty. Besides, Avi Shlaim, Professor of Oxford who performed his military duty in Israeli army, says in the Guardian the following:

Moderator: Prime Minister, Prime Minister. I wanna ask to our host.

Erdogan: Israel became a gangster state. (to the moderator) I thank you, too. For me, Davos is done for me from now on. I will not come again. You all know this in this way. You are not letting us speak. (Showing Peres) He spoke for 25 minutes, but you let e speak 12 minutes. No way!

Bravo!!! (pemimpin arab??? hmm... jangan harap lah bersuara... lagi teruk...)

Me and my boikot...

ada dikalangan reader of this blog mmg kawan-kawan rapat aku... so for sure kengkawan tahu that i'm trying my best utk memboikot barang-barang US dan Israel... setakat ni, aku cuba sedaya upaya utk meneruskan boikot itu... 2nd and 3rd week in January ada jualan murah seluruh doha ni, mmg musim nya gitu... yg sale termasuk lah M&S dan timber land... aku mmg jarang beli brg kat M&S, tp bila timber land sale tu... tergugat jugak... so aku pun make sure aku tak g ke mall yg ada timber land... alhamdulillah aku berjaya...

KFC aku pernah g beli, sbb org pesan... and aku makan masa majlis kat umah org... am bad... barang2 lain, ada gak aku tersalah beli, i mean i tot tak termasuk dlm list, but rupanya one in the list. Aku tak nafikan yg usaha aku ni akan berakhir tak lama lagi... aku tak nafikan yg at times mmg aku tak leh nak ubah atau tukar brg2 yg aku beli. but as i said, aku mencuba je... sekurang-kurangnya blh lah jadi alasan utk aku berjimat cermat utk beli brg2 branded ni plus fast food tu, not good for your pemakanan pun... blh cepat gemuk!!!

anyway, pada sesetengah org, selain McD dan KFC dan brg2 keluaran nestle like milo dan maggi, brg2 lain tu agak pricey. without usaha nak boikot ni pun, mmg tak mampu nak beli pun... and aku dulu pun mana lah mampu nak beli brand2 ni, setakat G2000 dan padini je baju2 aku... - alhamdulillah, now ada lah merasa sehelai dua baju mahal2 ni... dah aku pun rasa brg2 ni ada je substitute (ok for ladies, byk gak brg2 make up tu dlm list, i do not know whether ada good brand with same quality)... and utk barang2 komputer tu... yup we cant deny we have to use it...

and for those yg tak agree utk boikot ni... go ahead and buy... i know korang takut kilang kilang revlon dan loreal kat malaysia tu tutup (ada ke?)... or perhaps, korang takut org-org muslim yg jual McD dan KFC tu kena buang keje...

so to my friends, yup... mungkin usaha aku ni sementara je... i know... akan tiba masa korang gelakkan aku sbb aku akan dengan selamba je beransur-ansur membeli produk2 yg patut diboikot ni... as i said i will try... insyaAllah...

Berkhemah di Padang Pasir...

mid january ari tu... aku join kengkawan g berkhemah kat tgh padang pasir. Sebenarnya aku ada gak rasa it was a crazy idea... sebab cuaca sejuk sekarang, berkhemah mmg tak sesuai... tp sejuk yg aku bayangkan sebenarnya tak lah sesejuk apa yg dialami... memang sejuk giler... but still it was an experience yg best (tp sekali cukup lah... hehehe)kitaorg bertolak hari jumaat pagi, awal2 pagi 11 kereta dr doha bergerak ke tengah padang pasir, kalau dah masuk padang pasir mmg tak sah kalau tak sangkut. geng2 ni mmg kaki yg suka drive 4wd masuk padang pasir... since aku tak de 4wd... aku tumpang je lah one of the car. that was my first experience masuk padang pasir dgn kereta 'sendiri' bukan dgn paid driver... so merasa lah tolak kereta kat padang pasir...

we arrived around noon... mula ngan makan tgh hari... then pasang khemah... masing2 ngan khemah plastik/canvas... bg yg berfamily tu, siap bawak katil angin lagi.. ada siap bawak carpet... aku ngan few 'bujang' (bujang = anak bini tinggal kat malaysia) tido dlm sleeping bag je lah...

awal2nya aku rasa nak balik doha, sbb this group bukan lah group yg aku selalu join lepak-lepak... mostly org yg baru kenal. so aku mcm newcomer. but aku rasa this is the time nak kenal2 ngan org lain. buat pe nak berpuak-puak kat negara org ni. plus, the reason aku kena stay, sbb depa dah minta aku yg organise the main event, i.e. the games for the night... hehehe... muka aku ni muka organiser kot... tak pasal2 aku kena in charge.

Dinner as usual bbq... aku tak berapa makan sebab nak jaga perut... fyi, toilet takde, kitaorg gali lubang dlm 2 khemah kecik, utk dijadikan toilet. but mainly used by kids and ladies... guys... semua buang air (kecil je kot) kat laut nearby. aku tak tahu lah kalau ada gak adults buang air (besar) kat dlm khemah tu.. but for me.. takkan jadi punya lah.. hehehe.... and after dinner... startlah game. disebabkan aku tak berapa kenal org, aku minta org lain yg lebih familiar with everyone jadi MC, so aku producer je... aku buat some group n couple games... theme nya... 'pencarian pasangan yg paling romantic'... games were well participated... semua org open minded... and enjoy... alhamdulillah....

then come mlm... this was the most extreme part of the camping.. mlm tu.. suhu cecah 6 celcius... dgn aku yg tak well equipped... sejuk giler.. aku rasa kebas hujung2 jari.. telinga... tp tido... tido lah jugak.. walaupun mmg tak selesa....sejuk ya amat.. pagi nya... semua org complain sejuk... ada satu family tu, start enjin n tido dlm kereta je... and breakfast ard 7-8am... still suhu sejuk... although matahari dah naik, still cakap keluar 'asap'...

after breakfast, time for kids sukaneka... ada 4-5 games utk entertain the kids... yg adult dah main game mlm semlm nya kan (i mean the game yg aku organise lah... the late night game kat tgh padang pasir tu, aku tak tahu lah... sejuk2 tu, kecut kot.. tak tahu lah mampu gak ke, hahaha...) so now for the kids... abis game, we packed up... around 11am... ciao balik doha...

such a wonderful experience... and really fun and interesting... tp sebabkan sejuk ya amat tu... sekali dah lah... kalau time weather tak sejuk sgt ok je join lagi... :-)

Sepi...

Dah lama aku tak menulis kat Blog ni... ada few things in my head... so, otak berserabut... and kebetulan keje pun bz skit... ada few things nak tulis... soon...

Gaza's blog...

**seperti dijangka... the war on gaza ditamatkan bila obama naik jadi presiden amerika...**

(kadang-kadang ada entry baru bawah entry ni... i put this entry kat atas until the war on gaza dihentikan)

Ni antara blog-blog and news website yg aku jumpa citer pasal what really happened in Gaza now... ada yg updated from out of Gaza... sebabkan perang ni, aku rasa elektrik pun mungkin terputus kat Gaza.. or perhaps mmg internet pun dah tak de...

sedih, geram, kesal... rajin2 baca lah...

- Diary of Palestinian Mother...

- Gaza - Sderot...

- Dr Mona EL Farra...

- Tabula Gaza...

- News and Article : Chronicles

- Tales to tell

Blog-blog ni will give you first hand stories from there... InsyaAllah...

kalau aku jumpa lain.. aku update lagi

At least...

As expected before the bombardment will slow down sebelum inauguration of president obama... mmg jadi mcm tu...

dulu pernah keluar rumours yg bush akan serang iran before dia undur diri, tp agaknya mmg tak bersebab so dia tak jadi serang... rupanya gaza yg jadi mangsa...

insyaAllah, pengunduran Israel... walaupun sementara... dapat meredakan rasa takut org2 gaza... dan dpt memberi peluang gazans kembali ke rumah masing2(kalau ada lagi lah). dan sesapa yg sakit sempat berubat... insyaAllah...

on boycott... starbucks dan McD dah keluar statement yg depa tak terlibat dlm menyumbang wang/derma pada israel... it shows that mmg ada effect boycott ni... and on my part... i've been restraining myself g mall lately... Timberland tgh sale now...hmm... tempted je nak beli kasut...

how much can we hope obama can do something to change the current world situation? especially on war against terror (read : islam)... i do not hope that much... (mengharapkan bukan muslim membantu muslim... mampu ke?)

Zeitoun...

Mungkin korang pernah baca kes mcm mana 110 palestinian diarahkan berlindung di dalam sebuah rumah... dan rumah tu di bom menyebabkan 30 org terbunuh(utusan). memang sungguh kejam... Zeitoun ni antara neighbourhood yg tentera darat Israel dah ceroboh...

ni petikan dr other website citer pasal zeitoun

Al Jazeera...

Ahmed Samouni, who was left for days amidst the dead bodies of his mother and four brothers, witnessed what many are calling a massacre.

The horror that the 16-year-old has seen is hard for him to put into words, but the effects are written all over his face.

"It was the third missile I remember. The other ones had killed my elder brother and injured people, they kept bleeding. But the third missile, that killed them all," he said in between sobs.

"My brother was bleeding so much and right in front of my eyes he died. My other brother Ismail, he also bled to death.

"My mum and my youngest brother, they are gone. Four brothers and my mother, dead. May God give them peace."

On January 7, paramedics finally brought the dead and injured to hospital, after they had spent four days trapped in their home in the Zeitoun neighbourhood.


Telegraph and another article also on telegraph...

His testimony confirmed accounts, first reported in The Telegraph, from survivors of the extended al Samouni clan who said they feared between 60 and 70 family members had been killed.

"Inside the Samouni house I saw about ten bodies and outside another sixty,'' Mr Shaheen said. "I was not able to count them accurately because there was not much time and we were looking for wounded people.

"We found fifteen people still alive but injured so we took them in the ambulances.

"I could see an Israeli army bulldozer knocking down houses nearby but we ran out of time and the Israeli soldiers started shooting at us.

"We had to leave about eight injured people behind because we could not get to them and it was no longer safe for us to stay.'' Mr Shaheen was in a convoy led by a jeep from the International Committee of the Red Cross that made its way down war-damaged tracks past demolished houses to the town of Zeitoun.

Concerns had been growing that Zeitoun had witnessed massive civilian casualties after surviving members of the Samouni clan reached Gaza City three days ago.

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"There are many houses where we live and they ordered us into the house of my brother, Wael,'' Nael said.

Wael, 39, another survivor, said as many as 100 members of the clan crowded into his single-storey home with strict orders from the Israeli soldiers not to move.

Three teenage members of the family – Walid, Moussa and Imad – were taken away for questioning by the Israeli army while the remainder waited anxiously without adequate food or water until night fell and fighting intensified outside.

They thought they had survived the night when at 6.35am on Monday the house was suddenly hit by a shell that brought the roof down. It was then hit again and again.

"I saw my father and mother, and three of my children killed,'' Wael said. "There was blood and bodies everywhere but some people were lost under the rubble.

"My wife survived and we had no choice but to run as the shelling continued.

"I carried my five-year-old son with me but when we got to hospital they had to cut off his arm.'' He said the survivors ran on foot for about a mile and a half until they reached the main north-south road in Gaza, Salahudin Street, where they found civilian cars to take them to hospital.

It was in the chaos of the Israeli barrage that Nael said he saw someone fall down injured.


World Socialist Website

What is particularly horrifying about the Zeitoun massacre—details of which continue to unfold—is the sadistic behavior of the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF). This is a mass killing that has unfolded over days.

It appears that the IDF tricked residents, promising that they would be safe gathered in large groups in particular buildings, only to bomb them later. Over the course of four days, the Israelis then left the sick and dying—all civilians, the majority small children—with no medical assistance, food or water, even though Israelis enjoyed total control over the area. At the same time, they refused repeated requests for access to the neighborhood by aid workers.

It is not clear how many have died in Zeitoun. At this point, it appears the number is somewhere between 70 and 85. But this figure may grow significantly as the unassisted wounded continue to die, and as aid workers uncover bodies of victims in bombed-out buildings.

Israel raided Zeitoun on Sunday, quickly establishing its control. The town occupies a strategic location south of Gaza City, and will be used should the IDF launch an attack on the city proper.

According to survivors, after invading the IDF compelled extended families to gather in centrally located buildings, marching families at gunpoint from one building to the next. The IDF told the residents of Zeitoun that they were being led to houses that would not be bombed.

For more details, click to the source of the news...

Jalan keluar...

lately the bombing concentrating at the border between Gaza dan Egypt area Rafah. the main reason adalah utk menghancurkan terowong bawah tanah yg dikatakan digunakan utk menyeludup senjata. tp sebenarnya bagi penduduk gaza terowong-terowong ni lah yg jadi penyambung hidup mereka... guna utk menyeludup ubat-ubatan, makanan, keperluan harian dan ada kalanya menyeludup lembu...
ada sesetengah blog katanya ada 1700 tunnel... ada kata 300-600... mmg susah nak cari atau kira tunnel ni, sbb ada yg berakhir di rumah2 org... so mmg tersorok. tp dengan pengeboman terowong2 ni maka lagi terputus lah hubungan gaza dgn dunia luar. lagi terhapus lah peluang penduduk gaza utk survive...

dengan pengeboman yg semakin berleluasa... dengan terowong yg hancur... dengan border yg ditutup... di manakah tempat selamat bg penduduk gaza? ke manakah boleh mereka lari? pada saat ni, kemungkinan mati adalah satu-satunya jalan keluar bagi penduduk gaza.

(pictures from other blog, AP Photo, weapon-survey blog, palestine-chronicles)

Yusuf Qardhawi...

MUSLIMS URGED TO BOYCOTT ‘GOODS OF ENEMIES’ (from gulftimes)
Qaradawi giving his Friday sermon
By Anwar Elshamy
ISLAMIC scholar Sheikh Yousuf al-Qaradawi yesterday warned the leaders of Arab nations against “losing legitimacy if they kept turning a deaf ear to the voice of their peoples,” while renewing his call for a boycott of Israeli and US goods over “the ongoing onslaught on the Gaza Strip.” In his Friday sermon at the Munira al-Suweidi mosque, Qaradawi criticised the failure of Arab regimes to “even convene an emergency summit to tackle the assault on Gaza.” Women protesting the Israeli attack on Gaza at a rally in Doha yesterday“

I wonder what is the use of the arms which Arab regimes buy for billions of dollars and stockpile until they rust. I would like to tell them: Shame on you rulers to see your brethren being slaughtered while you are sitting on the fence,” he told a large congregation gathered from around Qatar to attend a rally in protest against Israel’s military offensive in Gaza.

Qaradawi, who is the president of the International Union of Muslim Scholars, also urged Muslims around the world to reach out to the Palestinians by all possible means. “It is the duty of all Muslims around the world to fight against an enemy invading any Muslim nation. But because border and crossing points are closed, Muslims are required to help out the resistance by giving donations and boycotting the goods of enemies,” he added.

The scholar also slammed the US stance on the Gaza crisis, saying it “failed to lead the world both in politics and economics. It has double standards for everything.”“America is behaving as if it is a deity of the world. The West will fall the same way the former Soviet Union collapsed if they do not reconsider their stances,” he added.

Qaradawi also hailed the the Venezuelan president’s decision to expel Israel’s ambassador as a “courageous stance”, saying that no Arab country among those maintaining ties with Israel dared even to “threaten the expulsion of the Israeli ambassador.” He also called for activating the boycott of the products of specific companies working in the Muslim world, saying that some of these companies were thought to support Israel.

“In Qatar we have Marks & Spencer which allocates the profits of Saturdays for Israel on a regular basis. Also there is Starbucks which contributes to the education and armament of Israel,” he said. He also called on the Palestinian Authority led by President Mahmoud Abbas not to “sit on the fence and blackmail the people of Gaza.”

Increasing...

Makin lama makin bertambah jumlah pembunuhan rakyat palestin oleh tentera israel. Pada hari ke 15 serangan Israel di bumi Gaza, dah 831 org terbunuh dengan 1/3 adalah kanak2 dan wanita dan lebh 3350 org cedera... Israel masih dgn fakta nya yg tempat2 yg depa serang tu adalah tempat pelancaran roket-roket Hamas. sementara itu, dalam tempoh yg sama 13 org israel mati termasuk 3 org awam.

dan israel plak.. konon nya bertindak cuba mengelak kematian penduduk awam dgn menaburkan leaflet suruh rakyat2 keluar dr rumah mereka dan memaklumkan pada Israel maklumat berkenaan pejuang hamas. dan hari ni ada leaflet terbaru, bg warning pada rakyat awam utk tidak membantu pejuang hamas, memberi kemudahan etc. dan leaflet tu jugak memaklumkan bahawa pengeboman ke atas gaza... leaflet ni mcm kes perang kat afghanistan plak...

dan satu lagi topic yg dibincangkan dlm pencerobohan ni adalah senjata yg digunakan... dgn Hamas menggunakan home made rocket yg paling jauh pun perginya range around 40km-60km dan based on gambar2 hasil roket hamas ni lubang2 kat umah2 org awam kat israel. 3 dah terbunuh... tp mmg menakutkan... but nothing much impact. tp dlm serangan israel, senjata2 mmg disupply oleh US. dan penggunaan white phosphorus bomb yg menghasilkan asap yg menyesakkan bila meletup. plus, mana2 tempat yg kena white phosporus ni, mmg cepat memarakkan api... lebih mudah membunuh... makna kalau meletup... matilah org sekitarnya..

Manakala semakin ramai org protes seluruh dunia... major European countries like UK, Germany, France... beribu2 org protes.. especially kat london yg bukan sahaja mengutuk israel tp depa jugak protes supaya kerajaan mereka tak bersekongkol dgn Israel dan US... dan ada jugak segelintir minority jew di Israel pun turut protes...but this unheard voices reamain unheard aku rasa... Di Doha pun ada protes lepas solat Jumaat semlm. diketuai oleh Yusuf al Qardhawi (fyi, hidup dalam buangan egypt, di Doha.)

aku berharap sangat peperangan ni berakhir secepat mungkin... btw, am thinking of going to beirut, lebanon end of this month.... do u think it is a good idea... (that's the closest i can feel the war... )

(all photos taken from Al Jazeera website)

Blockade... Border closed...

Sebelum perang ni bermula semenanjung gaza dah terkepung selama 18 bulan... border dgn israel for sure lah ditutup... satu-satunya border dgn bukan israel, di Rafah, Mesir pun turut ditutup. walaupun ada genjatan senjata, tp sememangnya gaza ni terkawal oleh Israel... mmg tak mungkin nak develop as apa yg israel kata hamas tak bawa kemajuan...

walaupun sedang perang, kebengongan mesir yg masih menutup border mmg tak membantu... kalau tak beratus, beribu doktor menunggu kat border rafah utk masuk membantu gazans... (am glad malaysian team is one of the team ada kat luar border tu, am proud of Mercy Malaysia!!! Go Dr Jemilah... eh.. dia tak dapat Dato' lagi ke?) see clip from al jazeera here...



few months ago ada colleague aku g ke gaza utk buat filming rancangan 'lessons in conflict'. bila dia balik dari gaza, mmg dia terkejut mcm mana ada org blh hidup kat situ. when we hear blockade, kita mungkin membayangkan seluruh kawasan dikepung dengan dinding batu thats all... silap. blockade gaza tu... actually lebih drpd itu, seluruh semenanjung gaza sentiasa diperhatikan oleh israel melalu satelite, cctv everywhere... sekitar tempat ada belon2 udara berterbangan...belon2 udara ni membawa camera dan merakam semua kegiatan penduduk gaza. dan utk team member aku ni, ada belon udara yg always follow filming team everywhere... dan at anytime, bila ada je benda israel syak mcm tak betul, like ada kereta yg tak sepatutnya ada disesuatu kawasan... akan jatuh lah misile and meletup kereta tu... so mmg lah senang israel nak bom gaza ni.. sebab seluruh gaza dah dipeta oleh israel. setiap genap gaza sudah diteliti.

check out a part of the programme... minit 4:40 for few seconds dan lagi 5:35 ada tunjuk the baloon yg fly around bawak camera... kalau nak tgk mcm mana rupa gaza... continue watch the programme... ada jugak tunjuk keadaan di Afghan dan Iraq. kalau nak tgk pasal gaza je.. watch the first episode at the end of this entry...



setakat malam semalam dah 640 org terbunuh... sebuah sekolah tajaan UN pun telah dibom... now dah 3 sekolah tajaan UN diserang oleh Israel... orang ramai dah kehilangan rumah... makin ramai org takde arah tuju.. takde tempat berlindung... berjalan kat jalan2 raya... israel keep saying yg hamas meletakkan pelancar roket kat tempat2 public, but when UN nak investigate depa kata UN takkan mampu investigate sbb Hamas people takkan membantu... urghh... aku geram betul dengar jawapan Israel spokeperson...

another blockade is on the information flow... bagi sesapa di seluruh dunia yg hanya tgk CNN as their news source... mmg silap lah... takkan tahu punya apa terjadi... totally israel propaganda... 2 hari sudah aku cuma sanggup tgk tak sampai 30 min CNN. kat bawah screen akan ulang2 latest news... yg diulang 4 israeli mati kat border, hamas keep launching rocket etc etc... takde pun mention beratus2 org civilian dibunuh di Gaza... then i turned to Al Jazeera semula... fairer view... dan tunjuk what really happened in Gaza. In fact, Al Jazeera is the only international channel yg ada reporter inside Gaza... so watch Al Jazeera... you can here and see what happened first hand... (iklan kejap...)

Anyway, bila lah Mubarak akan arahkan border tu terbuka... people are trapped in Gaza... tak boleh nak ke mane.... and bantuan pun tak boleh nak bagi masuk... bukan je israelis je yg nak bunuh org gaza ni, org islam pun tak membantu... sigh... btw.. i would also stress yg israeli yg aku maksudkan bukan jewish... some jews also tak bersetuju dan menentang pembunuhan besar-besaran ni.

Lessons in conflict - part one - watch the 2nd half, the children talk abt blockade in gaza.

Boycott...

semalam aku ada sembang-sembang ngan kawan aku pasal memboikot pembelian barangan Israel... dia don't really agree sebab apa lah sangat kita nak boikot tak jadi apa pun... plus dgn memboikot ramai org yg innocent mungkin menghadapi masalah pekerjaan, dan kita too dependent ngan barang2 org israel ni.. so we wont be able to live our life without it...

boycott ni aku rasa tak lah sampai kita buang barang2 yg kita ada... buang computer, buang handphone... dan duduk dalam gua... it's selective in membeli barang2 supaya kita elak beli barang2 yg directly product israel.

on org tempatan gak takde keje... hmm... yes aku setuju... but at the same time maybe wujud opportunity kat company tempatan... for example, kalau lah kita semua boycott McD, by doing that... company tempatan dpt sales bagus... instead of beli kat Carrefour kita beli kat kedai2 runcit tempatan... harga mungkin mahal skit... but thats the price... bukan ke yg akan untung rakyat tempatan jugak...

it happened before, masa middle east boycott coke... wujud zamzam cola dr Iran yg sales dia boom mendadak... :-) for sure bila ada business yg meningkat org2 yg keje kat company kena tutup blh keje kat company yg maju... i.e. company tempatan... (taken from this website- inminds)

utk barang2 yg perlu diboycott, aku copy paste list ni dr website inminds

AOL Time Warner Time Life magazine, CNN, ICQ
Apax Partners Jonny Rockets, Sunglass Hut.
Arsenal Football Club
Coca-Cola Fruitopia, Fanta, Kia Orange, Lilt, Sprite, Sunkist..
Caterpillar
Danone HP foods, Evian, Volvic, Jacob
Delta Galil Hema, Barbie, Carrefour, Auchan, Tchibo, Victoria's Secret, GAP, Banana Republic, Structure, J-Crew, JC Penny, Pryca, Lindex, DIM, DKNY, Ralph Lauren, Playtex, cK, Hugo Boss, M&S
Disney
Emblaze
Estée Lauder Aramis, Clinique, DKNY, Prescriptives, Origins, MAC, La Mer, Bobbi Brown, Tommy Hilfiger, Jane, Donna Karan, Aveda, Stila, Jo Malone, Bumble & Bumble, Kate Spade
Home Depot Villager's Hardware, Georgia Lighting, Apex Supply, EXPO Design Centres
IBM
Intel
Johnson & Johnson
Kimberly-Clark Kleenex, Kotex, Huggies, Andrex
Lewis Trust Group River Island, Isrotel hotels, Britannia Pacific
The Limited Inc Express stores, Lerner New York, Structure, New York & Company, Mast Industries, Intimate Brands, Victoria's Secret, Bath & Body Works, White Barn Candle Company, Henri Bendel
L'Oreal Giorgio Armani, Redken 5th Avenue, Lancome Paris, Vichy, Cacharel, La Roche-Posay, Garnier, Biotherm, Helena Rubinstein, Maybelline, Ralph Lauren, Carson
Marks & Spencer M&S, St.Michaels
McDonald's
Motorola
Nestle Nescafé, Perrier, Vittel, Pure Life, Carnation, Libby's, Milkmaid, Nesquik, Maggi, Buitoni, Cross & Blackwell, KitKat, Milkybar, Quality Street, Smarties, After Eight, Aero, Polo, Lion, Felix cat food, L'Oréal
News Corporation TV: Fox, Sky, Star, Phoenix, Granada, CNBC. UK newspapers: Standard Newspaper, News of the World, The Sun, The Times. Australian Newspapers: The Telegraph , Gold Coast Bulletin, Herald Sun, Independent, Sunday Mail. US newspapers: New York Post. Publishers: Harper Collins Ragan, Zondervan, National Geographical. Nursery World, Rawkus, NDS, Mushroom Records, ChinaByte.com, Festival Records
Nokia
Revlon New World Entertainment, Forbes
Sara Lee Hanes, Playtex, Champion, Leggs, Douwe Egberts, Bryan, DIM, Ambi Pur, Bali, Superior Coffee, Just My Size, Kiwi, Maison Cafe, Nur die, Pilao, Lovable, Outer Banks, Wonderbra, Sanex, Pickwick, Gossard, Body Mist, Brylcreem, Aqua Velva, Radox
Siemens
Selfridges
Starbucks Seattle Coffee, Pasqua, Hear Music, Tazo
Timberland

aku highlight kan few brands yg close to us.. yes... mmg susah nak boycott semua.. infact aku pun tak mampu nak boycott semua... tp at this point of time... apa yg mampu tu cuba lah... perhaps by doing this... mungkin ada brand2 tempatan yg blh laku... org kita jugak untung... brg2 ni pun bukannya bagus sgt... tp marketing je power... :-) insyaAllah...

btw, che det pun ajak kita boycott brgn israel...

Ceasefire...

Hari ni baru aku faham kenapa tak kan wujud ceasefire utk gaza - israel war. aku mungkin tahu half of the story, so sesapa tahu yg lain, let me know.

selama ni aku dengar yg kalau ada ceasefire maka akan berlaku one side ceasefire sbb at anytime hamas masih boleh melancarkan roket. while hamas plak takkan berheni melancarkan roket sehingga depa dapat kebebasan dr israel. tembok diruntuh, depa bebas dan semua sempadan dibuka... (which all will never happen i guess, not in the near future).

while tadi br aku dengar minah bakal PM israel cakap, Livni. dia kata mana mungkin akan ada ceasefire, sbb israel takkan duduk semeja dgn Hamas. Israel sebuah negara member UN while Hamas adalah satu pertubuhan, bukan negara. Israel menyerang 'mempertahankan diri' dan Hamas yg menyerang, so yg patut berhenti Hamas bukan Israel.

Hmm... kalau mcm ni, mmg takkan habis lah... mmg sukar... dengan negara2 arab yg masih tak bergerak. dengan Jordan, Egypt, Saudi langsung tak berkata2. kalau lah semua negara arab blh dengar cadangan Iran utk berhenti provide minyak dan gas pada israel dan sekutu, mesti akan ada terasa sikit boikot. pernah terjadi in 1970s, but now, semua negara arab tak bersekutu ngan Iran, semua ada fahaman Iran tu Parsi, bukan Arab, dan macam2 lagi. In fact, Egypt siap provide gas ke Israel cheaper than market price lagi... hmmm...

No ceasefire in the near future... the ground attack won't be short... lebih ramai org akan mati... :-(

Ground forces...

dah mula dah tentera israel masuk ke semenanjung gaza...

akan lebih ramai org akan mati...

:-(

Apa yg boleh aku bantu??? :-(

Hari tu ada org email aku link kat Mt.M2day blog pasal org pas ajak berdemo depan US embassy.... and these are some of the reply... (read the whole entry here)

...written by SiHangChai, December 28, 2008 23:24:21
PAS, jangan buat kacau. Ini negara Malaysia yang berdaulat dan mempunyai undang-undang. Siapa yang salah bila Hamas serang Israel masa Hari Natal, dia yang tahu. Peluru dan bom itu buta. Siapa tak sedih bila ramai yang maut. Saya harap pihak polis, FRU dan mana-mana pihak berkuasa akan ambil tindakan terhadap mereka yang buat kacau lagi di Kedutaan Amerika. Kalau nak protes, pergi Kedutaan Israel di Singapura. Jangan cuba pula heret negara dalam sengketa ini.

...written by wongnoball, December 29, 2008 04:19:32
Mangkok PAS and UMNO-Babies can go and protest for all I care. I don't care if you show bloodies babies, old people and citizen in blood. Have these Mangkok PAS-UMNO Malays do the same protest on suicide bombers in Afgan, Pakistan, Iraq, Genocide in Somalia?? Obviously not...so we may vote PAS in K.Trengganu but Over our dead bosy we support your blind condemnation of Isreal. Isreal Attack after more than 12 months of rocket attack from Hamas across the border like from Nasralla Lebonon a year ago. What would Malaysia do if Singapore launch repeated rocket attack to Malaysia?? Should Malaysia urge UN and Singapore to show restrain. Yet this Bi-Polar Religion Ideology of Islam in so many of these converts countries cannot see that Isreal is using the Malaysia ISA concept to impose Peace ala attack on Hamas. If ISA ok in Malaysia, it should mean Isreal have the RIGHT to attack Terrorist Hamas.

...written by Tompios, December 29, 2008 06:22:16
Most Malaysians only can see ISLAM-Lands in the Israel-Palestine issues. I don't understand why majority Malaysians cannot see the whole issues happened between Israel-Palestine. Serbia and Bosnia is also another issue out of Islam context. It is politic and not religion issue. PAS-UMNO sering guna agama untuk kepentingan agenda politic mereka. Padan muka Hamas. Hamas seprti Philippines yang masih menuntut haknya ke atas tanah Sabah. What to do? Spain and British punya deal. Israel? Ini kerja British dan America sewaktu menjadi penjajah di tanah Arab. Padan muka HAMAS. Kalau tiada kerja lain, Hamas akan membunuh Al-Fatah. Memang susah diatur.

bila depa pertikaikan roket Hamas (yg setakat ni bunuh 4 org) berbanding serangan Israel (yg now dah menyebabkan 430++ kematian)... aku jadi geram... hmm...

in different situation... kalau lah ada sorang mamat A, kutuk n maki giler2 B... sampai B sakit hati teramat sangat... dan B ambil pisau dia tikam A sampai cedera parah or terus mati... would we say A mmg salah dia lah... sapa suruh dia kutuk2 n maki2 dulu.. dia yg salah lah.. B cuma membalas je... n demi jaga hati dia... dia terpaksa lah buat mcm tu... B mana salah... and kita tak perlu hukum B apa2... dia mmg betul, dia bertindak sbb dia sakit hati... and A wajar dibunuh... valid argument?

sekarang ni, dah beribu-ribu tentera israel dgn kereta kebal bersedia kat sempadan israel semenanjung gaza... at anytime akan berlaku pencerobohan dan serangan darat... yg akan berlaku lebih kematian dan kemusnahan...

kalau aku nak cerita penderitaan org palestine ni, panjang citer... banyak sejarah... banyak yg kita tak faham... kita tak tahu... tp yg aku tahu aku sedih... tambah sedih sbb aku tak tahu mcm mana nak bantu... takkan sekadar mengutuk dan berdoa je yg mampu kita buat? hmmm...

(gambar aljazeera)