ora pro nobis

Aiseh memang boring. petang i went to lab to do some errands, then i went to JB’s ONLY shopping complex in the town (excluding those placed conveniently OUTSIDE the town’s 10km radius. You know one thing’s nice about JB is that u can get easy access to pirated dvds of any genre’ be it latest movies, tv series,, console n pc games, audio cds, or one-coloured ones. Seems that the local anti-piracy enforcers have this kind of schedule when theyre doing raids, so as not to disturb the pirates punya business, otherwise howcome maseh ada jugak dijual oh? Anyway, i’m glad to have ‘em around (pirates) for certain reasons. DVDs are sold for 5 a pop, PC DVDs for 15 a pop. I wanted to ask them why are they selling PC DVDs at a rm10 premium over their normal DVDs, but who gives a fxck, yes? local blokes dont own a PC gaming rig, so more or less they are catering for shameless singaporeans.

I attended the evening mass, so it went like this:

6pm mass started. semua macam biasa. tapi, choirnya cuma seorang perempuan warga emas yang menyanyi lebih perlahan dari muzik. teringat pula zaman st.joseph’s kuching sebelum ada choir budak2 muda. OK, takpa. I buat la perangai macam biasa kat gereja (bowing, hands up at appropriate times according to the older version of the ‘Sing Your Praise To God’ hymnal), and as usual, I got the attention of 2 pew-radius (umat2 tengok gelagat saya). Seriously, versi hymnal itu memang digunakan di semua gereja seluruh Malaysia (kecuali St. John’s KL yang mana hymnalnya besar gajah dan lain) jadi kenapa mereka semua orang tengok saya? Kalau diikutkan versi hymnal itu, saya memang ikut bulat2, takda salah. Takpa, homily yang diberikan oleh paderi memang pelik. Paderi pun sah datang dari mainland China sebab englishnya tonggang terbalek. Bunyinya macam ni - father asks the son to jump from cliff, promised to catch him. instead, masa anaknya lompat, bapaknya lari. maka landing sakitla anaknya itu. anaknya tension mengapa bapaknya tak sambut, bapak nya jawab nak ajar bahawa dalam dunia ini banyak penipu dan tyak boleh percaya cakap orang 100% termasuklah bapak. Lepas tu bapaknya suruh lagi anaknya terjun tapi kali ni bapaknya sambut. anaknya tanya apahal sambut? bapaknya jawab walaupun banyak penipu, ada juga orang yang baik dan yang akan membimbing kamu seperti bapa. saya tak tahu apa punya homili bunyi macam ni.

Oh great, memang confirm, kebanyakan umat gereja katolik memang sedih jika dibandingkan dengan umat-umat gereja protestant. I used to go to SIB and City Harvest church, diorang tu semasa service memang bersungguh2 semasa sembahyang. SIB church semasa sembahyang, sampai angkat tangan, tutup mata -  memang bagi konsentrasi dan 100% fokus. City Harvest church siap ada prayer in tongues lagi, diikuti dengan lagu2 bercorak pop, sampai lompat2 lagi, BETUL!!! (gereja budak2).

How come gereja katolik umat2nya tidak menunjukkan kesungguhan seperti yang ditunjukkan oleh saudara-saudari seiman kita dari gereja protestant? Saya bukannya nak suruh semua orang buat persembahan atau menunjuk-nunjuk ba. Alasan yang diberi oleh semua orang dari air muka mereka ialah : malu. Ternyata kita kena kikis sifat ini dan buang jauh2. Seorang rakan protestant saya telah bagi komen ini - ‘Apa kamu nak malu di depan Tuhan Yesus? Bukannya kamu nak berbogel pun.’

Nuff said.

banyak2 foto aku ngkah ba frenster tok, ada juak aku ngkah 2-3 igek dalam private. dah aku ngkah gambar2 ya, tetiba aku pikir gik:

1) apahal aku ngkah foto private aku dalam private folder?

mun gambar2 ya nang private mok mamposs, siklah aku ngkah online, betol sik? tambah gik, aku mestila nyimpan gambar2 ya kat bilik ka, dalam thumbdrive kedirik ka, sikla aku ngkah online. pikir2 gik, aku rasa bodo jak polah kedak ya, walaupun aku nang dah polah pun. Bodo pun bodo la, ada gik beribu2 orang dalam frenster tok yang bodo kedak aku.

Mwakakaka

I celebrated my first ever good friday celebration in Johore’s Church of Immaculate Conception yesterday. I’ll tell you my story.

I had to get a half-day’s off from work, which my boss approved. So saya pun berjalanlah (ambik bas and jalan sekejap) ke arah gereja. good friday service start pukul 2.30petang, so saya lenggang lenggok la pegi church. sampai pukul 2 petang, i dudokla. apparently, masa tu diorang buat stations of the cross dalam BM, dan tiga orang

2.30pm service started dengan stations of the cross in English. Kamurang tau, stations of the cross siap ada pelakon lagi! Tuhan Yesus kita memang SEBIJIK yang kita selalu lihat dalam gambar, memang diorang tau pilih pelakon. Tapi bajunya koyak rabak, memang SEBIJIK macam pengemis, sampai part pakaian dia dikoyak oleh roman soldiers tu, memang kesian betul, tapi nak ketawa pun ada. Nasib baik Tuhan Yesus kita tidak bogel habis, kalau tak memang XXX punya good friday la. tapi kan, mother Mary kita kulit dia gelap sikit, barangkali dia tinggal di arab sana so boleh la kot. Joseph pulak rendah dari mother Mary, i was wondering, was it like this in the first place? Anyway, instead of concentrating in the stations of the cross, saya tak dapat tahan ketawa sebab dapat melihat keadaan Tuhan Yesus saya yang melucukan. yela, dah dapat tengok dari satu daripada 8 bijik skrin LCD, memang you tak dapat miss punya.

pastu mulalah service dengan readings. Oh ya, the service was celebrated in English and BM. n finally, the gospel. Hehe gospel reading tidak dibuat seperti kebiasaan, yakni para umat was shown an excerpt of the passion of our Lord from one of the English-voiced passion dvd (bukan yang version mel gibson celaka punya, kamiorang tengok yang memang okay punya tidak tambah2 e.g, dalam mel gibson version ada burung gagak cucok mata pencurik sorang - no shit like that). maksudnya, para umat tengok dvd la, tak payah berdiri dan menjerit2 "crucify him! crucify him!" (Pardon me o Lord my Risen God and Saviour).

Lepas tu, the homily dalam english, tamil dan BM. Each Homily took less that 5 minutes, korang percaya tak????? I even remembered the intipati homily - Father cakap pasal His body and His blood was given to us to atone for our sins, His death frees us from our sins, itu saja.

Pastu, Washing of the feet. macam biasa buat, tapi 2 priests did it. pastu terus presentation of the crucifix (tak tau apa nama), choir yang nyanyi, pelik saja bunyi sebab dalam BM, dahlah yang nyanyi tu laki, sampai saja high note bunyi macam menjerit saja. Crucifix memang besar gajah, kalau ikut2, kena dua orang bawa tapi priest bawa sorang2 je, hebat. pastu orang buat collection (diorang buat collection, nanti masa cium cross takpayah bayar) celebration of the eucharist. sebelum balek, cium cross (ada 3 disediakan).

Overall, korang tau tak berapa lama? seluruh service good friday di church ini mengambil masa bulat2 2 jam saja. Memang cepat!!! Kalau saya sempat balek kerja lagi sekajap. Kalau macam inilah, malas saya nak balek kuching untuk holy week, kat kuching mana2 church u pegi, gerenti minimum 3 jam untuk good friday (menyampah betol).

Apa yang saya nak tekankan di sini: Johore Bahru caters for people who are working in Singapore, that’s why apa2 di sini kebanyakannya express, macam masak mi segera. Oh ya, did i mention selepas service tu ada disediakan minuman dan pau untuk para umat? Hehe

Today i got dis email. read up:

FROM THE DESK OF ABUBAKAR .A. USMAN, MANAGING DIRECTOR, FOREIGN REMITTANCE BANK OF AFRICA (BOA) BURKINA FASO IN WEST AFRICA DEAR FRIEND, I DO RECOURNIZE THE SUPRISE OF THIS URGENT BUT CONFIDENTAL LETTER BROUGHT TO YOU, ESPECIALLY AS ITS COMING FROM A SRANGER.IT IS OCCASSION BY THE URGENT DEMANDS. I HOPE THAT YOU WILL BE CAPABLE OF HANDLING THIS TRANSACTION,HENCE THIS IS FOR URGENT ACTION. I AM MR ABUBAKAR .A. USMAN, THE MANAGING DIRECTOR TO THE FOREIGN REMITTANCE BANK OF AFRICA (BOA). ON SEPTEMBER 4, 2003, A FIXED DEPOSIT OF 36 CALENDAR MONTHS, VALUED AT GBP15,000,000.00 (FIFTEEN MILLION POUNDS ) WAS MADE IN MY BRANCH BY MR WARLNER WHO WORKED WITH THE OIL COMPANY IN SOUDI ARABIA,AND AFTER MAKING THAT FIXED DEPOSITE HE WAS NO WHERE TO BE FOUND AND UPON MATURITY IN 2004, I SENT A ROUTINE NOTIFICATION TO HIS FORWARDING ADDRESS BUT GOT NO REPLY. AFTER A MONTH, WE SENT A REMINDER AND FINALLY WE DISCOVERED FROM HIS CONTRACT EMPLOYERS, SHELL PETROLEUM DEVELOPMENT COMPANY IN SAUDI ARABIA THAT MR. WERNER AND HIS WIFE WITH THEIR THREE CHILDREN WERE INVOLVED IN AN AUTO CRASH, ALL OCCUPANTS OF THE VEHICLE UNFORTUNATELY LOST THEIR LIVES. ON FURTHER INVESTIGATION I WAS NOT NOT ABLE TO TRACE THE PERSON WHOM HE STATED AS A NEXT OF KIN IN GERMANY AND EVER SINCE THEN THIS SUM OF GBP15.000, 000.00 HAVE BEEN FLOATING AS UNCLAIMED MONEY SINCE 2003 IN MY BANK AS ALL EFFORTS TO GET HIS RELATIVES HAVE HIT THE STONES. ACCORDING TO THE BURKINA FASO LAW AT THE EXPIRATION OF 5 FIVE) YEARS, THE MONEY WILL REVERT TO THE BURKINA FASO GOVERNMENT IF NOBODY APPLIES TO CLAIM THE FUND, AND THE FIVE YEARS IS THE END OF DECEMBER 2008. SINCE I HAVE BEEN UNSUCCESSFUL IN LOCATING THE RELATIVES FOR OVER 4 YEARS NOW,AND IT HAS NOT BE POSSIBLE FOR ME TO PRESENT ANYBODY FROM MY COUNTRY AS A NEXT OF KIN SINCE HE WAS FROM A FORIEGN COUNTRY SO, I SEEK YOUR CONSENT TO PRESENT YOU AS THE NEXT OF KIN WITH BENEFICIARY TO THESE DECEASED SO THAT THE PROCEEDS OF THIS ACCOUNT CAN BE PAID TO YOU. THIS WILL BE DISBURSED OR SHARED IN THESE PERCENTAGE, 60% TO ME AND 40% TO YOU. ALL NECESSARY DOCUMENTS THAT CAN BE USED FOR BACK UP IS ARRANGED FOR. PLEASE IF OKAY BY YOU PLEASE PROVIDE OR FURNISH ME WITH THE FOLLOWINGS; 1. FULL NAME 2. YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER AND FAX NUMBER 3. YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS 4. AGE YOUR URGENT RESPONSE WILL BE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED AND APPRECIATED. BEST REGARDS, ABUBAKAR .A. USMAN NOTE: Please reply me on usman001abu@yahoo.com

macam sial. pertaining to this matter, i have sent a reply which goes like this:

"my GOD, my loving, fucking GOD. JEESUS Christ Son of da Living GOD. wat da fuck you want? some spit in your eye?"

baru puas hati aku.

Dah lama sik post benda sitok, syok gilak tanga kawan pun blog ba www.cibolution.com

anyway, JB kinek tok panas jak, orang senang naik darah, especially kat tempat kerja aku. kinek tok budget gomen dah abis, mun mok order reagent mesti mok hutang dolok, nasib lab ku bisik agent nang rapat ngan kamek, ulih hutang dolok dalam sebulan lebih tok. mun sik nang dah mampus aku kena bom clinician atas diak. budget baru datai dalam bulan 2 tok, agik dalam sebulan gik baru dapat order baru.

kamek bacha newspaper marek, bisik church deka ka saman gomen pasal gomen nyimpan buku blaja sidak, disebut buku2 nyak bisik perkataan ‘kxxbxh, xllxh ngan 2 itik gik perkataan’, pasal ya gomen ka nyimpan dolok, enda ulih diberi ba church nyak. pasal tok, aku nang terus terang sik setuju mun buku kristian bisik mention perkataan2 kedak ya, nampak gilak kedak kita suma kristian tok sik hormat ba orang ti bukai kristian. even church aku pun lesen newspaper pun  lambat dapat, sebab benda tok juaklah, ditambah gik church aku ada munyi2 parti pembangkang ajak beberapa taun kebelakangan tok. aku sik pasti gilak kenak church aku ulih jadi kedak ya, yang pastinya ku sik gilak suka sebab sikda balance dalam church aku. aku rasa lesennya lambat diberi bukan sebab ada perkataan2 ya, tapi lebih kepada kecenderungan pihak NGO n non-muslim religious bodies to support opposition parties, 2-3 bulan lepas nang newspaper church aku ya nang rajin report benda2 yang pro-opposition, mentang2 la dah dekat election ba kinek tok. aku sik kisah apa pendapat church aku dan apa sidak polah untuk handle current issues, tapi mun apa sidak polah ya dah mengganggu aku membeli newspaper church ya, bab ya aku nang sik boleh terima. aku meli newspaper nyak sebab aku mok follow curent issues church aku, updates on matters relating to faith, but i do pray that when the newspaper wants to discuss about local issues, it should adopt a neutral stand.

aku tok bukannya apa, parti pro-kerajaan pun aku sik ambil kisah.

In Denmark, children born on Sunday can sense an impending death. I was born on a Sunday. But I’m not from Denmark. I do, however, can sense an impending Pikom PC Fair wherever it’s going to be held.. through the daily newspaper. Maybe Malaysian kids born on Sundays can sense an incoming favourite event, who knows, just joking though, but who knows. JB’s PCFair would be from the 14th-16th December, at Persada Johor, next to Kotaraya JB. Am going there to scour for the best multicore PCB money can buy. THEN, gonna look for the cheapest multicore processing unit that money can buy. THEN, the list goes on with HDR graphics array, storage and memory modules.

Just felt the strange push to open up hymnal n sing something, and my fingers came up with dis song:

O come to the throne of grace!
O come to the heart most pure!
To Mary our hope of life,
In whom salvation is sure.

O Queen of the Rosary, Hail!
Immaculate Mother of Grace!
O pray for us, help us today,
Thou hope of the human race.

Immaculate heart, we kneel!
To consecrate all to thee,
The present, its pain and joy,
The future, all it may be.

O Queen of the Rosary, Hail!
Immaculate Mother of Grace!
O pray for us, help us today,
Thou hope of the human race.

The rosary, white and gold,
We take from they virgin hand;
A pledge of the power of God,
To heal and strengthen our land.

O Queen of the Rosary, Hail!
Immaculate Mother of Grace!
O pray for us, help us today,
Thou hope of the human race.

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Saja, selamat menyambut hari kemerdekaan Malaysia ke-50…

DAN jangan lupa wahai orang sarawak, kite ni baru je masok tahun ke-44.

44.

not a good number lah, si-si (die-die). SSSSEEEIIIIII LEEERRRRRR!!!!
gurau je yek?

don’t forget that.

16th September 1963 is the date that we shouldn’t forget. That’s the day Sarawak got its independence from the colonial rule through the formation of Malaysia.

but then, janganlah kita terlalu bersifat kenegerian. tak baik tau, lebih-lebih lagi kita ni anak Malaysia.

Which makes me wonder, berapa banyak Sarawakian di luar sana yang datang ke Semenanjung Malaysia dan diberi greeting yang berbunyi: "Welcome to Malaysia" oleh saudara-saudara kita di Semenanjung?

Obviously some people tak score bagus sangat dalam geografi hehe…

okeh takpa, for me, i tak kisah sebab janji merdeka + satu extra day holiday hehe… which makes me to think: apakah erti kemerdekaan bagi saya, seorang anak Malaysia? Sebagai seorang anak Malaysia, i rasa kemerdekaan itu membawa maksud yang besar. I tahu kemerdekaan telah membawa kesan-kesan seperti berikut:

1) nama negara tanah tumpah darah saya ialah MALAYSIA.
2) nama negeri kelahiran saya tak perlu tukar langsung hehe. Nama Sarawak best apa.
3) dapat extra day cuti
4) whole month of august, kuching celebrate pesta makan2. yong tau fu serbuuuuuuuuu
5) whatever good things dat come with independence day.
6) smaller currency value when compared to british pounds, which is good for exports.
7) no chance to have ‘em EPL players come visiting often (sob..)
no chance to see Eidur Gudjohnssen in person (now he’s in Barcelona so wat the heck)
9) get to learn two new languages: Bahasa Kebangsaan AND English at the same time.

…………..10……………
-> my birth certificate saying that i’m a Malaysian.
………………………….

now, siapa lah yang tak bangga ada surat beranak Malaysia kan?

Obviously i’m not gonna score well kalau dah tiba giliran saya ambik kursus induksi dengan jawapan2 kat atas hehe.

i must start life anew yeah!!!

anyway, tak sabar2 nak balek kuching 18-21st october nih, harap2 ada teket kapaltebang yang tinggal. i’ll be bringing colleagues yang tak penah datang sarawak, bawak dem jalan2.