BIGfield
YangTersurat....YangTersirat
Friday, June 29, 2012
Thursday, July 10, 2008
My new eeePC 900
I've just bought myself a mini portable notebook eeePC 900. Damn...it is sooo cool. Now i am able to IT with ease. This is the first posting using this cool stuff.
Tuesday, July 01, 2008
HERE WE GO AGAIN
Parti Keadilan Rakyat president Datin Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail said the police report on sodomy lodged against her husband Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim was an attempt to assassinate his political career.
Wan Azizah said the 23-year-old man who lodged the report against Anwar at Jalan Travers police station in Brickfields on Thursday was a volunteer who joined to help the party during the last general election period.
"He came out of nowhere and offered to help us during the busy time of the campaigning. We knew little of him and and no background check was done on him as he was just a volunteer," said Wan Azizah.
She added the man was only an aide for three months.
Meanwhile BERNAMA has reported that Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has said that he was leaving to the police to investigate to determine the authenticity of the sodomy allegation against Anwar.
“It is the police who should take appropriate action. Since a report has been lodged, the police should investigate to establish whether the allegation was true or otherwise.
Thursday, September 02, 2004
Wednesday, August 04, 2004
Hello MSC...where are U
George Lucas opens animation studio in Singapore
eastday.com
George Lucas, creator of blockbuster films "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," on Tuesday announced the opening of a digital animation studio in Singapore.
This is Lucas' first overseas foray by his Lucasfilm production company. The studio, named Lucasfilm Animation Singapore (LAS), will produce digital animated content including films, television and game for global audiences.
"I've been a fan of Asian animation and illustration all my life. Asian cinema has had a particularly big impact on a lot of my work," Lucas said in a statement.
"By having a base in Singapore, we can create a new style of animation that will blend East and West -- and offer something not seen before," Lucas added.
This Singapore-based team will be headed by Gail Currey, vice- president and
Ahah....I thought I saw a pussycat
eastday.com
George Lucas, creator of blockbuster films "Star Wars" and "Raiders of the Lost Ark," on Tuesday announced the opening of a digital animation studio in Singapore.
This is Lucas' first overseas foray by his Lucasfilm production company. The studio, named Lucasfilm Animation Singapore (LAS), will produce digital animated content including films, television and game for global audiences.
"I've been a fan of Asian animation and illustration all my life. Asian cinema has had a particularly big impact on a lot of my work," Lucas said in a statement.
"By having a base in Singapore, we can create a new style of animation that will blend East and West -- and offer something not seen before," Lucas added.
This Singapore-based team will be headed by Gail Currey, vice- president and
Ahah....I thought I saw a pussycat
Saturday, July 31, 2004
Wow...
Man in court for 'raping dog'Faces up to 9 years, $75,000 in fines if convicted
Posted: July 29, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
A suburban Chicago man is in court today facing charges he raped a female dog, facing up to nine years in prison and $75,000 in fines if convicted.
Daniel Joyner of Elburn, Ill., was arrested in the town of Geneva last month, after allegedly sodomizing the pit bull-boxer mix with a bottle before having sex with the animal himself.
Hopely this kind of things won't happen in this land 'o' mine...tapikan malaysia boleh!,who knows one day.....eeeehhhhh
Posted: July 29, 20041:00 a.m. Eastern
© 2004 WorldNetDaily.com
A suburban Chicago man is in court today facing charges he raped a female dog, facing up to nine years in prison and $75,000 in fines if convicted.
Daniel Joyner of Elburn, Ill., was arrested in the town of Geneva last month, after allegedly sodomizing the pit bull-boxer mix with a bottle before having sex with the animal himself.
Hopely this kind of things won't happen in this land 'o' mine...tapikan malaysia boleh!,who knows one day.....eeeehhhhh
Perkongsian Pintar...Yeh..Yeh
Malaysia meterai kontrak bekalan air RM2.28 bilion
LANGKAWI 30 Julai - Dialog Antarabangsa Langkawi (LID) terus menunjukkan hasil konkrit apabila Malaysia dan Zimbabwe akan menandatangani perjanjian mengenai pemilikan saham bagi projek pembekalan air bernilai RM2.28 bilion (AS$600 juta) untuk wilayah Matabeleland di barat Zimbabwe Sabtu ini.
Majlis Perjanjian yang melibatkan usaha sama syarikat-syarikat Malaysia dan Zimbabwe itu akan disaksikan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Presiden Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe semasa kedua-dua pemimpin menghadiri Global 2004 - LID.
Pengerusi Perkongsian Komanwel bagi Pengurusan Teknologi (CPTM), Tan Sri Dr Omar Abdul Rahman berkata, perjanjian tersebut merupakan satu lagi hasil nyata yang berjaya dicapai menerusi penganjuran siri-siri dialog seperti LID.
Memang pintar. Dr.M beri balak kat Mugabe,tup..tup..dapat kontak air berbilion pulak tu.Hebat memang hebat. Ada beberapa persoalan disini..
1.Mugabe dah tak de kawan dah..last sekali org yg boleh tolong dia adalah Dr.M jugak
2.Paymentnya ok ke?aku rasa projek ni ok tapi tak bayarannya entahlah..silap hari bulan lingkop.....
LANGKAWI 30 Julai - Dialog Antarabangsa Langkawi (LID) terus menunjukkan hasil konkrit apabila Malaysia dan Zimbabwe akan menandatangani perjanjian mengenai pemilikan saham bagi projek pembekalan air bernilai RM2.28 bilion (AS$600 juta) untuk wilayah Matabeleland di barat Zimbabwe Sabtu ini.
Majlis Perjanjian yang melibatkan usaha sama syarikat-syarikat Malaysia dan Zimbabwe itu akan disaksikan oleh Perdana Menteri, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi dan Presiden Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe semasa kedua-dua pemimpin menghadiri Global 2004 - LID.
Pengerusi Perkongsian Komanwel bagi Pengurusan Teknologi (CPTM), Tan Sri Dr Omar Abdul Rahman berkata, perjanjian tersebut merupakan satu lagi hasil nyata yang berjaya dicapai menerusi penganjuran siri-siri dialog seperti LID.
Memang pintar. Dr.M beri balak kat Mugabe,tup..tup..dapat kontak air berbilion pulak tu.Hebat memang hebat. Ada beberapa persoalan disini..
1.Mugabe dah tak de kawan dah..last sekali org yg boleh tolong dia adalah Dr.M jugak
2.Paymentnya ok ke?aku rasa projek ni ok tapi tak bayarannya entahlah..silap hari bulan lingkop.....
Tuesday, July 27, 2004
Malaysia Boleh...Ayah Pin
This I read and found quite interesting..so I copy & paste all to read...
FOLLOWERS OF THE 'TEAPOT TEMPLE' They believe water from this teapot can cure the ill
We uncover an unusual religious sect in Terengganu, once held by Islamic party PAS
By Josephine Chew
DEEP in what was once an Islamic stronghold lies an eye-popping commune.
The followers of the Ayah Pin religion have built a colourful mini-village dominated by this two-storey-high teapot.
Like a slice of Disneyland in the Terengganu heartland, the teapot which was built last year, stands alongside a giant umbrella, a giant vase, a giant crescent and a sampan - all in clashing hues of hot pink, bright yellow and royal blue.
Kampung Batu 13, home of the giant crockery, is in Ulu Besut, just a stone's throw away from Kelantan.
A little dirt road that seemed to head into the jungle, was marked by only a small sign.
I entered cautiously.
There had been a flurry of advice when locals heard I was heading there.
'Be careful. The last time a reporter went there, he was chased out with parangs.'
'They'll cast a spell on you and won't let you leave.'
'Don't take any of the water and food - you'll become Ayah Pin's next wife.'
A place of myth and magic for the locals, it seems.
NO ENTRY
Kak Bidah, a fruit seller at a nearby village who gave directions to the little lane, said: 'They don't bother us, we don't bother them.
'We don't even know what they do there. But they're not from around here, they're all outsiders and I think they're quite rich.'
A massive iron gate with a sign saying No Entry Without Permission looked ominous. But it was easy getting in.
A short holler, and a resident just waved me in.
But the 60 believers who live there were suspicious at first, especially since the head of the group, Ayah Pin, wasn't at home that day.
The New Paper on Sunday caught up with him in Kuala Lumpur the next day.
The group was wary of reporters as it has been plagued by allegations of cultism.
At least four Malays in the group have renounced Islam, and have been jailed for this.
But after I'd spent some time at one of the more than 20 kampung houses on site, residents warmed up and answered questions cheerfully.
Do they still consider themselves Muslim?
The answers were mixed.
'Because we're Malay we have to be Muslim. But we transcend religions because there are many routes to the one God who made us all,' said Mr Mohd Yusof Hussein, 45, who has lived there for four years.
'I don't pray five times a day, I don't believe in going to Mecca. Does that mean I'm not Muslim?
'But I'm very religious and I believe in God.
'And people of different religions come to listen to Ayah Pin as well.'
The hotch-potch is reflected in the architecture.
Right alongside the beautifully-made, modern concrete community structures were over 20 shabby, wooden kampung houses.
Ayah Pin lives in a tiny kampung house all by himself, while his four wives and 21 children live in separate houses nearby.
The reach of his teachings could be seen from cars, with plates from Johor, Perak and Terengganu.
Apparently, followers who want to live on the compound can build their own houses.
But rising above all is the giant teapot.
What's it for? The standard reply was: 'If you have to ask, it means you wouldn't understand anyway.'
The RM40,000 ($18,000) teapot was conceived by a 'divinely inspired' member of the group who has since died.
Detailed plans were drawn up by another before it was built in gotong-royong (co-operative) style over four months last year. It was finished in November.
It's a proper teapot, with 'special water'.
The 300 sick people who throng to the compound every weekend to seek Ayah Pin's help either drink or bathe under the water which comes from a nearby well.
TEA-ROOM
When the vase that dispenses water from its taps runs low, the pipe valve in the teapot's spout automatically pours water into the vase.
And it doubles up as a meeting room as well, because there's a room inside the teapot.
The latest structure, which was finished in February, is the three-storey umbrella structure. It has a room inside as well.
Costing roughly RM70,000, it was also built by the faithful, using materials paid for by donors.
The place even has its own coffeeshop.
During my visit, several merchants, and the electricity and telephone bill man wandered in and out of the compound freely, if somewhat uncomfortably.
And followers were quick to point out that while they advocate an alternative lifestyle, they were very much a part of mainstream life.
'All our children go to the nearby government school at Bukit Payung secondary and primary school.
'And when we're sick we go to the government hospital,' said Ayah Pin's third wife, Madam Ruzila Makhar, 40.
'Most followers work, earn money and pay taxes too. We're really not as abnormal as everyone makes us out to be.'
Squabble over land ownership
THERE's a struggle for Terengganu's little Disneyland, and it's about land.
The head of the group, Ayah Pin, and his first wife moved to the site 25 years ago.
The land is still owned by his first wife, Che Minah Ramly, 58.
It was then dense jungle land that was allocated as agricultural land for fruit trees and the like.
But when the group expanded and started building the surreal structures from 1996 onwards, the Terengganu government started taking an active interest.
ORDERED TO BE TORN DOWN
In 2000, the land office issued orders for the buildings to be torn down as they contravened the national land code for the use of agricultural land.
However, the order was quashed in 2002 by the Kuala Terengganu high court after the group filed a protest.
The group filed to convert the land from agricultural to built-up land, which was rejected in March this year.
Said lawyer Haris Mohd Ibrahim who acts for the group pro bono: 'I find it very curious that this one kampung has been singled out with a strict insistence on the National Land Code.
'Virtually every kampung in this country doesn't comply to it.
'So unless there's a move to implement and apply this code strictly throughout the country, it will be a battle I will continue helping them fight.'
He also clarified that he is a Muslim who is not a follower of Ayah Pin.
'They could be worshipping the devil - which they are not by the way - but they still have a human right to exist if they follow the laws of the land. That's why I spend my time helping them out.'
He's the leader with 4 wives
His ideas are out of this world
HE supreme head of this group, Ayah Pin, believes he is God Tincarnate. 'I'm omnipresent and omnipotent. I was once Jesus, and have been reincarnated since the beginning of time into the vessel of a human body.
'This is my last human incarnation, so when this body dies, it'll be the end of the earthly world, and time for my government in the sky.'
The Malay-speaking religious leader Ayah Pin made such outlandish statements during the interview with The New Paper on Sunday recently.
Born Ariffin Muhamad in a small village in Kelantan 61 years ago, he had just returned from a four-day trip to Bali, where followers said he was honoured as head priest of a Hindu group there.
He has more than 1,000 followers and they are far from being limited to the borders of Terengganu.
It was quite a sight to watch videos of Hindu priests washing his feet, and bowing in respect to him - not just in Bali, but at Batu Caves and at a nearby Hindu temple at Setapak as well.
The eight followers who were present during the interview also said that at least nine Singaporean businessman have come to seek his help for the success of their business while they were in Johor last year.
And it's not as if his followers are redneck hicks, because many are cosmopolitans who have spent time overseas.
Among them are civil servants, successful businessmen and even musicians with Anugerah Muzik Industri (the Malaysian Grammys) awards.
Still, it was bizarre meeting the man claiming to be God at a follower's shophouse at Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday.
But though I was surrounded by many of his followers, I did not feel threatened.
He was a perfectly charming and genial old man, with piercing brown eyes.
Even when it was obvious that I was finding many of the claims difficult to process, he didn't seem to mind.
'You'll understand in time. There are many different levels of understanding. There's no rush,' he said.
HUMAN VICES
But he was also very human, with human vices, like puffing away on cigarettes while waving the thick gold chain on his right wrist.
He has also had six wives and 21 children.
His first wife, Che Minah Ramly, 58, owns the land they occupy in Terengganu.
One has died, the other he divorced, leaving him with four wives in his current stable.
'I'm not Muslim, the different religions are just a means to the one God. And I'm over and above all the religions.
'But don't get me wrong, all religions are good because they help a person find the truth,' he said.
'But it's easier to not have one particular religion because the different structures and practices may impede your search.'
When asked whether he thought he was human, the answer was a firm no.
But was he subject to human failings, like anger? Or lust?
'Put it this way, even if I do wrong, I'm above it all. So it becomes right anyway,' he said after much prodding.
JAILED ONCE
The 61-year-old native Kelantanese said he had a revelation at the age of 10 that his body had been chosen as a vessel for God.
In a strange parallel to the life of the Christian saviour, Jesus, he only started his religious leadership at the age of 29 or 30, after years of fasting and praying in the wild.
For his unorthodox teaching, he has been put in jail by the Malaysian authorities.
His 11-month imprisonment at the Pengkalan Chepa jail in Kelantan ended in March 2002, and his influence seems to have continued expanding even then.
However, he claims that his imprisonment was illegal as having declared that he is not Muslim, the Syariah court does not have jurisdiction over him.
He continues to live mostly at his Kampung Batu 13 home and has an open house for suppliants seeking aid from Saturday to Sunday night.
So why are the seemingly random building shapes in his compound in Terengganu the way they are?
'Don't ask me why.
'It is just a mirror of the way it is in the government in the sky.
'I can't lie because once you go up yourself, you'll know if the plans are wrong.
'So things are the way they are just because, you can't explain it logically,' was his unhelpful explanation.
NO PROBLEMS WITH MONEY
The religious leader, who doesn't work, couldn't explain why he seemed to have an endless supply of money either.
'I don't know where it comes from. Sometimes if I tap my pockets, I suddenly have money. Anyway, my followers handle the money, not me,' he said.
At this juncture, the KL section head piped in saying that Ayah Pin had never asked him for money, ever, and if anything, it was him who has received money from Ayah Pin.
It was a surreal world indeed, as very intelligent, well-dressed followers entered in complete suppliance on their knees to greet him, and hung on his every word.
Perhaps the most disturbing part was when he said the world would end after his death.
But don't worry, he clarified. He still has a lot of work to do. And with our increasing lifespan, we have at least 20 more years to enjoy.
HIS FOLLOWERS
ONE of Ayah Pin's most fervent believers is Mr Kamarul Zaman, 37, who played host to me.
Suspicious at first, he ended up revealing how he once belonged to the banned Al-Arqam cult in Kuala Lumpur.
Despite earning RM6,000 ($2,700) a month as a successful graphic artist, the civil engineering graduate felt unhappy.
'But it's only now that I've found contentment and peace... it's about openness to all religions, all races, all peoples, while still integrating with the earthly world - we send the kids to government schools, and we follow the laws.'
But the beliefs are unorthodox.
Like how all religions have equal access to God, keeping God in mind is more important than praying or going to Mecca.
Holy books like the Quran and Bible are not regarded as the ultimate source of truth.
Madam Mary Pereira, a 51-year-old Catholic telemarketer was introduced to Ayah Pin by a Hindu friend.
'Honestly, it was a big struggle to accept him at first because it sounded so crazy. But now I really do believe he is the human vessel of God, of Jesus.
'I've had some love disappointments in the past... I've always had a bad temper and been a control freak. But I'm slowly getting better now.'
She says she is still Catholic and doesn't see her faith in Ayah Pin as a contradiction.
Her mother, however, disapproves. So does Mr Kamarul's mother.
He said: 'But I'm not sad because I know I've found the right road. Hopefully she will too.'
FOLLOWERS OF THE 'TEAPOT TEMPLE' They believe water from this teapot can cure the ill
We uncover an unusual religious sect in Terengganu, once held by Islamic party PAS
By Josephine Chew
DEEP in what was once an Islamic stronghold lies an eye-popping commune.
The followers of the Ayah Pin religion have built a colourful mini-village dominated by this two-storey-high teapot.
Like a slice of Disneyland in the Terengganu heartland, the teapot which was built last year, stands alongside a giant umbrella, a giant vase, a giant crescent and a sampan - all in clashing hues of hot pink, bright yellow and royal blue.
Kampung Batu 13, home of the giant crockery, is in Ulu Besut, just a stone's throw away from Kelantan.
A little dirt road that seemed to head into the jungle, was marked by only a small sign.
I entered cautiously.
There had been a flurry of advice when locals heard I was heading there.
'Be careful. The last time a reporter went there, he was chased out with parangs.'
'They'll cast a spell on you and won't let you leave.'
'Don't take any of the water and food - you'll become Ayah Pin's next wife.'
A place of myth and magic for the locals, it seems.
NO ENTRY
Kak Bidah, a fruit seller at a nearby village who gave directions to the little lane, said: 'They don't bother us, we don't bother them.
'We don't even know what they do there. But they're not from around here, they're all outsiders and I think they're quite rich.'
A massive iron gate with a sign saying No Entry Without Permission looked ominous. But it was easy getting in.
A short holler, and a resident just waved me in.
But the 60 believers who live there were suspicious at first, especially since the head of the group, Ayah Pin, wasn't at home that day.
The New Paper on Sunday caught up with him in Kuala Lumpur the next day.
The group was wary of reporters as it has been plagued by allegations of cultism.
At least four Malays in the group have renounced Islam, and have been jailed for this.
But after I'd spent some time at one of the more than 20 kampung houses on site, residents warmed up and answered questions cheerfully.
Do they still consider themselves Muslim?
The answers were mixed.
'Because we're Malay we have to be Muslim. But we transcend religions because there are many routes to the one God who made us all,' said Mr Mohd Yusof Hussein, 45, who has lived there for four years.
'I don't pray five times a day, I don't believe in going to Mecca. Does that mean I'm not Muslim?
'But I'm very religious and I believe in God.
'And people of different religions come to listen to Ayah Pin as well.'
The hotch-potch is reflected in the architecture.
Right alongside the beautifully-made, modern concrete community structures were over 20 shabby, wooden kampung houses.
Ayah Pin lives in a tiny kampung house all by himself, while his four wives and 21 children live in separate houses nearby.
The reach of his teachings could be seen from cars, with plates from Johor, Perak and Terengganu.
Apparently, followers who want to live on the compound can build their own houses.
But rising above all is the giant teapot.
What's it for? The standard reply was: 'If you have to ask, it means you wouldn't understand anyway.'
The RM40,000 ($18,000) teapot was conceived by a 'divinely inspired' member of the group who has since died.
Detailed plans were drawn up by another before it was built in gotong-royong (co-operative) style over four months last year. It was finished in November.
It's a proper teapot, with 'special water'.
The 300 sick people who throng to the compound every weekend to seek Ayah Pin's help either drink or bathe under the water which comes from a nearby well.
TEA-ROOM
When the vase that dispenses water from its taps runs low, the pipe valve in the teapot's spout automatically pours water into the vase.
And it doubles up as a meeting room as well, because there's a room inside the teapot.
The latest structure, which was finished in February, is the three-storey umbrella structure. It has a room inside as well.
Costing roughly RM70,000, it was also built by the faithful, using materials paid for by donors.
The place even has its own coffeeshop.
During my visit, several merchants, and the electricity and telephone bill man wandered in and out of the compound freely, if somewhat uncomfortably.
And followers were quick to point out that while they advocate an alternative lifestyle, they were very much a part of mainstream life.
'All our children go to the nearby government school at Bukit Payung secondary and primary school.
'And when we're sick we go to the government hospital,' said Ayah Pin's third wife, Madam Ruzila Makhar, 40.
'Most followers work, earn money and pay taxes too. We're really not as abnormal as everyone makes us out to be.'
Squabble over land ownership
THERE's a struggle for Terengganu's little Disneyland, and it's about land.
The head of the group, Ayah Pin, and his first wife moved to the site 25 years ago.
The land is still owned by his first wife, Che Minah Ramly, 58.
It was then dense jungle land that was allocated as agricultural land for fruit trees and the like.
But when the group expanded and started building the surreal structures from 1996 onwards, the Terengganu government started taking an active interest.
ORDERED TO BE TORN DOWN
In 2000, the land office issued orders for the buildings to be torn down as they contravened the national land code for the use of agricultural land.
However, the order was quashed in 2002 by the Kuala Terengganu high court after the group filed a protest.
The group filed to convert the land from agricultural to built-up land, which was rejected in March this year.
Said lawyer Haris Mohd Ibrahim who acts for the group pro bono: 'I find it very curious that this one kampung has been singled out with a strict insistence on the National Land Code.
'Virtually every kampung in this country doesn't comply to it.
'So unless there's a move to implement and apply this code strictly throughout the country, it will be a battle I will continue helping them fight.'
He also clarified that he is a Muslim who is not a follower of Ayah Pin.
'They could be worshipping the devil - which they are not by the way - but they still have a human right to exist if they follow the laws of the land. That's why I spend my time helping them out.'
He's the leader with 4 wives
His ideas are out of this world
HE supreme head of this group, Ayah Pin, believes he is God Tincarnate. 'I'm omnipresent and omnipotent. I was once Jesus, and have been reincarnated since the beginning of time into the vessel of a human body.
'This is my last human incarnation, so when this body dies, it'll be the end of the earthly world, and time for my government in the sky.'
The Malay-speaking religious leader Ayah Pin made such outlandish statements during the interview with The New Paper on Sunday recently.
Born Ariffin Muhamad in a small village in Kelantan 61 years ago, he had just returned from a four-day trip to Bali, where followers said he was honoured as head priest of a Hindu group there.
He has more than 1,000 followers and they are far from being limited to the borders of Terengganu.
It was quite a sight to watch videos of Hindu priests washing his feet, and bowing in respect to him - not just in Bali, but at Batu Caves and at a nearby Hindu temple at Setapak as well.
The eight followers who were present during the interview also said that at least nine Singaporean businessman have come to seek his help for the success of their business while they were in Johor last year.
And it's not as if his followers are redneck hicks, because many are cosmopolitans who have spent time overseas.
Among them are civil servants, successful businessmen and even musicians with Anugerah Muzik Industri (the Malaysian Grammys) awards.
Still, it was bizarre meeting the man claiming to be God at a follower's shophouse at Setapak, Kuala Lumpur, on Wednesday.
But though I was surrounded by many of his followers, I did not feel threatened.
He was a perfectly charming and genial old man, with piercing brown eyes.
Even when it was obvious that I was finding many of the claims difficult to process, he didn't seem to mind.
'You'll understand in time. There are many different levels of understanding. There's no rush,' he said.
HUMAN VICES
But he was also very human, with human vices, like puffing away on cigarettes while waving the thick gold chain on his right wrist.
He has also had six wives and 21 children.
His first wife, Che Minah Ramly, 58, owns the land they occupy in Terengganu.
One has died, the other he divorced, leaving him with four wives in his current stable.
'I'm not Muslim, the different religions are just a means to the one God. And I'm over and above all the religions.
'But don't get me wrong, all religions are good because they help a person find the truth,' he said.
'But it's easier to not have one particular religion because the different structures and practices may impede your search.'
When asked whether he thought he was human, the answer was a firm no.
But was he subject to human failings, like anger? Or lust?
'Put it this way, even if I do wrong, I'm above it all. So it becomes right anyway,' he said after much prodding.
JAILED ONCE
The 61-year-old native Kelantanese said he had a revelation at the age of 10 that his body had been chosen as a vessel for God.
In a strange parallel to the life of the Christian saviour, Jesus, he only started his religious leadership at the age of 29 or 30, after years of fasting and praying in the wild.
For his unorthodox teaching, he has been put in jail by the Malaysian authorities.
His 11-month imprisonment at the Pengkalan Chepa jail in Kelantan ended in March 2002, and his influence seems to have continued expanding even then.
However, he claims that his imprisonment was illegal as having declared that he is not Muslim, the Syariah court does not have jurisdiction over him.
He continues to live mostly at his Kampung Batu 13 home and has an open house for suppliants seeking aid from Saturday to Sunday night.
So why are the seemingly random building shapes in his compound in Terengganu the way they are?
'Don't ask me why.
'It is just a mirror of the way it is in the government in the sky.
'I can't lie because once you go up yourself, you'll know if the plans are wrong.
'So things are the way they are just because, you can't explain it logically,' was his unhelpful explanation.
NO PROBLEMS WITH MONEY
The religious leader, who doesn't work, couldn't explain why he seemed to have an endless supply of money either.
'I don't know where it comes from. Sometimes if I tap my pockets, I suddenly have money. Anyway, my followers handle the money, not me,' he said.
At this juncture, the KL section head piped in saying that Ayah Pin had never asked him for money, ever, and if anything, it was him who has received money from Ayah Pin.
It was a surreal world indeed, as very intelligent, well-dressed followers entered in complete suppliance on their knees to greet him, and hung on his every word.
Perhaps the most disturbing part was when he said the world would end after his death.
But don't worry, he clarified. He still has a lot of work to do. And with our increasing lifespan, we have at least 20 more years to enjoy.
HIS FOLLOWERS
ONE of Ayah Pin's most fervent believers is Mr Kamarul Zaman, 37, who played host to me.
Suspicious at first, he ended up revealing how he once belonged to the banned Al-Arqam cult in Kuala Lumpur.
Despite earning RM6,000 ($2,700) a month as a successful graphic artist, the civil engineering graduate felt unhappy.
'But it's only now that I've found contentment and peace... it's about openness to all religions, all races, all peoples, while still integrating with the earthly world - we send the kids to government schools, and we follow the laws.'
But the beliefs are unorthodox.
Like how all religions have equal access to God, keeping God in mind is more important than praying or going to Mecca.
Holy books like the Quran and Bible are not regarded as the ultimate source of truth.
Madam Mary Pereira, a 51-year-old Catholic telemarketer was introduced to Ayah Pin by a Hindu friend.
'Honestly, it was a big struggle to accept him at first because it sounded so crazy. But now I really do believe he is the human vessel of God, of Jesus.
'I've had some love disappointments in the past... I've always had a bad temper and been a control freak. But I'm slowly getting better now.'
She says she is still Catholic and doesn't see her faith in Ayah Pin as a contradiction.
Her mother, however, disapproves. So does Mr Kamarul's mother.
He said: 'But I'm not sad because I know I've found the right road. Hopefully she will too.'
Thursday, July 15, 2004
Lagu lama....
Challenge may split Wanita: Rafidah
HONGKONG: Datuk Dr Siti Zaharah Sulaiman's challenge for Wanita Umno's top post may split the movement, said incumbent Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.
The Paya Besar MP is making a bid to unseat Rafidah, who is the international trade and industry minister, in the party elections in September
Rafidah said the challenge by the former national unity and social development minister will only recreate old problems.
"I do not know what is her motive. But many will agree if I say that in the aftermath of the contest which she (Siti Zaharah) had won, problems cropped out," Rafidah who is leading a Malaysian trade mission here told Bernama.
Naik muak dah dengar alasan ni....
HONGKONG: Datuk Dr Siti Zaharah Sulaiman's challenge for Wanita Umno's top post may split the movement, said incumbent Wanita Umno chief Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz.
The Paya Besar MP is making a bid to unseat Rafidah, who is the international trade and industry minister, in the party elections in September
Rafidah said the challenge by the former national unity and social development minister will only recreate old problems.
"I do not know what is her motive. But many will agree if I say that in the aftermath of the contest which she (Siti Zaharah) had won, problems cropped out," Rafidah who is leading a Malaysian trade mission here told Bernama.
Naik muak dah dengar alasan ni....
Wednesday, July 14, 2004
Gotcha...
Sharifah Aini sues reporter for slander
KUALA LUMPUR(the Sun): Singer Datuk Sharifah Aini Syed Jaafar has filed a defamation suit against an entertainment reporter of a local newspaper over alleged conversation which she claimed took place with another reporter about her performances as an entertainer in a concert, said a Bernama report.
She claimed that the reporter, Fauziah Mohd Johar, assuming a pseudonym of Zieman from The Star spoke defamatory words about her in one of her conversations with her fellow reporter Saodah Ismail, who is employed by an electronic media Agendadaily Dot Com.
She claimed the alleged defamatory statement which was meant among others, that the concert came to grief and ended up in disaster and that the diva's performance did not come up to expectations.
Waa..mengumpat pun tak boleh ka?Next time when U were at mamak stall, watchout aaa...
KUALA LUMPUR(the Sun): Singer Datuk Sharifah Aini Syed Jaafar has filed a defamation suit against an entertainment reporter of a local newspaper over alleged conversation which she claimed took place with another reporter about her performances as an entertainer in a concert, said a Bernama report.
She claimed that the reporter, Fauziah Mohd Johar, assuming a pseudonym of Zieman from The Star spoke defamatory words about her in one of her conversations with her fellow reporter Saodah Ismail, who is employed by an electronic media Agendadaily Dot Com.
She claimed the alleged defamatory statement which was meant among others, that the concert came to grief and ended up in disaster and that the diva's performance did not come up to expectations.
Waa..mengumpat pun tak boleh ka?Next time when U were at mamak stall, watchout aaa...
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)