Yusuf Islam ...

Dengan nama Allah Yang Maha Pengasih lagi Maha Penyayang

-Diambil dari Majalah i Keluaran Disember 2005 -
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Di sini dipaparkan temu bual Yusuf Islam yang dikutip dari pelbagai sumber, menyingkap pandangan, pengalaman serta perjalanan hidup
beliau.

Dulu anda sangat popular, tetapi disebabkan gaya hidup yang anda jalani menyebabkan anda dihinggapi satu penyakit yang berbahaya.
Apakah hal tersebut yang menyebabkan anda mengubah haluan hidup?

Itu adalah benar. Sebelum itu saya tidak menyedari apa yang terjadi pada diri saya. Saya terasa menjalani satu kehidupan yang
sangat cepat, kehidupan sebagai artis pujaan yang gemerlapan dan mewah. Pada masa yang sama saya terpaksa bekerja lebih masa. Hidup
saya seolah-olah tidak normal. Pada masa yang sama saya ketagih minum minuman keras, merokok dan sebagainya.

Akhirnya saya terpaksa membayar gaya hidup seperti itu apabila doktor mengsahkan saya diserang penyakit TB. Ini menghairankan kerana
penyakit ini dianggap sudah pupus pada abad ke-20 ini yang kononnya sistem perubatan dan gaya hidup manusia sudah canggih.

Saya kemudian tersedar dan memikirkan kembali tentang makna hidup saya selama ini dan ke mana selepas itu. Kesedaran ini mendorong
saya melakukan satu perubahan besar. Rupanya tempoh rawatan yang saya terima, adalah satu peluang untuk saya merenung perjalanan hidup
saya. Inilah hikmah berharga di sebalik penyakit yang menimpa saya kerana dalam keadaan biasa kita tidak mempunyai masa dan kesempatan
untuk merenung sesuatu yang berharga dalam hidup kita.

Selepas anda sihat, khabarnya anda melakukan pengembaraan rohani untuk mencari kebenaran yang akhirnya bertemu dengan agama Islam?

Saya mendapat rawatan yang cukup lama di sebuah hospital di Essex, timur London . Selepas sihat saya kemudian banyak mempelajari
nilai-nilai Timur seperti Buddha, Hindu, I Chi Zen dan pelbagai lagi. Saya juga sempat mempelajari asal usul fahaman keagamaan
keluarga saya yang berasal daripada Kristian Yunani lama.

Bagaimanapun semua itu tidak memuaskan hati saya . Saya masih ragu-ragu dengan huraian yang diberikan. Seorang wanita Australi
memperkenalkan saya pada ajaran sufi Jalaludin Rumi. Ajaran tersebut sangat memberi kesan, tetapi saya masih tidak menjumpai apa yang
saya cari.

Suatu hari saya mengalami kemalangan yang mengerikan. Waktu itu saya sedang berada di pantai Malibu, di pinggiran bandar Los
Angeles, Amerika Syarikat iaitu kawasan para jutawan bermastautin. Waktu itu saya sedang melawat rumah pengurus rakaman saya, Jerry
Moss. Saya memutuskan untuk berenang di pantai pada hari itu dan saya tidak tahu bahawa hari itu merupakan hari yang berbahaya untuk
berenang kerana musim tengkujuh dan ombak yang sangat besar.

Semasa mandi, saya diheret oleh satu arus yang menyebabkan saya tenggelam. Dalam keadaan cemas seperti itu, saya sedar bahawa tidak
ada yang boleh menolong saya. Secara spontan saya berteriak sekuat-kuatnya, " Tuhan, jika Engkau selamatkan aku, aku akan bekerja
untukMu!". Tiba-tiba sebuah ombak besar mendorong saya dari belakang menghempas ke pantai. Dengan sisa-sisa tenaga yang ada saya
berenang, dan akhirnya selamat. Saya seperti tidak percaya bahawa saya masih hidup. Peristiwa itu sesuatu yang luar biasa.

Pada waktu itu saya yakin benar bahawa Tuhan itu ada. Tetapi sebagai manusia, kita sering melupakan janji-janji yang dilafazkan
apabila telah selamat. Tetapi Tuhan tidak pernah melupakannya.

Lalu sejak bila Islam memberi kesan kepada kehidupan anda?

Tidak lama selepas itu, Islam menyelinap ke dalam hati sanubari saya, melalui abang saya David. Selepas melakukan perjalanan ke
Jerusalem tahun 1976, David sangat tertarik dengan cara orang Islam beribadah di sekitar Masjid al-Aqsa. Menurutnya orang Islam nampak
sangat khusyu', tenang semasa beribadah dan tanpa patung dan tanpa gambar. Selepas pulang ke London , David mencari senaskah al-Quran
di sebuah kedai buku. Dia kemudiannya membelikan untuk saya kerana dia tahu saya sedang dalam 'pencarian'.

Saya menghabiskan waktu satu tahun untuk membaca al-Quran sehingga habis, sebelum memutuskan untuk memeluk Islam.

Pada waktu sangat berat bagi saya bersikap terbuka terhadap Islam kerana saya telah dipengaruhi oleh pelbagai persepsi negatif
terhadap Islam. Ayah saya adalah seorang Yunani-Cypriot, dan kerananya semua yang berkaitan dengan Islam dan 'Turki' adalah berbahaya
disebabkan mereka musuh ketat kami. Jadi saya pujuk hati saya, bacalah kerana ini hanya sebuah buku dan ia tidak akan melukaimu.

Saya mulai membaca al-Quran dan hal pertama yang saya pelajari adalah nama Tuhan. Dimulai dengan..." Dengan nama Allah Yang Maha
Pengasih, Maha Penyayang. Segala puji bagi Allah, Tuhan semesta alam..."

Ini sangat mengejutkan saya kerana saya tidak menyangka bahawa orang Islam itu percaya pada Tuhan! Saya menyangka mereka selama ini
menyembah Muhammad. Semakin banyak saya membaca al-Quran, semakin ia membuat saya kagum dan takjub.

Lalu apa yang anda peroleh daripada al-Quran?

Yang pertama dan utama al-Quran bercerita tentang iman kepada Allah yang Ahad untuk semua manusia, dan bercerita tentang umat
manusia sebagai sebuah keluarga. Ada juga ayat-ayat yang menceritakan tentang para Nabi yang bersaudara yang telah menyampaikan pesan
yang sama kepada umat manusia, berusaha mengajak manusia kembali ke jalan yang benar.


Saya melihat nama-nama Yesus, Moses, Abraham, Jacob, Noah dan yang terpenting adalah utusan terkahir Muhammad Sallallahu'alaihi
wasalam. Semua mereka disebut oleh al-Quran dengan penghormatan yang sama sebagai Nabi utusan Allah Subhanahu wa Taala.


Salam satu ayat itu berbunyi :" Wahai manusia sembahlah Tuhan yang menciptakanmu dan orang-orang yang sebelum kamu, supaya kamu
beriman kepadaNya".
Sepanjang hidup saya belum pernah saya mendengar ayat yang seperti ini. Akhirnya kesemua yang saya baca membawa saya kepada satu
kesimpulan iaitu " inilah kebenaran yang saya cari".

Apakah tidak timbul sedikit pun penolakan di dalam hati anda?

Ya, pada mulanya saya seperti dicabar untuk mencari kelemahan di dalam al-Quran tersebut. Lalu saya mulai mecari-cari kelemahan dan
kesalahannya. Saya terfikir takkan tidak ada satu atau dua hal yang tidak sempurna.

Tetapi datang satu bisikan dalam diri saya bahawa apa yang saya baca adalah satu kesempurnaan. Semakin saya baca, semakin ia
mengasyikkan. Saya seperti diserap oleh al-Quran.

Yang paling berkesan pada diri saya adalah kisah dalam surah Yusuf, kerana kisahnya hampir sama yang terdapat dalam kitab Injil.
Selepas saya membaca surah tersebut, tiba-tiba hati saya seperti terbuka dan air mata saya bercucuran tidak henti-henti.

Saya yakin buku ini tidak mungkin ditulis oleh seorang manusia. Ini pasti sebuah wahyu. Sejak saat itu, saya mula sedar tidak ada
cara lain selain saya harus menjadi seorang Muslim.

Akhirnya saya bertemu dengan seorang Muslimah yang memberitahu saya bahawa ada sebuah masjid yang baru dirasmikan di Regent's Park.
Padahal selama bertahun-tahun saya melalui kawasan itu, yang saya lihat hanya pepohon, semak belukar dan padang rumput.

Kini, di celah-celah pepohonan hijau itu saya melihat kubah keemasa yang belum pernah saya saksikan sebelum ini.

Pada suatu hari di musim sejuk tahun 1977, saya mengambil keputusan yang mengubah hidup saya, saya berjalan kaki untuk ke masjid itu
untuk menyatakan keyakinan saya. Saya mengatakan " Tiada Tuhan selain Allah dan Muhammad itu pesuruhNya".

Apa reaksi keluarga anda dengan keputusan anda itu?

Saya sedar bahawa langkah ini akan memberi kesan yang besar pada keluarga saya, teman-teman dan masyarakat. Tapi yang paling penting
dalam keputusan itu, bukanlah apa yang difikirkan orang tetapi saya seperti kembali ke fitrah yang suci. Jika kita mendengar bisikan
hati kita, maka kita akan pergi.

Sejak saat itu, saya terus mendengarkan suara hati saya dan saya yakin hanya seruan Allah yang harus ditaati dan diikuti. Itulah
perjalanan akhir daripada pencarian saya.

Mengapa anda memilih nama Yusuf?

Saya ingin membuang kenangan sebagai seorang Cat Stevens. Apabila saya menjadi seorang Muslim, saya memerlukan satu nama baru.
Disebabkan surah dalam al-Quran yang paling saya sukai adalah surah Yusuf, maka saya abadikan nama itu pada nama saya.
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p.s: - Hargailah nikmat iman dan Islam yang telah diberikan kepada kita...
- Semoga ada manfaat...

If you Have tow Cows

SOCIALISM: You have 2 cows, and you give one to your neighbour.
COMMUNISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and gives you some
milk.
FASCISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some
milk.
NAZISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both and shoots you.

BUREAUCRATISM: You have 2 cows. The State takes both, shoots one,
milks the other, and then throws the milk away...
TRADITIONAL CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell one and buy a
bull. Your herd multiplies, and the economy grows. You sell them and
retire on the income.

SURREALISM: You have two giraffes. The government requires you to take harmonica lessons.
AN AMERICAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You sell one, and force the other to produce the milk of four cows. Later, you hire a
consultant to analyse why the cow has dropped dead.

ENRON VENTURE CAPITALISM: You have two cows. You sell three of them to your publicly listed company, using letters of credit opened by your
brother-in-law at the bank, then execute a debt/equity swap with an
associated general offer so that you get all four cows back, with a
tax exemption for five cows. The milk rights of the six cows are transferred via an intermediary to a Cayman Island Company secretly owned by the majority shareholder who sells the rights to all seven cows back to your listed company.

The annual report says the company owns eight cows, with an option on
one more. Sell one cow to buy a new president of the United States,
leaving you with nine cows.No balance sheet provided with the release.
The public buys your bull.

A FRENCH CORPORATION: You have two cows. You go on strike, organise a riot, and block the roads, because you want three cows.
A JAPANESE CORPORATION: You have two cows. You redesign them so
they are one-tenth the size of an ordinary cow and produce twenty times the milk. You then create a clever cow cartoon image called 'Cowkimon' and market it worldwide.

A GERMAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You re-engineer them so they live for 100 years, eat once a month, and milk themselves.
AN ITALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows, but you don't know where they are. You decide to have lunch.

A RUSSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You count them and learn you have five cows. You count them again and learn you have 42 cows. You count them again and learn you have 2 cows. You stop counting cows because you're sobering up and open another bottle of vodka.

A SWISS CORPORATION: You have 5,000 cows. None of them belong to you. You charge the owners for storing them.
A CHINA CORPORATION: You have two cows. You have 300 people milking them. You claim that you have full employment, and high bovine productivity, and arrest the newsman who reported the real situation.
AN INDIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. You worship them.

A BRITISH CORPORATION: You have two cows. Both are mad.
IRAQI CORPORATION: Everyone thinks you have lots of cows. You tell
them that you have none. No-one believes you, so they bomb the **** out of you and invade your country. You still have no cows, but at least now you are part of a Democracy....

AUSTRALIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. Business seems pretty good. You close the office and go for a few beers..
WELSH CORPORATION: You have two cows. The one on the left looks very
attractive.

MALAYSIAN CORPORATION: You have two cows. One belongs to the PM. The other one belongs to x-PM. And yes.. Malaysia Boleh..

Orang Bunuh Diri kat LRT

The biggest car safety mistakes parents make

The biggest car safety mistakes parents The biggest car safety mistakes parents make -- and how to avoid themmake -- and how to avoid them

• Not using a safety seat consistently
• Using an old or secondhand seat
• Facing your child forward too soon
• Moving your child out of his car seat or booster too soon
• Not installing your child's safety seat correctly
• Not using a locking clip or using it incorrectly
• Not securing the seat's harness correctly
• Not buckling your child's car seat into the car
• Holding your child on your lap
• Letting two kids share one seat belt
• Letting your child ride in the front seat



Not using a safety seat consistently
"We were only going to the grocery store ..." "He hates to ride in his car seat, so just this once I didn't make him ..." "He was having a meltdown, so I took him out of his seat for a minute to calm him down ... " Safety experts say they hear these words all too often from distraught parents after tragedy has struck. Remember, a one-time-only lapse can result in a lifetime of regret. Each year, nearly 250,000 children suffer serious injuries in car crashes, and more than 1,600 die. In fact, auto accidents are the leading cause of death in children over age 3. But car seats and booster seats could prevent many of these tragedies. Consistent and correct use of safety seats, for instance, reduces the risk of death in a serious collision by more than 70 percent. Stephanie Tombrello, executive director of the nonprofit passenger safety organization SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A., urges all parents to get a safety seat that's convenient to use, and to make buckling your child into it such a habit that you don't even have to think about it.


Using an old or secondhand seat
That safety seat you scored at a garage sale or secondhand store for a fraction of its original cost may seem like a bargain, but it could cost your child his life. The same goes for an older-model seat given to you by a friend or a relative when her child outgrew it. Not only are used seats unlikely to come with the manufacturer's instructions (vital for correct installation), but they could be missing important parts, have been involved in an accident (even unseen damage can affect the seat's functioning), fall short of current safety standards, or have been recalled due to faulty design. To make sure your child's seat is safe, fill out the registration card when you buy a new car seat or booster seat, and mail it in so the manufacturer can notify you in case of a recall.

If you must use a secondhand seat, make sure it has the original instructions (if not, contact the manufacturer for a replacement copy), has all its parts (check the manual), has never been involved in an accident, is no more than two years old, and hasn't been recalled (click here to check a seat's recall status).

Facing your child forward too soon
Children have large heads and comparatively weak necks, so in a head-on collision (the most common type of crash) a child's head can jerk forward suddenly and violently, resulting in spinal injuries. For this reason, keep your child rear-facing position as long as possible. Just be sure that he rides in a rear-facing seat specially designed to hold children weighing up to 35 pounds or a convertible car seat that's made to hold children weighing up to 35 pounds in a rear-facing position or up to 40 pounds in a forward-facing position. (Note: The 12-months-and-20-pounds rule that many parents cite when turning their child forward in the car is actually the minimum size and age requirement.)


Moving your child out of his car seat or booster too soon
Though safety-seat laws vary from state to state, experts are unequivocal in their recommendations for safe riding:
• Your child should ride in a safety seat with a five-point harness until he weighs at least 40 pounds, or until his shoulders no longer fit under the harness straps. (You can use a convertible rear- and forward-facing car seat until your child hits 40 pounds or the harness system of a car- and booster-seat combo from as little as 20 pounds up to 40 pounds.)
• Your child should ride in a booster seat from the time he weighs 40 pounds (and is at least 3 years old) until he's 4 feet 9 inches tall and at least 8 years old.

Not installing your child's safety seat correctly
Your child's safety seat won't do the job it's intended to if it's not installed correctly. Among the most common mistakes: Not buckling the car seat in tightly enough, and not using the right type of seat belt to secure your child in his booster seat. So before you so much as back out of the driveway, check to see that the seat doesn't tip forward or slide from side to side more than an inch, and make sure that your child's booster is secured with a lap-and-shoulder belt.

Better yet, use the new anchoring system if you can. Since 1999, federal regulation has required most new forward-facing car seats to come with a top tether that snaps into a corresponding anchor in your car, making installation easier and more secure. But because most pre-1999 vehicles don't have the anchoring system, owners of those models may want to consider having their car retrofitted with the anchor system (check with your local auto dealership for information on cost and feasibility).

Since September 2002, all new car seats and vehicles must be compatible with the LATCH system, short for Lower Anchors and Tethers for Children (combining the previously existing top tethers with lower anchors, built into the rear of the car; some cars built between 1999 and 2002 also have the system). Toddler / booster combo seats are required to have both the upper and lower attachments; booster seats are not required to have LATCH.

Not using a locking clip or using it incorrectly
If your car is a pre-1996 model, chances are the lap-and-shoulder belts don't lock unless you come to a sudden stop. This means you need a locking clip — a small metal device that looks like an oversized paper clip — to hold the seat belt (and thus your child's car seat) tight in the event of a crash. After you buckle your child's seat tightly in place, see if you can move it more than an inch toward the front or sides of the car. If so, install the locking clip about a half-inch above the buckle (not on the other side of your child's car seat, holding the shoulder and lap belts together before they're threaded through the appropriate slot in the car seat — a common mistake parents make). If you've misplaced the locking clip that came with your car seat, contact the manufacturer to order a replacement or buy a new one at a store that carries car seats and other safety supplies.

Not securing the seat's harness correctly
You can do all the prep work in the world (shopping for just the right seat for your car and your child, placing it in the safest position in your car, and installing it correctly), but none of that will matter much if you don't buckle your child into the seat securely. To make sure the car seat harness straps are snug enough to hold your child firmly in the event of an accident:
• Buckle your child in, making sure the harness straps aren't twisted, and then use the mechanism on the front of the car seat to pull the harness tight. You should not be able to pinch any harness fabric between your fingers.
• Slide the plastic retainer clip that holds the two straps together up to armpit level before securing it. If the clip is too low, your child could be ejected from his seat in a crash.

Not buckling your child's car seat into the car
Believe it or not, many parents who are cited for car seat violations have a car seat in their car, and have their child buckled into the car seat — but have not buckled the car seat into the car. This may be the result of confusion between car seats with harnesses and booster seats (which have different anchoring systems), or the result of switching a seat from one car to another on a hectic morning. To avoid this common mistake, don't start your engine until you've double-checked that your child is not only safely secured in his car seat, but that the seat is buckled tightly into the car's seat belt system. If your child rides in a booster seat, make sure the car's seat belts are buckled around him before you take off.

Even better, use the new LATCH system to bypass your car's seat belts and attach the car seat or booster seat directly to your car. For more information, see "Not installing your child's safety seat correctly," above.

Holding your child on your lap
When your child is having a tantrum after hours on the road, it's tempting to lift him out of his car seat and hold him in your arms. The same goes when you're just making a quick dash from one locale to another with a gaggle of friends or relatives and it's easier for everyone to pile into the same vehicle than to take separate cars. This might seem safe enough (after all, you'd hold your child tight if anything happened, right?), but the truth is you can't control what your body might do in a crash. In fact, safety experts warn that even if you're belted in, your child could be ripped from your arms and thrown through the windshield by the force of a collision. And if you manage to get the seat belt around both of you, your weight could actually crush your child to death. So as much as he may scream, and as inconvenient as taking your own car is when the two of you could just hop into someone else's, never let your child ride in a moving car unless he's safely strapped into his car seat or booster. No exceptions.

Letting two kids share one seat belt
This is a big no-no; crash tests have shown that when two children ride buckled into one seat belt, their heads can knock together so hard that it's potentially fatal for both of them.

Letting your child ride in the front seat
Though he may whine and plead to ride in the front seat with you, the back seat is by far the safest place for your child, since that's where he's best protected in a head-on or side-impact collision. In fact, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) strongly recommends that all children under age 13 ride in the back seat every time they get in the car. Other tips on safe riding positions:
• If possible, buckle your child into the middle of the back seat, where he's best protected from side-impact collisions. If your child rides in a booster seat and your car has only a lap belt in the center back (which is fine for car seats but should never be used on its own with a booster seat), position your child's booster on either the right or left side of your back seat and buckle him in with the car's lap-and-shoulder belt.
• If you have a passenger air bag in your car, that's all the more reason to keep your child in the back. Though air bags are designed to reduce injuries in adults, they're actually dangerous for children. In fact, in recent years more than a hundred kids have been killed by passenger air bags, which can cause serious head and neck injuries when they inflate, especially to children in rear-facing car seats. To find out whether your car has air bags, look for a warning label on the sun visor or the letters SRS or SIR embossed on the dashboard, or check your vehicle owner's manual.
• If your child must sit in the front seat because that's the only option (if the back seat is already full or if your car is a two-seater, for example), check to see if your car's air bag has an on-off switch, and if so, turn it off. If not, have an air-bag switch installed by a car dealership or one of the specialized companies that have sprung up to deal with this situation (the NHTSA maintains a list of companies that install air bag on-off switches). If you can't disable your passenger air bag, then have the child who's most securely restrained in a front-facing car seat with a full harness (in other words, the child who's least likely to wiggle out of his restraints; or, if your passengers have all moved out of the car seat phase, your biggest or tallest passenger) ride in the front seat, and move his seat as far back from the dashboard as possible.


Question: When can my child safely ride in the front seat of a car?

Answer: The answer in almost every case is not until he's at least 13 — and passenger safety organizations such as SafetyBeltSafe U.S.A. recommend going even further and keeping your child in the backseat until he's ready to drive himself.

Why? Because riding in the front seat simply isn't as safe as riding in the back. Buckling a child into the backseat instead of the front reduces by a third his risk of death in a collision.
In a head-on crash (the most common — and deadly — type of collision), a child in the front seat can be thrown into your car's dashboard or through the windshield. Even if he's properly buckled in, he's at much greater risk for being harmed by objects intruding into the car in the front than in the back.

What's more, in cars with passenger air bags (which includes most newer models), the air bags deploy with such force that they can cause severe head and neck injuries to a child. Nationwide, more than a hundred children have been killed by air bags in recent years, and many of these deaths were in slow-speed collisions that should have been minor. Infants and toddlers in rear-facing car seats are at extreme risk from air bags when placed in the front seat because the back of their car seat is so close to the dashboard.

If, despite these very real dangers, you absolutely must put a non-rear-facing child in the front seat, check to see whether your car's air bag has an on-off switch, and if so, turn it off. If not, have an air-bag switch installed by a car dealership or one of the specialized companies that have sprung up to deal with this situation. (The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration maintains a list of companies that install air bag on-off switches; you'll need to get permission from this government organization before installing such a switch, however.) If you can't disable your passenger air bag, then have the child who's most securely restrained in a front-facing car seat with a full harness (in other words, the child who's least likely to wiggle out of his restraints, or, if your passengers have all moved out of the car seat phase, your biggest or tallest passenger) ride in the front seat, and move his seat as far back from the dashboard as possible.

HATI2 KENGKAWAN SEKALIAN..

Excerpt from NST today...guys pls be extra careful...especially if you or your HM is driving alone...

PETALING JAYA: Three armed robbers struck twice within 12 hours yesterday, escaping with two cars, both driven by women.

Both incidents occurred five kilometres apart in Puchong, leading police to believe that both robberies were committed by the same gang.

The first incident occurred about midnight yesterday near Taman Puncak Jalil.

The victim was a 20-year-old woman who was driving a Toyota Vios. Her car was hit from behind by a Proton Waja.

When the woman pulled up by the road shoulder to inspect the damage, three men from the Proton Waja confronted her. They scolded and accused her of causing the accident.

One of the suspects then slapped the victim, causing her to fall to the ground and before she could regain her composure, another man drove her car away.

The victim, who was bruised from the attack, called a friend before lodging a report at a nearby police station.

The second incident occurred in front of another victim's house in Jalan BK2/7, Bandar Kinrara, about 11.30am yesterday.

The woman, in her 30s, was about to go out with her maid when they were confronted by three men, one armed with a parang.

They were warned not to raise the alarm before the three jumped into the woman's Mercedes Benz and drove it away.

Subang Jaya deputy police chief Superintendent Jaafar Said said police believe both robberies were committed by the same gang. He said police mounted roadblocks in the area immediately after each report.

The losses were estimated at RM250,000.

Jaafar advised women drivers to be extra cautious if they were involved in minor collisions.

He said they should drive to the nearest police station if they felt threatened.
Those with information on the cases can contact the nearest police station or Subang Jaya police headquarters at 03-89484822.

In Butterworth, a similar modus operandi was inflicted upon a businessman along a busy road at Sungai Dua yesterday.

The drama unfolded about noon when the 34-year-old was driving his new Toyota Camry, worth about RM150,000, from Sungai Petani to his home. A 4WD vehicle suddenly rammed into his car from behind as he reached the Sungai Dua main road.

The businessman then pulled up to the side to inspect the damage to his vehicle but before he could get out, another car sped up alongside his vehicle and six men armed with parangs and knives, confronted him.

Seberang Prai Utara district police chief ACP Wan Abdullah Tuanku Said said that the robbers bundled the businessman into his car and took over the wheel. They drove him to a secluded area in Permatang Pasir and robbed him of RM2,100, a gold chain and ring worth RM27,000.

The victim was ordered out of his car before the robbers fled in his Toyota.

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Don't u guys think so? haha

Advantage 1: Secure lifestyle

An engineer boyfriend can provide you with a secure lifestyle. At 27 years old, an engineer probably has a respectable, stable job that gives him a high income to own a car, invest, have a comfortable life, and

Get married and buy a house too. Law graduates are still working as a lowly apprentice in law firm. Most management graduates have just failed on their first business plan. The arts graduate is still looking for a job. And the medical school graduate is still living in a hospital.

Advantage 2: Unmatchable industriousness

An engineer boyfriend will dedicate anunimaginable amount of his time and effort to understand you. Engineers strain really really hard to understand their work. You can believe that they will try really really hard to understand women too, just like how they understand their work, once they believe that you are the one. So even if they don't understand you initially, they will keep on trying. Even if they still do not understand, they will figure out the correct method to keep you happy (e.g. buy diamond ring = 1 week's worth of happiness.) And once they find out the secret formula, they will just keep on repeating it so that the desired results appear. Unlike the Lawyer who will argue with you. The Management graduate who will try to control your spending, The Arts graduate who will 'change major'. And the medical school graduate who will operate on you. And you know what, it's really so easy to make engineers believe that you are the 'one'. Say that you like one of their project and they will be hooked to you forever.

Advantage 3:

An engineer boyfriend will never betray your trust. Let me first tell you what is wrong with the rest of the others - The lawyers will lie about everything. Management graduates will cheat your money. The arts graduate will flirt, and you probably just look like another cadaver to the medical school graduate. Your engineer boyfriend is either too busy to have an affair, and even if he does, he is too dumb to lie to you about that. Hence, an engineer is the most secure boyfriend that you will ever find - rich enough, will keep on trying to understand and please you, has no time for affairs, and too dumb to lie to you.

So girls, why procrastinate?

Get an engineer for your boyfriend!

Kisah Malam Pertama

Malam Pertama..

Sempena musim kawin..kekekkeke...Lesson: Bukak sume hadiah b4
masuk tido...kekeke..:p

Malam Pertama

Suasana masih riuh di luar. Sanak saudara semuanya berkampung
disini. Gelak ketawa, gurau senda jelas kedengaran. Aku
memimpin isteriku ke dalam bilik pengantin. Suara-suara
sumbang terlalu banyak yang menegurku.

"Hai, malam masih muda, dah nak masuk tidur?" sapa Pak Ucu.

"Orang muda bang Aji, biarlah. Air dah penuh kat kepala tu."
sahut Pak Tam disambut hilai ketawa sanak saudara yang lain.
Meriah sungguh keadaan diluar walau jam sudah menunjukkan
pukul 11.00 malam.

Hadiah yang masih belum dibuka ku susun ke tepi. Lampu ku
tutup. Merebah diri ke katil pengantin, aku menoleh ke arah
isteriku.

"Kita tidur dulu lah yer. Ramai sangat orang kat luar tu."
Isteriku hanya mengangguk tanda setuju.

Entah pukul berapa sekarang, aku pun tidak tahu. Keadaan di
luar gelap gelita dan senyap sunyi. Tanda sanak saudaraku
telah pulang dan keluargaku telah tidur.

Jari jemariku lembut membelai rambutnya. Ku selak rambut ikal
yang menutupi telinganya lalu membisikkan "Assalammualaikum!"
ke telinganya untuk menguji isteriku.

"Wa alaikummussalam." Rupanya isteriku masih belum tidur.

Ku kucup pipi halusnya. Ku kucup dahinya yang mulus. Semerbak
harumnya menusuk deria bauku. Akanku tunaikan tanggungjawabku
sebagai suami malam ini. Jari-jemari ini terus membelai
tubuhnya. Perasaanku tidak dapat dikawal lagi, namun...

"Kringggggg...."

"Tik..tik..tik..tik..."

"Kring.. kring..kring.."

Bunyi-bunyi jam loceng entah dari mana memenuhi ruang bilikku.
Terkejut dengan segala macam bunyi yang ada, aku membuka
lampu. Serentak itu, terang benderang seluruh rumahku.
Bunyi-bunyi ini telah berjaya membangunkan semua orang di
rumahku.

Aku mencari-cari punca bunyi-bunyi itu. Mataku terarah ke
sekotak hadiah yang masih terbalut rapi. Aku buka dengan
pantas dan di dalamnya terdapat 5 buah jam loceng. Juga
sekeping kad berbunyi... Selamat Pengantin Baru, Jangan
gopoh-gopoh. Baru Pukul 2 pagi. Jangan maree.. kami potong
stim. Ikhlas dari : Class of 92/93, SMKAS.

Dalam hatiku.. cilaka punya kengkawan. Potong stim betullah.

TAMAT


Andai hidup punca perpisahan,
biarlah mati menyambungnya semula.
Namun seandainya mati punca perpisahan,
biarlah hidup ini membawa erti yang nyata.

Another interesting Story..

An atheist professor of philosophy speaks to his class on the
problem science has with God, The Almighty.



He asks one of his new students to stand and.....



Prof: So you believe in God?

Student: Absolutely, sir.

Prof : Is God good?

Student: Sure.

Prof: Is God all-powerful?

Student: Yes.



Prof: My brother died of cancer even though he prayed to God to
heal him. Most of us would attempt to help others who are ill. But
God didn't. How is this God good then? Hmm?

(Student is silent.)

Prof: You can't answer, can you? Let's start again, young fella. Is
God good?

Student: Yes.



Prof: Is Satan good?

Student: No.

Prof: Where does Satan come from?

Student: From...God...

Prof: That's right. Tell me son, is there evil in this world?

Student: Yes.



Prof: Evil is everywhere, isn't it? And God did make everything.
Correct?

Student: Yes.

Prof: So who created evil?

(Student does not answer.)

Prof: Is there sickness? Immorality? Hatred? Ugliness? All these
terrible things exist in the world, don't they?

Student: Yes, sir.



Prof: So, who created them?

(Student has no answer.)

Prof:Science says you have 5 senses you use to identify and observe
the world around you. Tell me, son...Have you ever seen God?

Student:No, sir.

Prof: Tell us if you have ever heard your God?

Student: No, sir.



Prof: Have you ever felt your God, tasted your God, smelt your God?

Have you ever had any sensory perception of God for that matter?

Student: No, sir. I'm afraid I haven't.

Prof: Yet you still believe in Him?

Student: Yes.

Prof: According to empirical, testable, demonstrable protocol,
science says your GOD doesn't exist. What do you say to that, son?



Student:Nothing. I only have my faith.

Prof: Yes. Faith. And that is the problem science has.

Student: Professor, is there such a thing as heat?

Prof: Yes.

Student:And is there such a thing as cold?

Prof:Yes.

Student:No sir. There isn't.

(The lecture theatre becomes very quiet with this turn of events.)



Student: Sir, you can have lots of heat, even more heat, superheat,
mega heat, white heat, a little heat or no heat.

But we don't have anything called cold. We can hit 458 degrees
below zero which is no heat, but we can't go any further after
that. There is no such thing as cold . Cold is only a word we use
to describe the absence of heat . We cannot measure cold. Heat is
energy .. Cold is not the opposite of heat, sir, just the absence
of it .

(There is pin-drop silence in the lecture theatre.)



Student:What about darkness, Professor? Is there such a thing as
darkness?



Prof:Yes. What is night if there i! sn't darkness?

Student You're wrong again, sir. Darkness is the absence of
something. You can have low light, normal light, bright light,
flashing light....But if you have no light constantly, you have
nothing and it's called darkness, isn't it? In reality, darkness
isn't. If it were you would be able to make darkness darker,
wouldn't you?



Prof: So what is the point you are making, young man?

Student:Sir, my point is your philosophical premise is flawed.

Prof:Flawed? Can you explain how?



Student:Sir, you are working on the premise of duality. You argue
there is life and then there is death, a good God and a bad God.
You are viewing the concept of God as something finite, something
we can measure. Sir, science can't even explain a thought.

It uses electricity and magnetism, but has never seen, much less
fully understood ! either one.To view death as the opposite of life
is to be ignorant of the fact that de ath cannot exist as a
substantive thing. Death is not the opposite of life: just the
absence of it.

Now tell me, Professor.Do you teach your students that they evolved
from a monkey?

Prof: If you are referring to the natural evolutionary process,
yes, of course, I do.

Student: Have you ever observed evolution with your own eyes, sir?

(The Professor shakes his head with a smile, beginning to realize
where the argument is going.)



Student:Since no one has ever observed the process of evolution at
work and cannot even prove that this process is an on-going
endeavor, are you not teaching your opinion, sir? Are you not a
scientist but a preacher? (The class is in uproar.)



Student:Is there anyone in the class who has ever seen the
Professor's brain?

(The class breaks out into laughter! .)



Student Is there anyone here who has ever heard the Professor's
brain, felt it, touched or smelt it? No one appears to have done so.

So, according to the established rules of empirical, stable,
demonstrable protocol, science says that you have no brain,sir.
With all due respect, sir, how do we then trust your lectures, sir?

(The room is silent. The professor stares at the student, his face
unfathomable.)



Prof: I guess you'll have to take them on faith, son.



Student:That is it sir... The link between man & god is FAITH .
That is all that keeps things moving & alive.



NB:I believe you have enjoyed the conversation...and if so...you'll
probably want your friends/colleagues to enjoy the same...won't
you?....

this is a true sto ry, and the student was none other
than.........APJ Abdul Kalam.(GABENOR OF INDIA). ONE OF THE
INTELIGENT SCIENTIST THAT WE HAVE IN THIS UNIVERSE.

Raya & Kisah Balik Kampung

Moral: Jangan gaduh pasal balik raya la, pakat baik2. Buat anak
lelaki, tanggungjawab kat ibu sampai salah seorang (anak tu atau ibu)
menemui ajalnya. Buat para isteri, jangan sampai jadikan suami anak
derhaka...


Setiap kali menjelang ramadhan tergiang-giang suara ibu yang
rasanya baru saja saya dengar walaupun telah berlaku berbelas tahun.
Diantara tazkirah ibu yang amat saya ingat ialah ketika bulan puasa
selepas bersahor sementara menunggu waktu solat subuh ibu akan
memanggil kami semua (3 orang anak perempuannya - ibu mempunyai 4
orang anak perempuan seorang dah berumahtangga dan dua orang anak
lelaki) dan akan bercerita tentang kebesaran Allah dan hukum hakam
dalam islam dengan menggunakan bahasa yang amat mudah difahami
walaupun ketika itu saya masih lagi bersekolah menengah rendah dan
ayah pula meninggal dunia ketika usia saya tiga bulan.


Ibu : Apa yang nak ibu cakap nie....dengar baik-baik lebih-lebih
lagi pada Ateh (anak no. 3) dan Acik (anak no.5). Ateh akan mendirikan
rumahtangga tak lama lagi. Apabila hampir penghujung puasa dah tentu
kamu suami isteri akan berbantah-bantahan untuk pulang ke kampong
siapa pada hari raya pertama. Betul tak??????


Ateh & Acik : Betul....mestilah ghumah ibu dulu.........


Ibu : Dengar dulu....contohnya jika rumah kamu di Tanjong Malim,
rumah ibu di Cheras dan rumah mentua kamu di Johor, rumah siapakah
yang akan kamu tuju dulu?


Ateh & Acik : Ghumah ibulah.....sebab dekat


Ibu : Tidak.......ibu tidak izinkan kamu balik ke
sini.........baliklah ke rumah mentua kamu dan jika mentua dan suami
kamu izinkan barulah balik ke rumah ibu........ibu tak kisah hari raya
yang keberapa sekalipun.


Ateh : Mengangguk.......(tanda faham ler tue...... dia nie banyak
ikut perwatakan ibu....penyabar, bertolak ansur dan mahir dalam
menjahit, sulam menyulam, memasak dan juga pandai mengurut....diantara
kami adik-beradik dialah yang paling dalam
pengetahuannya dalam islam seperti ibu juga).


Acik : Mana boleh macam tu tak aci lahhhhhh......kena
gilir-gilirlah baru adil. (dia nie memang kaki bangkang
pun.....outspoken skit kalau dia tak puas ati)


Ibu : Ingatlah......jika anak-anak perempuan itu sayangkan ibu
bapanya dan inginkan kebahagian ibu bapa nya di akhirat
nanti...taatlah pada suami dan mentua ........


Acik : Macam kaum h**** lak. Dah kawin tak boleh gi rumah emakbapak.


Ibu : Bukan macam tu......islam tu indah.......setiap anak-anak
perempuan yang taat pada suami di samping mentua mereka, ibubapanya
akan mendapat pahala di atas ketaatannya itu..... dan seperkara
lagi.....untuk menjaga suami tidak sesusah mananye... hanya dua
perkara kalau kamu nak menundukkan suami kamu mengikut
ISLAM......JAGALAH NAFSUNYA DAN JAGALAH PERUTNYA. InsyaAllah dia tak
akan ke mana.....kalau dia melilau pun dia akan kembali kepada kamu
juga. Pahala kamu ada di dalam rumah kamu tak payah bersusah payah
macam kaum lelaki di luar rumah mencari pahala.


Ditakdirkan Allah Ateh bernikah dengan abang ipar yang yatim
piatu......jadi setiap tahun beraya bersama ibu manakala Acik pulak
masih mempunyai ibubapa mentua . Hampir setiap tahun pada hari raya
puasa Acik sekeluarga akan beraya di rumah mentua di Melaka cuma pada
hari keempat atau selebihnya di rumah ibu (rumah Acik di Kedah).


Dengan takdir Allah ketika saya berada di tingkatan 6 rendah, dua
hari sebelum hari raya puasa Acik sekeluarga tiba di rumah ibu. Ibu
terkejut tapi saya rasa.........terkejut campur gembira agaknya ibu
pada masa itu. Selepas pulang dari solat terawih ibu duduk berbual
dengan abang ipar...


Ibu : Bila kamu nak bawa isteri kamu pulang ke Melaka?


Abang ipar : Kami akan beraya di sini dan raya ke dua nanti baru
balik ke Melaka (dia nie memang malu sakan dgn ibu).


Ibu : Adakah ini desakan dari isteri kamu?


Abang ipar : Tidak bu.......saya izinkan keluarga saya beraya di sini.


Ibu : Bagaimana ibubapa kamu adakah mereka setuju?


Abang ipar : Mereka tiada halangan.


(dalam hati saya rasa terkilan..........apalah ibu nie....biarkan
jerlah Acik nak beraya di sini)


Ibu : Izinkan ibu bercakap dalam talipon dengan emak kamu. (abang
ipar bangun dan mendial no. talipon kampungnya dan menyerahkan
ganggang talipon pada ibu....lama gak ibu bergayut dengan besannya).
Emak kamu tak ada masalah kamu sekeluarga beraya bersama ibu di
sini.(sambil menitis airmata) Terima kasih kerana membawa anak dan
cucu-cucu ibu ke sini.


Apabila habis bulan syawal seperti biasa hanya saya dan ibu saja
tinggal di rumah. Sebagai anak yang bongsu dan paling rapat dengan ibu
dan masih solo ketika itu, ibu mencurahkan perasaan dan berbangga
kerana dapat membimbing anak-anak perempuan nya kearah islam tapi ibu
amat kecewa dengan kedua-dua anak-anak lelakinya yang seperti lembu
dicucuk hidung menjadi pak turut kepada isteri mereka. Bayangkanlah
menantu perempuan ibu yang sulong tidak pernah bermalam di rumah
ibu apatah lagi lepas makan nak tolong basuh pinggan ke atau menolong
kerja-kerja rumah yang lain....(tak boleh cerita panjang.........dah
masuk bab mengumpat lak.......).


Semasa saya di tingkat 6 atas ibu kembali ke rahmatullah membawa
seribu kekecewaan di atas sikap anak-anak lelakinya. Alhamdulillah
apabila saya mendirikan rumahtangga......masalah pulang beraya tak
mendatangkan masalah pada suami kerana semua jenis cuti kami
sekeluarga akan habiskan di rumah mentua saya. Saya juga salah
seorang menantu yang disenangi.


Saya selalu bertanya pada diri saya sendiri......sempurnakah sudah
aku sebagai seorang menantu? Sempurnakah aku sebagai seorang isteri
yang solehah?.........berjayakah aku menjadi ibu sepertimana ibu ku
dulu???????? Ya Allah.....berilah aku petunjuk dan pimpinlah aku ke
jalan yang engkau redhai.....Aminnn

Melabur dalam ASB menggunakan loan bank. - Untung @Rugi?

Cuba kita fikir2 kan...

Assalamualaikum,

Kalau tak silap saya, belum ada orang yang beri
jawapan samada untung atau rugi buat ASB loan ini.
Jadi izinkan saya berkongsi sedikit pengetahuan saya
samada elok atau tidak elok buat ASB loan ini.


Analisis yang saya buat ini cuma ringkas saja dan
tidak berniat untuk memburuk-burukkan pihak tertentu.
Hanya sekadar untuk pertimbangan anda sebelum membuat
keputusan untuk membuat ASB Loan (melabur ke ASB
dengan duit pinjaman bank).


Dari contoh simpanan ASB RM 100,000 yang terdiri dari
Deposit RM 5,000 manakala RM 95,000 pinjaman bank
mengikut kadar BLR + 0.5% (iaitu 6.9% setahun)
==> Bayaran bulanan RM 731 untuk tempoh 20 tahun.


Seperti yang diiklan, dividen akan diberi terus kpd
anda. Contoh: dividen 7% setahun, anda akan dapat RM
7,000 setiap tahun. Boleh dibelanjakan apa saja anda
suka dan at the end of 20 years, anda akan terima RM
100,000 yang boleh digunakan untuk beli rumah,
pendidikan anak dan sebagainya.


Cara A - Gunakan dividen untuk bayar semula pinjaman
----------------------------------------------------
Hasil pengiraan saya menggunakan software Optimoney,
jika dividen 7% setahun atau RM 7,000 itu dibayar
semula kpd bank untuk mengurangkan baki pinjaman anda,
loan ASB anda dijangka selesai dalam masa 7 tahun 6
bulan dengan jumlah pembayaran penuh hampir RM 120,827
(termasuk deposit RM5,000 dan dividen RM7,000 yg
dibayar semula setiap tahun)


Ini bermakna, anda terpaksa membayar RM 120,000 untuk
mendapatkan RM 100,000 selepas 7-8 bulan. Untung atau
rugi?


Jika anda labur RM 731 ke dalam ASB setiap bulan
selama 8 tahun pun, simpanan anda akan menjadi RM
94,260. Campur deposit RM 5,000 yang disimpanutk 8
tahun juga, future value adalah RM 8,590. Total nilai
pelaburan anda = 102,850. Dah lebih RM 100,000 dah.




Cara B - Belanjakan Dividen setiap tahun dan maintain
bayar bulanan kpd loan
-----------------------------------------------
Bagi loan RM 95,000 untuk 20 tahun pada kadar 6.9%
setahun, jumlah pembayaran penuh selepas 20 tahun
adalah RM 175,359 (kos)


Dengan dividen RM 7,000 untuk 20 tahun = RM 140,000
dan duit ASB selepas 20 tahun = RM 100,000 (+)
---------------------------------------
Duit Yang Diterima = RM 240,000
---------------------------------------



Secara kasar, nampak macam anda untung sebab anda
perolehi RM 240,000 dalam masa 20 tahun sedangkan kos
pinjaman anda berjumlah RM 175,359 shj.


Untung pada mata kasar = RM 64,641


Tetapi, bila mengambil kira kesediaan dan keupayaan
anda maintain bayaran bulanan RM 731 selama 20 tahun,
anda sebenarnya rugi besar.


Ini kerana dengan simpanan RM 731 ke dalam ASB untuk
tempoh 20 tahun, nilai pelaburan anda akan menjadi
RM 383,018.


Ini bermakna, oleh kerana anda ambil ASB loan dari
bank, anda kehilangan 'potential gain'
Total Value jika anda simpan sendiri = RM 383,018
Total gain kalau anda ambil loan = RM 240,000 (-)
-------------------------------------------------
Kehilangan Keuntungan RM 143,018
================================================



Siapa yang untung sebenarnya? ==> Bank
Dengan modal pinjaman RM 95,000, bank terima RM
175,359 dari anda sepanjang 20 tahun itu. Ini bermakna
mereka untung lebih RM 80,000 dari keuntungan ASB yang
anda boleh dapat jika anda simpan guna duit sendiri.
Masalahnya, bank tidak boleh melabur dalam ASB kerana
ASB adalah untuk individu bumiputra. Dengan ASB loan,
mereka dapat buat untung hasil dividen ASB yang mereka
ambil dari pelaburan anda.


Yang Rugi ==> Anda sebenarnya.
Oleh itu, lebih baik anda simpan ASB menggunakan duit
sendiri. Moralnya, jangan melabur dengan duit hutang.


Diharap email ini dapat menjawab dilemma anda selama
ini. Terima kasih.

How rude are WE?

ROBBED BY MAT REMPIT! DAMN IT!

ROBBED BY MAT REMPIT! DAMN IT!

Date : 10th Dec 2006

At approx 4.00, we started our journey to Pacific Mall, Perai to meet up with 2 friends who were supposed to pick us up and head to Cameron Highland .

Towards the last 200m of Penang bridge, we saw a grey colour Satria in front of us turned into the fast lane. We then realized there was a helmet lying on the floor in the middle of the slow lane. We couldn't avoid the helmet and ran over it.
The helmet got stuck beneath the front part of the car.

It was around 4.30 am then. We had to continue driving as we couldn't stop on Penang Bridge. As soon as we exit from Penang Bridge , we decided to stop by the roadside because the friction and noise caused by the helmet was too great. As we slowed down, one motorcycle with 2 Malay guys approached us. We stopped the car and my dad went down to check on the helmet which got stuck under the car.

Out of a sudden, more than 20 over Malay guys, all on motorcycles approached our car out of nowhere with very angry faces. They surrounded the front and side perimeter of our car.

We thought they were after the helmet that we ran through and we apologized to them. They shouted at us to get out of the car. Panicked, we locked the car. One of the guys started hitting the driver seat windscreen with his helmet and smashed the windscreen. They then unlocked the car. One guy grabbed my handbag which I've placed near to the gearbox. The other guys opened the right door behind the driver seat and grabbed my sister's bag pack. At that very same moment, they threw a whole lot of an unidentified powder (which we later find out that it might be sulfur) which caused us to lose our vision and suffocate. Another guy opened the back door on the left and start grabbing my friend's waist pouch but to no avail. They gave up and sped away.

Later after the incident, my dad told us that as soon as he got out of the car, he saw 2 guys approaching and shouted to him about the helmet. When he is facing the guys, they shouted that they want bag. He is scared for the safety of the girls; therefore, he held both his hands up to indicate 'slow down and I'll give you'. That was when they started to surround him until he has no space to move and snatched off his wallet from his back pocket. My dad then made a turn to have a look at the girls and at that instance; he was attacked with the powder which caused him to lose his vision and breath.

We immediately called the police after the gang sped away. We also called our friends who were nearby. Before the police arrived, a few of the motorbikes actually turned back and waited under some trees after the exit of the Penang Bridge, waiting for their next victim. One of them came quite near to us and looked at us as if telling us "Poor fellas, what can you do to us!"

It all happened in less than 2 minutes. In this incident, we lost approximately RM 3500 including cash, hand phones, a digital camera, a smashed windscreen, and a damaged interior of the car.

Worse, all four of us were traumatized by the incident. We could have lost our lives.

While we were lodging police report at Balai Polis Perai, another girl came to lodge a police report at the same police station. She too was followed and robbed by a group of 20 over Malay guys on motorcycles, whom the police suspected were committed by the same gang.

The policemen who have came to us and whom we met at the police station seems to be aware of the so-called Mat Rempits and what they have been doing, and they pitied us with what happened. One of them even commented that "we were lucky that they did not sprayed chilly powder instead". ( this is what they can do-empathy)

We also need to highlight that we arrived at the police station at approximately 5.30am. The entire report process took us around 6 hours which was also ridiculous.( where is the Barisan rep, where is the MCA rep?, where is the LAW? )

As victims of this incident, and as members of the public, we need to know what actions the authorities have taken since they were aware of similar incidents which have been taking place for quite some time. Also, what are the actions that they will take to prevent another unlucky victim to go through the entire traumatic experience which will haunt us for our lifetime?

The incident was reported on Star Newspaper dated 11th Dec 2006 , on page N26. Nonetheless, the content of the report was inaccurate. The report itself sounded like "just another robbery".

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Mat Rempit on crime spree

11 Dec 2006
Adie Suri Zulkefli

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BUKIT MERTAJAM: Mat Rempit are no longer just a menace on the road. In Penang , they have become violent criminals, robbing and assaulting their victims. Several groups of these illegal racers went on a crime spree in four separate incidents early yesterday.

Later in the afternoon, some of them even rammed a police road block.

In the first incident during the early hours of the morning, a group of between 20 and 30 motorcyclists blocked a Perodua Kancil near the Penang Bridge and smashed the car's windscreen.

They then used a fire extinguisher to temporarily blind four men in the car before robbing them of their cash and belongings worth about RM500.

The Mat Rempit were believed to have trailed the car from Butterworth before forcing it to stop at the end of the bridge, near Prai here.

In the second incident in Kampung Jawa, Prai, another group of Mat Rempit robbed a Proton Gen.2 owner after trailing him right to his house.

The driver, in his 30s, who realised he was being trailed, thought that he would be spared after speeding to his home but the gang persisted and followed him.

They assaulted him before relieving his cash and belongings worth about RM250.

In two other incidents in Bukit Tengah and Bukit Minyak, two groups of Mat Rempit robbed drivers of two different cars by tricking them into stopping by planting their crash helmets on the road.

Each driver stopped to remove the helmets, only to be assaulted by the attackers who were hiding behind some bushes.

Seberang Perai Tengah police chief Assistant Commissioner Mohd Anil Shah Abdullah has pledged an all-out war against Mat Rempit.

"We are mobilising all our available resources to track them and put a stop to this madness," he said.

He also said police had identified two men in their 20s in connection with the cases and would release their photos to the public if they failed to report to the police.

The Mat Rempit menace, however, continued when about 4pm, a group of about 50 Mat Rempit, believed to be from Tasek Gelugor, almost clashed with the police at a roadblock near the Bukit Tengah roundabout. Some of them rammed into the roadblock but luckily none of the policemen was injured.

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Women drivers!!