He didn't show any remorse

 AI's verdict didn't surprise anyone.In fact I guessed it a day earlier that he would be found guilty.All the signs were there but when Tun M said terima dengan hati terbuka- a day before judgment...I just knew what it meant!

I think everything has a price.RM40 mil? RM10 mil? I just need RM3 million for my research.Ahaks.

I hope everyone sleeps well esp. judge yang kata,"But he didn't show any remorse."

Even if AI were a bipolar (usually bipolars would not show any remorse in addition to their manipulative ways), bersepah orang lain gays (even among top politicians and professionals)...no one questions if they show remorse/not when caught.

OK...I make a bad defense of AI.

Humpty dumpty had a great fall today at the Legal Unit. Maintenance is very bad at IIUM.I hope IP would re-tile corridor yang berlubang dalam tu.I had faxed them the concern.Dah tiga orang jatuh terpijak lubang tu.I'm surprised no one took the trouble to report so that orang lain tak cedera bila terjatuh.

UIA oh UIA

The gals and I and kisah kubur berlubang

The two gals Nayli and Nadra agreed to follow us home yesterday.They were kept occupied with Z's old toys..her Barbies, legos etc.I took a nap downstairs.Tengah syok deep in my sleep, sayup2 dengar Nadra mengadu from the stairway: Aunty Nor Aunty Nor..Nayli does not want to play with me.

I went (eyes still close): Nayyyliiii..play with adik.Share things.Play together.
Nadra tolong interpret: Nayli, we must play together.
Sayup2 Nayli from the lounge upstairs menjawab.Then Nadra pun berbalas2.

I said: don't quarrel.Nanti Aunty Nor send both of you home.
Nadra still interpreting what I said: Nayliiii..you go home!
And Nadra baru nak masuk 4. Haiyo.. Manyak belit woh. :))

When their parents came to pick them up, they were a wee bit reluctant to go but had to go.Then Nik and I went to visit his mom's pusara.The woman harasser was still there..she selalu datang minta duit,claiming she jaga kubur Mama etc.She said Nik's sibling from Putrajaya came and asked her to cuci.I said no one lived in Putrajaya and asked her to leave us alone cos' kita nak baca doa quietly (she was very kaypoh and noisy).

Then we saw kubur yg kita tolong tambah tanahnya a year ago kembali berlubang walaupun another Datin tolong tambah tanah lagi and pasang marmar.I minta the penjaga kubur tambah and tutup lubang tu balik but he refused.I asked why..he said even bayar harga sebuah motosikal pun tak boleh.I asked how come.He said ini siksaan kubur.Gulp.

I googled to find some explanation on kubur berlubang.One entry said if benda kita pakai tidak keluar semasa kita mati, inilah akibatnya.Wallahualam.

But I will call MPPJ kubur authorities besok if there are ways we can solve this problem.Mungkin there's earth movement affecting that lot.Entah ada orang korek kubur to curi organ etc.We don't know, right? But if no one wants to care, who's fault is it if anything untoward happens to the larger community?

You can't say I have a boring life. :))

An appreciation dinner

A few of us threw a thank you dinner for Prof (Emeritus) Ghulam Sarwar at Passage Thru India.I stopped at Sal's to do my Maghrib.Masa driving to the venue I dah dengar bunyi from the back tyre.I thot impossible punctured cos' the car was stable.Then the sound travelled with me and stopped after I baca doa Nabi Yunus ditelan ikan paus (I was afraid of being stranded in the evil of the night..mcm2 went through my mind..Canny Ong..itu ..ini..I prayed biarlah sampai kat restaurant dgn selamat)

The attendant sombong tak kasi I parked inside.He said penuh.I said I had a flat tyre..this is an emergency and buat bodoh masuk juga.I heard him saying astaghfirullah...then I saw one parking space.He said kecik..tak muat.Dasar! Tak terfikir pulak he needed to protect a woman with a flat tyre.But when I berkeras and told him I was a diner, baru dia nak layan baik.Apa ke kena migrant ni semua?

But we had a lovely time dengar Prof Ghulam telling us his life story.He said his time at IIUM was the best and he's writing this in his autobiography.

A couple of friends and I had a brainstorming session over ASA trip 2 to GM. ASA is menganak-angkatkan Kg Limau Kasturi.The needs of the people have changed.According to our ground contact guy makanan berlebih-lebih...rumah sementara rege RM4K in 3 days sedang dibina oleh an NGO (our smart partner also), pakaian, baju/bag sekolah semua dah tak diperlukan.They need tilam single for wargamas and about 50 other families, and kelambu cos' nyamuk byk (iyalah...sampah sarap tu semua kena clear). Lin is working on SK GM's Pusat Sumber.

Fasa 3 will be helping build more homes and supplying clean water.Ni kawan2 kita dari Engineeringlah punya tugas.

Pics of our dinner with Prof Ghulam:

Liked

Meeting at The Zone

It was difficult to find the place.I was almost two hours late going round and round looking for The Zone.Signage atas bumbung sapa nak nampak...on the entrance lain, atas bumbung lain.

But my hosts were forgiving.I sempat juga tanya soalan about research grants for my translation project.Met other reps from other countries.Got the ladies to agree to contribute something for my intended project.Cita-cita besar.Commitments sana sini.May Allah help me!

Battery ran out so the only pic of the event came frm Prof Noraini's phone camera.Dinner was good.

Day trip to Ipoh

A few ASA members paid a visit to our former colleague in Ipoh, Dato Seri Zambry and his family.Datin Seri Sharifah is such a humble and friendly person.Every malam Jumaat, they would give makan to budak-budak sekolah tahfiz sekitar Perak, do solat hajat, tazkirah,zikir bagai.Sungguh hidup malam Jumaat di kediaman Menteri Besar Perak ini.I do not think ada MBs lain yang buat macam ni.In a way, UIA telah berjaya mengeluarkan pemimpin yang tidak melupakan Penciptanya.DS is of the earlier batch of IIUM students...a direct anak didik Prof Kamal.

We left IIUM campus at 5 pm.Balik KL 2 am. But if we were to work with the orang asli at Tasik Banding, it's important we inform the state of our intention.Tak manis masuk rumah orang tak bagi salam pada tuanrumah.Gitu.

Our good friend Prof Sobri (kita sama2 heads of dept at the kull many years ago) asked if I wanted to join their new uni.How sweet of him to think of me.I said my hubby would not want to pindah to Perak.Ketidak I tinggal sebelah rumah Saniah di Kuala Kangsor gamaknya.Haha.Well, it was really nice meeting all of them.Orang UIA ni dia dah ada satu macam brotherhood and sisterhood which would make us all feel like family.Yang ni org tak faham why we spend our whole life at the uni (first job sampai ke mati).It's that ukhwah/brotherhood-sisterhood thingy.

Australia Day

Australian High Comm celebrated its Australia Day at KLCC Convention Centre today.Some 1000 guests came.Nice networking time for me.Potential smart partners for our flood projects.Syukur.

Some pics

Clare and Vann (Gleneagles Orthopedic surgeon)

and a new friend from Agriculture

60 years of friendship

cocktails

the choir

roast beef dia sedap

Fish station (raw fish)

roti legam (far right) tu namanya roti charcoal

Friends from Equador and Switzerland

Malam ini

...misi pasca-banjir kedua ASA bertolak malam ini dengan beberapa wartawan dari akhbar bukan mainstream.

Doakan team ini selamat pergi dan kembali.Banyak kisah-kisah cemas petang tadi...driver hilang tak dapat dihubungi.Dikuatiri beliau tidur.Nasib one of the members dapat bercakap dengan isteri driver.I think things are in order now.

Gambar-gambar ASA di perkampungan orang asli di Tasik Banding pada Isnin 26/1/15.Team kami telah melawat 5 buah kampong dan mengageh-agehkan bekalan makanan kpd kampong2 ini: Kg Chuweh 1-3, Kg Chiong dan satu lagi Kg Cherok Bus atau sebunyi dengan itu (I have to double check ejaannya).Rata-rata kelompok ini berbangsa Temiar dan Jahai dan ada 2 kampong yang penduduknya Kristian tapi kami serahkan juga bantuan makanan sebab mereka pun manusia juga dan terkepong.

Orang2 dari Jabatan Agama Perak masak gulai kawah utk kami dan kami makan di surau di tepi tasik.Makanan itu juga diageh-agehkan kpd penduduk di situ.Sebelum itu kami beramah mesra dgn kanak-kanak di Kg. Chiong..saya bercerita hantu dan budak2 itu menyanyi sebaris lagu sekolah mereka (kami beri hadiah).Kami juga mengetip kuku kanak2 di situ.Mereka pemalu tetapi lovable.

Sekolah mereka tenggelam dan tiada tanda air tasik akan surut.Tindakan susulan kami ialah mengembalikan kanak2 ini ke sekolah, mendapatkan bot utk kg ini dan memberi bekalan air tapis kpd penduduk kg..sebahagian dari plan jangka panjang kami.

Kami naik bas tidur atas bas.Nak hancus rasa badan digoncang bas tetapi kami bersyukur di atas pengalaman ini.TV Awani dan TV Antarapos ke hapa interbiu kami.Kami harap berita itu akan memberi kesedaran tentang impak pembalakan ke atas alam sekitar dan bagaimana pembangunan membunuh komuniti org asli secara perlahan.

http://antarapos.com/v1/index.php?q9nan56SpKPkoObnaNGXpVvZn7Wlc5hkbg

Prof Aslam kata gambar ini too happy

Prof Aslam tanya mengapa saya sempat ber-selfie

Masih fresh setiba di jeti Tasik Banding nak naik boat sejam ke Kg Chuweh

Bantuan bekalan makanan kami sebanyak 70 kotak

Menaiki boat sejam

Sekolah yang tenggelam dan tidak mungkin timbul lagi

Ini dulunya rumah penduduk

mengetip kuku anak-anak kg ini

pemuda yang hilang punca pekerjaan

sesi bercerita

Saya ditemubual wartawan TV Astro, Sinar Harian
and Antarapos