THE PLAN
My dad was going to have a meeting in London so i decided to follow him. So it will be work for him and holiday for me and him too. It was suppose to be a one week trip until the fucked up incident happened.
THE FUCKED UP INCIDENT
We reached the Heathrow airport and took the tube to Glouchester because our hotel was in that area. Once we recahed Glouchester, we have probs looking for the stupid hotel. We asked a few people but they seem not to know where is the hotel.
While busy trying to look for the hotel, the motherfucking bald bastard approached us and asked something which we couldnt understand. Then he left. That's when we noticed that one of our luggage was MISSING.
When we were distracted by the fucker, my dad accidentally let go of the other luggage and it seems that's how that other fucker (this was a syndicate) stole the other luggage. God, just thinking about it again makes me SO DAMN BLOODY ANGRY. I seriously wish i can kill that motherfucker bastard!
THE STOLEN STUFF
A large amount of money was stolen, my dad's identity card, his driving license, credit cards and 2 laptops (one is mine and the other was my dad's). My dad had stored all the important documents in the bag. Luckily his passport wasn't in the bag.
As for my things, there goes my laptop, hard disk, hp charger, camera charger and MY CIVIL LAW TEXT BOOK!!!! Argh now i have to photostat it from someone because one day i might need it as a reference. Luckily i didn't store my Nintendo DS in the bag. I put it in a pouch together with the charger in my handbag.
THE DECISION
My dad and i were traumatized by the incident. We felt lost. All my dad's money which he planned to spend in London was gone and so were his credit cards. But luckily, he had some money in pounds in his other wallet so we could survive for awhile.
We eventually managed to find that fucking damn stupid hotel after walking around with people giving us contradicting directions. At the hotel, my dad asked me what i wanted to do. I felt sorry for him. And i feel like crying when he apologized that we can't buy the things. Honestly, the last thing on my mind was shopping and all i wanted to do was to go back to Malaysia.
I told my dad that the better option was to go back to Malaysia, if possible, that day itself. Why?
1. We have less than 600 pounds. Hotel room per nite per room was 100 pounds and we are getting 2 rooms.
2. We have no battery charger. Luckily my dad managed to call Maybank to cut his Maybank credit cards.
3. No camera since the charger was stolen.
4. Need to save the money for more important stuff and definitely we can't spend it to go sight seeing which cost $$$.
And if i were my dad, i rather go home because i won't be at peace thinking that my identity card is gone and there is little money left. So after thinking, my dad says that it's better to go home.
We had to stay overnight at the hotel since we booked it. Luckily they were understanding enough not to charge us for 1 whole week for the booking.
So we just spent the whole night in the room. Can't afford to go any where and plus we were not in the mood to go traveling after what had happened.
That night, i have never felt so DAMN DEPRESSED. Felt like wanting to talk to someone and seeking comfort but can't do so. I even dreamt that our stolen stuff were returned to us. Unfortunately that was only a dream.
And that night, i was woken up because some idiot tried to enter my room and the door knob was making sound. I was kindda disoriented but i was hoping they would go away. To make matters worse, there is no hole on the door for me to see who was outside and there was no door chain at all. So opening the door was out of the question. So i asked loudly who's there.
That's when the idiot realized that he had the WRONG ROOM. Must be a drunken idiot.
ME, TRAUMATIZED?
Yes, i was traumatized. Coz if im not, i wouldn't dream that we get the stuff back. I wouldn't keep on asking 'WHAT IF'. What if we hadn't look like lost tourists which makes us easy targets? What if we never talked to that motherfucker? What if we were MORE AWARE of our surroundings? What if what if what if.
I admire my father for being a real man because he was still optimistic despite this incident and said that one day we will return and be more careful. in my head, my mind was going f8cked london. i hate this bloody place. But when i see how friendly the English people were, i guess my heart soften a little.
By the way, the fucker bastard was probably a eastern european son of a bitch. And it seems that it's the non english people that are causing problems in london. Like few days before my trip, i read in the papers about a Malaysian girl who was gang raped by some Russian men.
My dad's optimism made me stronger in handling this matter. A guy can panick, but he can't be more panicky or equally panicky as the girl. he needs to control the situation. And that's what my dad did and i thank him for that.
THE POLICE STATION
We did make a report at the police station. I asked the police whether can we have the CCTV checked out but the idiot says that the police are occupied with a missing persons case so that have more priority than stolen properties. The place where the incident took place isn't even that far from the police station and the obese idiot can't even spare his time to look at the cctv?
MY WISH
I wish that the motherfucker idiot dies a horrible death or suffer many bad things and i wish the same thing will happen to his family. That fucker brought misery to me and my father and it's only fair if his family suffers the same. I wish KARMA finds this bastard and bring bad consequences to his family so that he realize that before he plans to do something bad to other people, think about what if bad things were to happen to his family as well.
My principle in life is pretty simple, you don't burden me, i don't burden you. If you mess with me, i'll make you you will suffer terribly. SO DIE YOU MOTHERFUCKER THIEF! I'm no Mother Theresa who is very loving and forgiving and probably merciful.
DID I EVEN ENJOY LONDON?
Not really. But i'm glad i got the opportunity to be in Airbus 380, the biggest plane that is available now. It was cool :-D. The flight was from London to Dubai. Enjoyed the flight. Oh and i also manage to buy my favourite perfume, Britney Spears Midnight Fantasy for half price. In Malaysia, it will be RM 150 but the one i bought in UK was RM 60. Even the Victoria Secret perfumes are much much cheaper than in Malaysia.
Monday, February 7, 2011
Wednesday, February 2, 2011
Hospice is like kindergarten (life cycle)
Dictionary.com says :
Hospice : a nursing home that specializes in caring for the terminally ill.
Kindergarten : a class or small school for young children, usually between the ages of four and six to prepare them for primary education.
I was watching CNN(my dad had it switched on), so there was an interview with a woman who works at a hospice in China (if i'm not mistaken) and she says that hospice for old people is like kindergarten for children. She has a point.
Old people are old. Children are young. The similarities that they share is that both need the supervision of a capable adult to look after them. Basically, these people can't look after themselves.
When you are an infant/child, your parents look after you. Then you become an adult. And when your parents become older, you have to look after them. So the hospice worker was right, it's a life cycle.
But when adult children send their elderly parents to hospice/old folks home, people accused the children of being UNGRATEFUL. Honestly, this is not always the case.
Can parents be considered ungrateful for sending their children to live with their in laws because they don't have the time to look after the children? Are parents not good parents if they let the maids look after the child 24/7? The only time they have with the child is during the weekends, when they are not working.
In the case of adult children, they need to work now that their parents are old. If their parents are very sick, then hospice would be the better option because at least they get a 24/7 medical attention. Old folks home isn't that bad because at least the elderly parent can interact with other old people, unless they prefer to stay at home alone and wait until their children get back to entertain them, but that also depends whether the child is tired or not. It's life cycle actually.
Now, unless you are a healthy old person who have hobbies of your own, then that's another story. Of course the child should allow the parent to live with them (but usually the parent will be staying in her/his own house).
It depends why a an adult send his/her parent to a hospice/old folks home. If it's to get rid of the parent because the parent is burdensome, than that's so wrong. If it's because they need constant care/attention, then that should be ok, provided the child visits the parent occasionally.
Sometimes old people get neglected. So does children.
Hospice : a nursing home that specializes in caring for the terminally ill.
Kindergarten : a class or small school for young children, usually between the ages of four and six to prepare them for primary education.
I was watching CNN(my dad had it switched on), so there was an interview with a woman who works at a hospice in China (if i'm not mistaken) and she says that hospice for old people is like kindergarten for children. She has a point.
Old people are old. Children are young. The similarities that they share is that both need the supervision of a capable adult to look after them. Basically, these people can't look after themselves.
When you are an infant/child, your parents look after you. Then you become an adult. And when your parents become older, you have to look after them. So the hospice worker was right, it's a life cycle.
But when adult children send their elderly parents to hospice/old folks home, people accused the children of being UNGRATEFUL. Honestly, this is not always the case.
Can parents be considered ungrateful for sending their children to live with their in laws because they don't have the time to look after the children? Are parents not good parents if they let the maids look after the child 24/7? The only time they have with the child is during the weekends, when they are not working.
In the case of adult children, they need to work now that their parents are old. If their parents are very sick, then hospice would be the better option because at least they get a 24/7 medical attention. Old folks home isn't that bad because at least the elderly parent can interact with other old people, unless they prefer to stay at home alone and wait until their children get back to entertain them, but that also depends whether the child is tired or not. It's life cycle actually.
Now, unless you are a healthy old person who have hobbies of your own, then that's another story. Of course the child should allow the parent to live with them (but usually the parent will be staying in her/his own house).
It depends why a an adult send his/her parent to a hospice/old folks home. If it's to get rid of the parent because the parent is burdensome, than that's so wrong. If it's because they need constant care/attention, then that should be ok, provided the child visits the parent occasionally.
Sometimes old people get neglected. So does children.
Sick & Twisted
Today i read in the news about a man who got 80 years imprisonment for raping his daughter. To make it worse, he rapes the underage daughter in front of his wife. The wife couldn't stop him because he would abuse her. But eventually she pleaded help from the neighbor to call the police.
Some people are not worth becoming a husband or father. If i'm not mistaken, this guy has like more than 5 children.
Didn't the wife see the signs of her husband perversion?
Incest happens because :
1. the man is naturally a pervert who probably wants to rape everything with a hole.
2. children are easy victims. You have power over them and they stay under the same roof with the rapist. Don't have to waste time looking for female victims outside.
3. wife depriving husband of sex, hence the perverted husband turns to the children.
4. Why waste money on prostitute and waste effort trying to get girls to sleep with u when the children are the easiest targets?
Mothers play a role in protecting their children, including protecting them against a perverted abusive husband/father.
But the problem with incest is that sometimes the children don't know what the parent is doing to them, hence the silence. Or sometimes FEAR prevent them from seeking help.
Some people are not worth becoming a husband or father. If i'm not mistaken, this guy has like more than 5 children.
Didn't the wife see the signs of her husband perversion?
Incest happens because :
1. the man is naturally a pervert who probably wants to rape everything with a hole.
2. children are easy victims. You have power over them and they stay under the same roof with the rapist. Don't have to waste time looking for female victims outside.
3. wife depriving husband of sex, hence the perverted husband turns to the children.
4. Why waste money on prostitute and waste effort trying to get girls to sleep with u when the children are the easiest targets?
Mothers play a role in protecting their children, including protecting them against a perverted abusive husband/father.
But the problem with incest is that sometimes the children don't know what the parent is doing to them, hence the silence. Or sometimes FEAR prevent them from seeking help.
Wednesday, January 26, 2011
Animals & Humans
You can kill an animal for survival (that's nature) but you can't kill an animal out of fun or amusement.
Animals abuse are quite common.Usually cats and dogs are the victims since they are the common domestic animals that most people have. Animal Planet is one of my favourite channels and there will be this program on Animal Cops where they will catch insensitive bastards who abuse and neglect their pets. They have their own police cops.
People say Malaysia have their own law on animal abuse. I don't know if it actually exist but if it does, i guess it's not being enforced properly.
Since a few days ago, many animal lovers, especially dog lovers were enraged when a video clip of a puppy being abused by his owner started to spread around. I only saw the video for like 15-30 secs because i can't stand seeing animals being abused. I don't even want to watch it out of curiosity because the moment the owner hit the dog like that, it breaks my heart. The dog wasn't even doing anything wrong and he was being hit like that?? A**hole.
Why do people like to abuse animals?
1. Mentally retarded.
2. They have no respect for animals. They think humans are far superior than animals and hence, can do anything.
3. They feel they are in power when they abuse, torture and humiliate a lower being.
4. They think they abusing an animal is not as serious as abusing a human being.
Like i said earlier, you can kill an animal for survival but you can't kill an animal out of fun or amusement. What does this mean?
You can kill an animal because you need to eat its meat to survive or because they are going to harm you. Even animals in the animal kingdom do that. But you don't kill animals because you want to wear their fur for fashion sake or use their skin to make handbags or cut off the tusks of certain animals and sell it to gain some profit. Even animals don't do that on other animals. We all know it's kindda sick those who wear fur just for the sake of some lame fashion trend. I don't support fake stuff but fake fur is better than real fur because it won't make you an animal killer.
Punishment for people who INTENTIONALLY kill, abuse or torture animals? Death would be ideal but then again, majority wouldn't agree to it since they will never agree that the value of an animal life is the same as a human's. Thus, CANNING. If it causes the animal's death, then it should be maximum canning. At least those bastards suffer for what they did to the animals.
Monday, January 24, 2011
Selling Your Face and Body
http://qjphotos.wordpress.com/2010/10/04/mimikakiten-the-next-maid-cafe/
Above is a link leading to an article titled "Mimikakiten: The Next Maid Cafe?". To make a summary of this article, it' basically where men have to pay certain amount of money to get their EARS CLEANED by YOUNG BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. Quoting a phrase from the article :
"A husband lying down with his head on his wife’s lap having his ears cleaned is an image of domestic bliss in Japan, and it’s said that when a guy has no one to clean his ears, it can be a lonely experience to do it for himself."
S-T-U-P-I-D....
I cleaned my own ears ever since my mom taught me how to do it. And the thought of feeling LONELY because i have to do it myself never cross my mind.. Or only MAN feel lonely having to clean his ears by himself? BIG BABIES!
i have no respect for jobs that PAYS you to wear 20 inch make up to look pretty (more like a fake clown), dress beautiful or sexy and to serve and entertain MEN..
And a thing or two about MAID CAFE, which i just googled up since i'm not that fimilar with Japanese culture although i know somehow their culture seems to represent their women as submissive :
1. "Maid cafés are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants found predominantly in Japan. In these cafés, waitresses dressed in maid costumes act as servants, and treat customers as masters (and mistresses) in a private home, rather than as café patrons."
2. "Waitresses in maid cafés are often chosen on the basis of their appearance; most are young, attractive and innocent-looking women. For example, Royal Milk Café,[4] a popular maid café, reports that the average age of its waitresses is 20."
3. "Maid cafés were originally designed primarily to cater to the fantasies of male otaku, obsessive fans of anime, manga and video games."
4. "Today, the maid café phenomenon attracts more than just male otaku, but also couples, tourists, and women. Though the waitresses at maid cafés are sometimes interpreted as objects of romantic or sexual desire, they can also be viewed as simply aesthetically appealing figures."
Aside from that, a few months ago i was watching a program on tv which tells the story of a particular profession in Japan. I forgot the name of the profession but these women were selling nuts or whatever snacks it is. But to make the business more appealing, these women are young, pretty, cute, beautiful and will be dressed sexily. And when these women are interviewed, that don't feel there is anything wrong selling the snacks while dressed scantily or knowing the fact that men want to buy those snacks just to have the chance to talk to these girls. How desperate men can be...
Anyway, do you see what i'm trying to point out here? As a woman, you are being paid to look beautiful and to entertain men. Some are being paid to look beautiful and to dress scantily to SELL THINGS. This is simply degrading to women. It also shows how submissive women are.
So yes, the saying that "beauty is only skin deep" is Bull Sh*t... Look around you, women will always be pressured to look pretty and beautiful. Men will always emphasize how they want a beautiful wife/gf. Work jobs will emphasize how young and pretty you must be. A woman who is smart will hardly be acknowledged for her intelligence, especially if she's not pretty.
What a SUPERFICIAL world we are living in.
Above is a link leading to an article titled "Mimikakiten: The Next Maid Cafe?". To make a summary of this article, it' basically where men have to pay certain amount of money to get their EARS CLEANED by YOUNG BEAUTIFUL WOMEN. Quoting a phrase from the article :
"A husband lying down with his head on his wife’s lap having his ears cleaned is an image of domestic bliss in Japan, and it’s said that when a guy has no one to clean his ears, it can be a lonely experience to do it for himself."
S-T-U-P-I-D....
I cleaned my own ears ever since my mom taught me how to do it. And the thought of feeling LONELY because i have to do it myself never cross my mind.. Or only MAN feel lonely having to clean his ears by himself? BIG BABIES!
i have no respect for jobs that PAYS you to wear 20 inch make up to look pretty (more like a fake clown), dress beautiful or sexy and to serve and entertain MEN..
And a thing or two about MAID CAFE, which i just googled up since i'm not that fimilar with Japanese culture although i know somehow their culture seems to represent their women as submissive :
1. "Maid cafés are a subcategory of cosplay restaurants found predominantly in Japan. In these cafés, waitresses dressed in maid costumes act as servants, and treat customers as masters (and mistresses) in a private home, rather than as café patrons."
2. "Waitresses in maid cafés are often chosen on the basis of their appearance; most are young, attractive and innocent-looking women. For example, Royal Milk Café,[4] a popular maid café, reports that the average age of its waitresses is 20."
3. "Maid cafés were originally designed primarily to cater to the fantasies of male otaku, obsessive fans of anime, manga and video games."
4. "Today, the maid café phenomenon attracts more than just male otaku, but also couples, tourists, and women. Though the waitresses at maid cafés are sometimes interpreted as objects of romantic or sexual desire, they can also be viewed as simply aesthetically appealing figures."
Aside from that, a few months ago i was watching a program on tv which tells the story of a particular profession in Japan. I forgot the name of the profession but these women were selling nuts or whatever snacks it is. But to make the business more appealing, these women are young, pretty, cute, beautiful and will be dressed sexily. And when these women are interviewed, that don't feel there is anything wrong selling the snacks while dressed scantily or knowing the fact that men want to buy those snacks just to have the chance to talk to these girls. How desperate men can be...
Anyway, do you see what i'm trying to point out here? As a woman, you are being paid to look beautiful and to entertain men. Some are being paid to look beautiful and to dress scantily to SELL THINGS. This is simply degrading to women. It also shows how submissive women are.
So yes, the saying that "beauty is only skin deep" is Bull Sh*t... Look around you, women will always be pressured to look pretty and beautiful. Men will always emphasize how they want a beautiful wife/gf. Work jobs will emphasize how young and pretty you must be. A woman who is smart will hardly be acknowledged for her intelligence, especially if she's not pretty.
What a SUPERFICIAL world we are living in.
Saturday, January 15, 2011
Intolerent Muslims?
Above is a letter made by a person who is complaining that the Azan is getting louder. Let's analyze this letter first :
1. The person is just complaining that the Azan is getting louder, he's not requesting for the Azan to be stopped immediately.
2. The person was okay with the Azan being played on previous occasions because the volume was reasonable. Only now he finds that the volume wasn't reasonable because it was getting louder.
3. No INVESTIGATION was made yet to determine whether the Azan was way too loud. So we can't say whether the person is intentionally trying to provoked the Muslims or his complaint has some basis.
BIG QUESTION : Is it wrong if the Azan is being played too loud? The purpose of Azan is so that the Muslims know it's praying time, hence the need for it to be LOUD ENOUGH for people to hear. It can't be too low because then nobody will know it's praying time.
Anything that is too loud can be damaging to the ears. I'm sure they have that machine thing to measure the amount of decibel a sound is making and whether it's ok or not for the ears to tolerate.
As Muslims, we wouldn't have a problem even if the Azan is way too loud. Besides, the Azan is only playing for like 2-3 mins.
Again, we have to REMEMBER that we are living in a MULTIRACIAL COUNTRY. So what is okay for us, might not be so okay with those who don't practice the same religion as us. Just because Islam is the majority religion, that doesn't mean only other religion have to tolerate with us and we don't have to tolerate with them.
I've been in an environment of Muslims and also Non Muslims. The problem with some Malay Muslim in Malaysia is that they think they are so great. Some can be very disrespectful to other religion. How are some Muslims behaving in an intolerant manner towards other religion?
1. They criticized and make fun of the idols of other religion. Sure Islam don't believe in idols and it's a sin to do so but is it necessary for a Muslim to be so critical of it when other non Muslims are doing it?
2. Critical of the smell that is produced by the burning sticks used in prayers. The smell won't last forever and if you can't stand the smell just spray some air freshener. This is the perfect comparison to the Azan. Some non Muslims can't tolerate the Azan as how some of us Muslims can't tolerate the smell of burning sticks. So what do we do to solve this problem? Lower the Azan slightly to what is "deemed reasonable" and as for the burning sticks, maybe they can burn it less or find a better burning place where the smell won't be that obvious.
3. Make a big fuss about the jam due to any religious event that is going on. We Muslims make a big fuss about the jams that are caused but have you ever think of what some of the non Muslims might think of the jam that take place every Friday for the Friday prayers?
MY POINT : For Muslims to be more tolerant and don't simply jump to conclusions that whatever the non Muslims request is to provoked the Muslims or destroy the Muslims. In regards to this Azan issue, some Muslims are so intolerant that they immediately viciously attack the person for even making a statement that the Azan was TOO LOUD. Some commented that the person should just get lost and don't live in Malaysia, calling that person names and even accusing Muslims who support that person as "MUNAFIK" ( religious hypocrite)/ "KAFIR" (disbeliever).
I'm neither a munafiq or a kafir. All i'm asking is for some Muslims to be more tolerant and use common sense and logic when dealing a problem. I'm not the one tarnishing the image of Islam. I don't go around showing that Islam is a religion of intolerance by saying mean and humiliating stuff, and claiming to be defending the religion and therefore any form of nasty utterances is justified. Funny, for someone that is so Islamic, they are capable of cursing and saying nasty things.
This guy is merely questioning the loudness of the Azan. He's not saying mean things about it. So think reasonably and don't viciously attack him for bringing up this issue.
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Celebrating Something Which you don't Celebrate
So there was this site which made the following statement : " Ada org cakap, org islam tak fikir guna akal logic bila mengungkit pemimpin yg sambut krismas. Mereka kata, malaysia negara majmuk, sambut krismas perkara biasa. bukan tukar agama. - ketua admin".
English translation as simple as possible : some says that Muslims don't use logic when they condemn rulers who celebrate Christmas. They say that Malaysia is a multi cultural country so celebrating Christmas is a norm. It has nothing to do with religion conversion".
Honestly, i do come across a lot of Muslims who don't use LOGIC when they talk about Islam. For some of them, if it's WRONG, it's WRONG. You can't question why it's wrong because if you question, means you are not a Muslim. Believe me, i do come across several Muslims who got angry just because i QUESTION CERTAIN THINGS. Hell, i'm still a Muslim. I don't question the existence of Allah. What i'm questioning is the things that some Muslims do which at times doesn't seem to be that RATIONAL.
And a lot of Malay Muslims are like that. Maybe i make such statement because i'm staying in Malaysia, so i don't know how are the mindset of other Muslims. Then again, i do come across some Muslims who debate about Islam in a logically manner. Like Ahmed Deedat. I love hearing his debates because he ACTUALLY USE HIS BRAIN TO ARGUE OUT ABOUT ISLAM AGAINST THOSE WHO QUESTION ISLAM.
Okay, let's get back to the issue. I'll be talking about Christmas because it seems that this issue arise from the recent incident of some Muslim rulers celebrating Christmas.
Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus.
What amounts to a celebration? That's very SUBJECTIVE. If i, a Muslim, just merely visit a non Muslim's house during Christmas celebration because i was invited for Christmas lunch or dinner, is that wrong? If i was invited to a Christmas event, is that wrong? Why is it wrong? All that i'm doing at the Christmas event is watching people doing Christmas performances and then eat something later.
I've read some of the comments by Muslims who are against Muslims celebrating Xmas. Even just wishing someone MERRY CHRISTMAS is WRONG because according to that person, it's admitting the birth of Jesus. That's so stupid. Obviously Jesus do exist but we Muslims don't admit he's a God. So tell me, is it wrong to wish a person Merry Xmas?
From my point of view, it's all about INTENTION. I wish my friends Merry Xmas because they celebrate it. It's a happy occasion for them. it's not my intention to convert to that religion or believe in it's teachings or whatever is it. Is it wrong for me to attend a Christmas event? I'm not doing anything religious there. I'm not going there to be converted. I'm not even participating in any of their religious activities.
Some very conservative Muslims say Muslims can't keep dolls in the house because they are like IDOLS and plus the house won't get blessings from Angels a.k.a angels won't enter the house. That's rubbish. I don't keep dolls in the house as idols. i don't pray to them to seek blessings. Why do i keep the dolls then? As decorations. Is that wrong? Logically, it's not wrong.
The same applies to celebrations of other religion in Malaysia like Deepavali, Chinese New Year etc. No harm in celebrating them as Muslims if we are invited for open house. We go to their houses just to wish them and to eat and talk. not participating in their religious activities. So by just doing that, how can our faith in Islam be wavered?
English translation as simple as possible : some says that Muslims don't use logic when they condemn rulers who celebrate Christmas. They say that Malaysia is a multi cultural country so celebrating Christmas is a norm. It has nothing to do with religion conversion".
Honestly, i do come across a lot of Muslims who don't use LOGIC when they talk about Islam. For some of them, if it's WRONG, it's WRONG. You can't question why it's wrong because if you question, means you are not a Muslim. Believe me, i do come across several Muslims who got angry just because i QUESTION CERTAIN THINGS. Hell, i'm still a Muslim. I don't question the existence of Allah. What i'm questioning is the things that some Muslims do which at times doesn't seem to be that RATIONAL.
And a lot of Malay Muslims are like that. Maybe i make such statement because i'm staying in Malaysia, so i don't know how are the mindset of other Muslims. Then again, i do come across some Muslims who debate about Islam in a logically manner. Like Ahmed Deedat. I love hearing his debates because he ACTUALLY USE HIS BRAIN TO ARGUE OUT ABOUT ISLAM AGAINST THOSE WHO QUESTION ISLAM.
Okay, let's get back to the issue. I'll be talking about Christmas because it seems that this issue arise from the recent incident of some Muslim rulers celebrating Christmas.
Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Jesus.
What amounts to a celebration? That's very SUBJECTIVE. If i, a Muslim, just merely visit a non Muslim's house during Christmas celebration because i was invited for Christmas lunch or dinner, is that wrong? If i was invited to a Christmas event, is that wrong? Why is it wrong? All that i'm doing at the Christmas event is watching people doing Christmas performances and then eat something later.
I've read some of the comments by Muslims who are against Muslims celebrating Xmas. Even just wishing someone MERRY CHRISTMAS is WRONG because according to that person, it's admitting the birth of Jesus. That's so stupid. Obviously Jesus do exist but we Muslims don't admit he's a God. So tell me, is it wrong to wish a person Merry Xmas?
From my point of view, it's all about INTENTION. I wish my friends Merry Xmas because they celebrate it. It's a happy occasion for them. it's not my intention to convert to that religion or believe in it's teachings or whatever is it. Is it wrong for me to attend a Christmas event? I'm not doing anything religious there. I'm not going there to be converted. I'm not even participating in any of their religious activities.
Some very conservative Muslims say Muslims can't keep dolls in the house because they are like IDOLS and plus the house won't get blessings from Angels a.k.a angels won't enter the house. That's rubbish. I don't keep dolls in the house as idols. i don't pray to them to seek blessings. Why do i keep the dolls then? As decorations. Is that wrong? Logically, it's not wrong.
The same applies to celebrations of other religion in Malaysia like Deepavali, Chinese New Year etc. No harm in celebrating them as Muslims if we are invited for open house. We go to their houses just to wish them and to eat and talk. not participating in their religious activities. So by just doing that, how can our faith in Islam be wavered?
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