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Freedom of religion in MALAYSIA?? i think not. In this country youre either muslim or everything else. Being "everything" else gives u a lil more freedom, but being a muslim… . . .  .   .   .    .

In relation to the Lina Joy case it has become very apparent -the political standing of our country. In short i think it is nothing short of a joke since faith is no longer decided by how a person professes it but rather how it is branded apon a person by birth.

heres an excerpt of the case by the star online…

KUALA LUMPUR: The Federal Court judgment today on the Lina Joy appeal
will be a historic one with legal and social repercussions, whichever
way the decision goes. 

….. interesting isnt it?. repulsive more like it.

I just cant get over the fact that being a muslim means u have forfeited your right to choose what you believe in. worst yet, malays are deemed muslims by birth, which means they dont even get a choice. its like saying… " too bad, you cant choose, ha ha ha, it doesnt matter if it makes sense to you right now, fact is you were borned into this faith so you dont have rights, unless you want to be stoned"

Faith is based apon what one believes. at this point it seems that the rights of the people to choose what to believe in is being taken away. it doesnt matter anymore, because the book says its wrong so you cant get out.
oh dear religious departments…why are you guys so worried of converts? shouldnt the government be more worried abt the number of rapists and snatch thieves in our country, shoudnt you worry more about your leaking roofs and how the roads are unsafe, shoudnt you worry about the faulty education system and the poverty in our country?,  NOOO. it is more important to uphold  ketuanan than to worry abt all those "unimportant" issues.

" kau tak suka ..kau keluar"… yeah thats what they always say. and i excercise my right here to be opiniated.

Lina will always be in our prayers.

goodness….

you wont believe this ut i have been hiccuping since yesterday..ands its officially 24 hours already and my hiccups havent left me yet.

i dont think its anythign serious but it does get annoying and painful after awhile.

well the day went by as usual, except that i was hiccuping all the way. big deal u say,.. well my hiccups arent the silent type u see. its more of the comcal walt disney type,, yes like the one goofy does. its really loud and my whole body jerks whenever the diaphragm does its thing.

Today was test day for the lil kids over at tenby international school ( thats where sri pinang is.) Guess what? i was conducting the test with the hiccups and the kids were amusing themselves watching me. they would patiently wait till i sounded  a *hic* then theyll all laugh. well lets see who has teh last laugh.

the test results were nothing short of dissapointing. Dissapointing for me as a teacher, and of course dissapointing because i expected so much more from some of them. These kids are way smarter than you think. But somehow, they rather channel their intelligence to less educational expoits. I say this becaus ethey seem to know about evrything and evryone else, but when it comes to subjects, they’re all lost. Whats worst is that what kind of impression are we going to set when the other teachers look at us. Hey i did my job, and i only get to see the kids onece a week. i dont think thats enough time for me to really break them in.

OH HICCUPS PLEASE GO AWAY…GODDDD TAKE MY HICCUPS AWAYYYYYYYY GOOOOOOODDDDDDDDDDDD.

no theyre still there. dumb hiccups *hic*

Well, heres a favour i would ask of anyone. if you have 2 mins to spare,, please help pray that my hiccups will go away.

ahhhhh…gerams.

hmmm i could give a dozen reasons for this ( i say a dozen cause i guess its a lil unrealistic to say 100 koz i really dont have that much ) but i guess the primary reason other than getting my first friendster blog running is that i was praying for a friend.

in all honesty i really hope that god would do for him what he did for me and really reach out to him and show himslef to be so real.

i guess sometimes, all it takes is a lil faith for verything to work. i too need to have some faith sometimes. we all doubt god in one way or another during one time or another but thankfully our dear god is gracious enough to overlook our shortcomings and still graciously  pull us through.

its been a real tired day for me today…as always. SUNDAYS are always a long day for me and all those who serve in church. i guess people who arent church going/serving cant really see why sundays are so much for us. while they are comfortably snoozing away, were already up in the mornings, serving, praying etc, then during the afternoon, more church activities…and sometimes even through the night. on a normal SUNDAY my day begins at 9 and ends at 6pm. after that  its either i get home for some sleep or occasionnally head out for band practice again. Nahh im not complaining. rather i just hope that people who read this will really know hwy we arent free like others on sundays. well its coz we voluntarily avail ourselves to church an dwe have a greta time doing it..ok..ok…occasionally sometimes u do feel a lil tired r someone gets in your nerevs…but hey…u get that whether u work for church or not.

well…by tomoro the test papers for the tenby kids gotta be up d. tenby is an international school by the way. it shares the same building as sri pinang ( formerly sri inai the highly notorious school ….people from this school are relatively proud that their school is notorious and will defend their face to the ends of the earth ). why am i doing there?, well believe it or not but i was called in to teach them simple music and guitar.

teaching the kids there is both a pain and a joy. i do want to believe that most of them like me or the way i am teaching them. then as usual…there will always be a few that drive u up the wall. but as a teacher i deal with them accordingly.

do i like teaching them…generally yes. but theres this kid who always want to bug others and sleep in class. now i realy know how my teachers felt when non of us payed attention in his class. well what can i say…ive learnt my lesson dear teachers who have tried to teach me.

i guess theyre just too young to see that whatever we do is for them and they dont owe us teachers anything, but everything they do now is for themselves. as a teacher i also know that responsibility rests on my hands and that i must press on…not because its a job, but rather that we are dealing with the growing minds of tommorow’s people. wow i sound like a motivational speaker already.

well i really hope that they kids do well for my exam…koz on my part it would mean a job well done for me and my methods of teaching…otherwisei would have to rethink the way i do things with them.

MUSIC?

peopl have been asking abt the ocean of fire cd and when it will be released?. i guessed it would be saf enow to say that it would be ready in 2 months time. and by august it would definately be ready. at the moment nothing has slowed down in the band, new songs are still coming out and were looking forward to tour a lil. as for me, personally im thinking of starting a few project bands or sessions. im looking forward to work with some singers and of koz…me myself pen down some vocal/screamo  lyrics. its been some time since i did this as ive always been doing instrumental..and anyone that sees me immediately expects some guitar noodlings to emerge as soon as i plug in.

POST ROCK

this is not what people out there would expect from me. but strangely enough ive been fooling aorund with ambient sounds and have come up with a few tunes too…perhaps i should use all this new stuff for new materials..

a good surprise im sure to the people who believes that shredders arent capable to "emo"