Of Tigers, Turtles and Orangutans
DID YOU KNOW? The first blueprint of the orangutan genetic code has confirmed that they share 97 per cent of their DNA with people.
I was meeting a friend in Petaling Jaya yesterday. We were supposed to meet at 08:30 PM but I went early, so I walked around and suddenly a young girl approached me and we exchanged our Hi's. She was a good speaker, and she introduced herself and what she was doing. She was asking people around about World Wide Fund For Nature (WWF) to complete her survey or something to do with the fund itself. So, it didn't hurt to spend some time and listen to her. She was asking a few questions about WWF, wildlife, my opinion about recycle, Malaysian awareness about recycling, do I take initiatives to promote energy saving at workplace or at home, stuff like that. She talked about Malayan Tigers, Orangutans, Turtles, the endangered species and I am so glad that this girl was so passionate about this subject.
"Number of tigers have declined 97% since 1900 to as low as 3200"
" Three of the seven existing species of marine turtle are critically endangered"
"Orangutans habitats are being cut down for timber, or burned to make way for agriculture."
Sad isn't it? All of this happened mostly because of human activities, human greediness. We killed them for their skins, for their shells, and worst of all we do it for money? Why we stoop so low? The girl told me why we need to save Orangutans? Because they're the pollination agents for the trees to grow, and did you know where the oxygen you're breathing come from? Its obvious right, you learned your science.
Be A Donor
To cut the story short, the girl asked me whether I am interested to be a donor for WWF to help their activities in animals and habitat conservation. I knew she would ask the question in the end but I thought this would be a good thing to do so I signup for the donation of RM1/day. It's ok to cut my daily coffee money (actually coffee costs me more than RM1) to do something for the nature. I also told the girl to give me update of any activities WWF Malaysia will be organizing so that I can be an active donor. For those of you want to learn more about WWF and if you're willing to donate for these endangered animals, You can browse through WWF Malaysia
, www.wwf.org.my
All, I wish to promote this in any way that I can. It's not much but if you have the good heart and intention to help, God willing, good thing will happen. Oh yes, a kind-hearted Mr Dionysius Sharma is fundraising for WWF-Malaysia to save the Orangutans, here is his personal challenge,
www.simplygiving.com/50for50. Have a good day!
Assalamualaikum,
Sesungguhnya ujian dari pada Allah datang dalam pelbagai bentuk. Kata orang kadang-kadang kita leka dengan dunia dan Allah mengingatkan dalam bentuk ujian. Pagi tadi terbaca status rakan-rakan yang berada di Sabah tentang gegaran yang berlaku akibat gempa bumi yang mencecah bacaan 6.0 pada skala Rithcher. I was in Sabah for a year and a half, but nothing like this happened during my stay. Jadi, bila mendapat tahu keadaan yang berlaku di sana, apa yang mampu cuma mendoakan keselamatan semua yang terlibat.
A Moderate earthquake has occurred at 07:15am 05/06/15,6.1N 116.6E with Magnitude 5.9 and Depth 54km, Borneo. 16km northwest of Ranau, Sabah.Tremors felt in Ranau, Tambunan, Pedalaman, Tuaran, K.Kinabalu, K.Belud, Sabah. MMD
Rakan di Sabah melalui whatsapp juga berkongsi satu video amatur yang di rakam oleh orang awam yang panik apabila melihat runtuhan sebuah gunung. I am not sure whether it is Gunung Kinabalu or not, but the sound of the collapsing mountain put me in a shear terror. But based on the report on the net and news there is no casualty reported so far. Cuma, pendaki-pendaki masih lagi terperangkap di Gunung Kinabalu sedang menunggu untuk diselamatkan. Difahamkan mereka kini berada dalam keadaan keletihan, panik, dan dehydrated. Tetapi pihak berkuasa dan pasukan penyelamat terutama Jabatan Bomba dan Penyelamat Malaysia sedang berusaha membantu mereka.
Letusan Gunung Berapi di Indonesia
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Letusan Gunung Berapi Sinabung, Indonesia
Sumber mstar.com |
Menurut sumber lain, gegaran sederhana yang di alami di beberapa bahagian di Sabah ini adalah kesan daripada letusan gunung berapi Sinabung di Indonesia. I heard the news of the volcano eruption earlier this morning on fly.fm while travelling to my workplace. Kalau kita baca laporan yang dikeluarkan oleh Unit Geologi Indonesia, sejak September 2013, Gunung Sinabung setinggi 2,460 meter dari aras laut itu mula aktif dan statusnya sentiasa tidak stabil dan mempunyai gejala untuk meletus bila-bila masa. I am not so sure whether these two cases are related or not, but I hope that our brothers and sisters either in Sabah or Indonesia, will be okay.
Pelancong Berbogel di Puncak Kinabalu
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| Sumber: Harian Metro |
Ironinya, beberapa hari yang lepas kita terbaca mengenai insiden pendaki warga asing yang tanpa segan silu berbogel di puncak Gunung Kinabalu sehingga menimbulkan rasa kurang senang masyarakat tempatan. Jadi, kalau aku kata, Allah marah dan mahu memberi peringatan melalui gegaran ini kepada kita, itu memang betul. Jadi, sama-samalah kita muhasabah dan kembali mengingati Allah kalau kita selama ini lalai. Pesanan ini untuk diri sendiri juga.
Apapun, kita semua berdoa semoga usaha-usaha untuk menyelamatkan mangsa-mangsa yang tersadai di Gunung Kinabalu berjalan lancar dan dipermudahkan. Diharapkan kawan-kawan dan semua yang terlibat secara langsung dalam kes bencana ini dapat bersabar dan bertenang menghadapi ujian ini. In Shaa Allah.
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| The Cage: 3.5 Stars |
Assalamualaikum,
Semalam merupakan hari pertama filem Mandarin, The Cage ditayangkan di pawagam. Aku berkesempatan pergi ke panggung GSC untuk menonton filem ini Filem yang bergenre thriller pembunuhan berkonsepkan drama realiti arahan dua pengarah berbakat ini memaparkan sisi gelap dunia perfileman di mana genre yang diketengahkan oleh Felix Tan dan Kesthvin Chin ini merupakan yang pertama seumpamanya yang telah diangkat ke layar perak. For me, the whole experimental idea of the film is really fresh and different. Walaupun karya "survival" atau "the last man stand" ini bukanlah asing dalam dunia perfileman, namun gabungan aksi thriller dan misteri serta pentas teater menjadikan filem ini, pada pandangan aku, memang berlainan dari filem-filem mainstream pada masa sekarang. It's like you're watching a play in a movie.
Tambah menariknya, filem ini dikatakan diarah tanpa sebarang skrip, plot jalan cerita, dan tiada retakes. Pelakon-pelakon juga tidak tahu siapakah watak utama dan bagaimana cerita tersebut berakhir. Are you kidding me? It must be difficult for both actors and the directors. Every ten minutes, one the people who are caged will be killed and the actors themselves have no idea whose turn it would be. This is crazy, it's like you're living a real murder case. That's the reason why some of the actors/actresses have genuine expression and emotion.
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| Deathly Theater |
Walaupun filem ini mampu diangkat sebagai sebuah filem experimental yang unik, namun bagi aku penghayatan dan luahan perasaan beberapa pelakon seakan-akan tidak sampai kepada penonton. Aku memang tidak kenal kebanyakan pelakon berbangsa Cina di Malaysia, but I do recognized Kyo Chong and Yeo Yann Yann. The appeared in local Chinese dramas. Yeo Yann Yann dan Chua Pei Xuan yang melakonkan watak sebagai kakak kepada Wei (lakonan Kyo) menjiwai watak dengan baik dan memberikan impak yang sangat besar kepada filem ini secara keseluruhannya. Watak-watak lain kelihatan kadang kala agak kaku dan ada beberapa watak yang mati terlalu awal tanpa sebarang impak kepada penonton. Pengarah juga seakan terlepas pandang reaksi lebih daripada 500 orang penonton yang berada di dalam teater tersebut yang menyaksikan "The Deadly Theater" ni kerana sepanjang 91 minit durasi filem ini, lensa kamera seakan-akan mengabaikan mereka ini, which were part of the movie as well. It should have exclamations, murmuring, gasping, uuuuuing..and ahhhhing, from the audience during the play for more dramatic effects.
The Cage merupakan sisi baru kepada industri perfileman di Malaysia, dengan adanya idea-idea baru dari pengarah berbakat seperti ini menjadikan filem Malaysia keluar dari kepompong statiknya. Sesiapa yang belum lagi menyaksikan filem ni, aku recommend korang pergi ke pawagam, because this movie is worth your 10 ringgit and 91 minutes. Have a great weekend, Assalamualaikum.
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| Tasik Kenyir,, Terengganu |
Assalamualaikum,
I am Alhafizol, 26 years old. Aku bukanlah baru dalam dunia blog ni. In fact, blog pertama aku adalah pada zaman aku belajar di Matrikulasi lagi, tapi aku sendiri pun dah lupa apa nama blog tu. During my university years pun aku agak aktif menulis di blog kerana pada masa itu blog merupakan suatu kegilaan students di universiti. Almost every student has their own blog. Bila masuk ke alam pekerjaan, aku sudah malas nak aktif menulis, namun kadang kala rasa rindu juga untuk berkongsi cerita di laman maya ni. That's the reason why, out of boredom, I changed my blog platform from Blogger to Wordpress to start anew. Tapi, oleh kerana kekurangan idea dan masa pun agak terhad blog aku penuh bersawang dan berhabuk. Fuh! Fuh!
So now, I think I would love to be back in blogging. I don't know if I can commit in my writing or not, tapi aku rasa agak selesa bila kembali ke platform Blogger ni. So, this is my new home and hopefully I'll find my happiness here. So, for those of you yang datang ke sini aku ucapkan selamat datang dan terima kasih. Memandangkan tahun 2014 pun sudah semakin melabuhkan tirai, I hope that I'll end my year with a blast with this new Suite 10.3. For those of you yang sudi tinggalkan jejak di sini, sila post korang punya blog links di ruangan komen, Inshaa Allah I'll have a visit to each one of yours. Well, thats all for now. Have a great day. Assalamualaikum..
