MERDEKAKAN MALAYSIA DARI RASUAH

11)   https://youtu.be/WEIq9l58b54

22)   https://youtube.com/watch?v=Zx10PlRoFUg&feature=share

33)   https://youtu.be/CxokpIf3EoQ

44)   https://youtu.be/wMuDCAZcKHM

Have a meaningful Merdeka. Peace, anas

NAJIB RAZAK'S CONVICTION

At a deeper level, it is sad that we had to send a former Prime Minister to jail. This is the sorry state of our nation. This defines who we are as a society. How did we as a people reached such a regretful situation?

How did we produce leaders who lost their compass to such a degree? Where did we as a rakyat go wrong?

How did we bred leaders who not just have an insatiable greed for money but also those who score very low in their ability to be honest on both sides? Of hypocrisy and the absence of authenticity? Of leaders who chose to be enemies or friends with each other based on the lust for power not the love for serving the nation nor for deep rooted good unchanging principles and shared goals to make us a great nation?

And we are not talking about just one leader, but many. Not just from one side but both sides of the political divide.

Are they a reflection of who we are as a whole?

This is a time to reflect.

Peace, anas

HIDAYAH AL QURAN MENANGANI MEREKA YANG MENGHINA ISLAM

Dan tidaklah sama kebaikan dan kejahatan. Tolaklah (kejahatan itu) dengan cara yang lebih baik, maka tiba-tiba orang yang antaramu dan antara dia ada permusuhan seolah-olah telah menjadi teman yang sangat setia. (QURAN 41:34)

Kita tidak disuruh memukul, memaki, menghentam, menangkap mahupun menahan mereka.

Mari kita yakin dengan Al Quran.

Salam, anas

TO TUDUNG OR NOT TUDUNG

TO TUDUNG OR NOT TUDUNG

Dear Muslim Women,

Please find validation for not wearing tudung - ie. it does not make you a bad Muslim from the Quran, not at a comedy club and being disrespectful to other Muslims, who have a differing opinion, There is no better validation than the Quran.

Perhaps these links may help -

English - http://letusaddvalue.blogspot.com/.../why-pay-more...

Bahasa Malaysia - http://letusaddvalue.blogspot.com/.../aurat-lwn-taqwa.html

Peace, anas

HAVE A MEANINGFUL WESAK 2022 - What do we want and need from our LEADERS and MANAGERS

HAVE A MEANINGFUL WESAK 2022

What do we want and need from our LEADERS and MANAGERS

We want leaders and managers who can get things done and make things happen – with INTEGRITY. In achieving that, they need to do 8 things right.

Firstly, REMOVE UNCERTAINTIES by setting clear meaningful expectations and measurements. A critical first step in ensuring performance and direction. We cannot measure performance without clarity of goals.

Secondly, guide the team to plan and solve problems. Know when to lead, manage, mentor, coach, supervise or delegate. Leaders and managers ask 3 important questions. “Where are we now?”, “Where do we want to be?”, and “What is to be done by whom?”.

Thirdly, build a high performing team – with aligned focus, purpose, responsibility and priorities towards the common goal. Integrating the complementary skills of team members and unleashing its combined power to get things done and make things happen.

Fourth, willingness to give and receive feedback and manage difficult conversations, without which one cannot build a high performing team.

Fifth, manage tension. Exercise control, hold people accountable and are willing to have tough conversations and if needed, take tough actions to manage performance.

Sixth, communicate and build relationships. A leader and manager will not have much success with the above five areas without a strong ability to communicate and build relationships. A reciprocal flow of giving and taking will likely degenerate and crumble when the flow is too much in one direction. It is about being human and the awareness that the other is human too - not an object to be used.

Seventh, create a motivating environment through a well thought out motivational mix that includes the six areas mentioned above – not just the occasional “rah-rah” and giving grand lectures with little meaning or the simplistic carrot and stick approach. A holistic motivational plan.

Lastly, reflect. An important act to stay in touch with the world and oneself. To check one’s thoughts, feelings, emotions, and actions with honesty and integrity. Reflection provides insight and ways to move forward and create a better future – a better understanding on how to lead, change, reorganize, relaunch or simply passing the baton to the next person.

Let us add value,

Have a meaningful Wesak

Peace, anas

TSEM TULKU RIPONCHE

“Every action creates the future.” — H.E. Tsem Tulku Riponche (1965 -2019). A leader who communicates and builds lasting relationships. He is remembered as a kind and compassionate leader who get things done and makes things happen with integrity.

Have a meaningful Aidil Fitri WHY THE FIRST REVELATION TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD IS ABOUT READING AND WRITING

Have a meaningful Aidil Fitri

WHY THE FIRST REVELATION TO PROPHET MUHAMMAD IS ABOUT READING AND WRITING

Reading is not natural; it is a choice we make. While language is native to our species, reading and writing are unnatural acts. Reading and writing are made possible only through the deliberate shaping of the mind. They require practice, schooling and a conscious act to change. Learning to read and write rewire our brain in an immense way. The way we reason, form memories, process signals and how we interpret the world around us. In short, the way we experience reality.

The natural state of the human brain is animal-like, easily distracted, and non-linear in thinking. Our senses are attuned to change; our reactions reflexive. This is important for survival and to reduce the odds of being eaten up by predators; at the same time, not miss out on catching our dinner. To read a book demands unbroken, sustained attention to one single static object – an unnatural process of thinking for humans for the most part of our history.

When we read, our brain must practice ignoring everything else going on around us. We begin to be able to focus on a single task over a long period of time. This is one of the biggest changes in the history of human psychological development. Reading and writing created the modern man.

In the silence of deep reading, humans take trips in their own minds, draw ideas, inferences, analogies, play around with possibilities, visualize and dream – in short, we journey where the usual mind never has been before. Of mathematical formulas, economic models, scientific possibilities, astronomical expeditions, fictional journeys, and artistic beauty. We became a species that can focus with excellence and as such are able to deal with extremely complex problems and opportunities unleashing innovations, creativity, modern processes, and systems and creating the world we live in today.

Reading is also meditative. It calms the distracted mind. But while meditation seeks to empty the mind, reading fills it up. Replenishing it with new ideas, new energy, new spirit. Deep reading becomes a form of prayer that connects one to himself, to his fellow humans, to the world, the universe and to his Creator.

Let us add value,

Peace, anas

- PAK UNGKU -

Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz (28 January 1922 – 15 December 2020). I am privileged to have met him on many occasions while studying at Universiti Malaya. He was always stressing that we read, read and read! Read even if you have 10 minutes in between activities like queuing at the bank or waiting for someone who is late. Thank you, Pak Ungku.

Have a meaningful Vaisakhi 2022 - ENGLISH IS NOT IN COMPETITION WITH BAHASA MALAYSIA. THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.

 

ENGLISH IS NOT IN COMPETITION WITH BAHASA MALAYSIA. THEY COMPLEMENT EACH OTHER.

We seem to have cultivated the unproductive bad habit of pitting unrelated subjects to divide the nation. To hurt, snide, deride and spite the other. It is a form of bitchy politics that permeates our psyche.

For example, some love chest-thumping, “I am first a Malay, or Chinese, or Indian, etc” and then the other will retort with similar pomposity saying, “I am first a Malaysian”. The former is our ethnicity while the latter is our citizenship – they are not in competition with each other. WE ARE BOTH, FIRST. That is one of the reasons why we are unique and special. But no, let’s practice bitchy politics and divide the nation further. Sigh!

Today, some are trying to pit English with Bahasa Malaysia (BM) and vice versa. This was after the Prime Minister announced that BM must be used at every official function it is involved in, including at international meetings. The decision has its merits. Especially when in the past we had Ministers who presented in poor English that made us cringe. Bad for the Malaysian brand. Speaking in BM with confidence and passion can create an aura for the brand even if a speech has to be translated.

However, we must not forget the Malay proverb, “Masuk kandang kambing mengembek, masuk kandang kerbau menguak*”. There are times like during a bilateral or business meet, our delegation must speak impeccable English or the language of the other party to make a strong impression and win the deal. Use any language that helps us achieve our goals, not just our pride. That is why we suggest that English is complementary and not a competition to our national language. Ditto other languages like Mandarin and Arabic.

Our BM must be strong as it is the national language that unites us. But let us send the right message to all Malaysians, especially the younger ones, to master other languages too, especially English. We do not want them to lose out by being monolingual – especially our brothers and sisters in the rural and semi-rural areas.

Let Bahasa Malaysia anchor our hearts in unity but at the same time let English and the other languages be our wings to conquer the world.

Let us add value,

Have a meaningful Vaisakhi

* When in Rome do as the Romans do

Who is Sardar Joginder Singh Ji?

Sardar Joginder Singh Ji (1924 – 2018) wrote a book about Sikhism in Malay. His command of Bahasa Malaysia was so good that he was a lecturer to potential Malay language teachers. He was also proficient in English and his mother tongue, Punjabi.

Peace, anas