Jom seni!

Acara seni minggu ini dan minggu depan di Lembah Klang. Jom!

Freedom Filmfest, sekarang sampai 13 September di PJLA.
https://www.facebook.com/freedomfilmfest

Japanese Film Festival 2014, 11-17 September.
http://www.jfkl.org.my/events/japanese-film-festival-2014

Kakiseni International Arts Festival, 12-16 September.
http://festival.kakiseni.com

2014 Pulau Ketam International Art Festival, 12-21 September.
https://www.facebook.com/amazingpulauketam

Ini Cherita Kita @ Laman Seni 7 Shah Alam, 13 September.
https://www.facebook.com/lamansenishahalam

Yayasan Sime Darby Arts Festival, 13 & 14 September.
https://www.facebook.com/YSDArtsFest

Parti Jalanan, 14 September.
https://www.facebook.com/events/370470176435433/?fref=ts

Kopi Darat Senorita "Perempuan. Kata. Eskapisme", 20 September.
https://www.facebook.com/SenoritaZine

Sementara itu di luar Lembah Klang;

Kuala Terengganu;

Terengganu Peranakan Festival, 12-20 September.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Terengganu-Peranakan-Festival/380440132082398?fref=ts

Johor Bahru;

11th JB Arts Festival, 5 September - 4 Oktober.
https://www.facebook.com/jbartsfestival

JB Writers and Readers Festival sempena JB Arts Festival, 12-14 September.
https://www.facebook.com/events/790367017694933/

Kluang;

Pesta Kluang 2014, 13-20 September.
https://www.facebook.com/kluangcc1

Daerah Tanpa Tie sempena Pesta Kluang, 19 September.
https://www.facebook.com/daerah.tanpatie

Boleh tambah di ruang komen mana yang terlepas untuk perkongsian bersama 

'Act on the Humanitarian Crises and Stop the Carnage in Gaza and West Asia'

The Palestine-Israel  conflict in Gaza is a huge humanitarian crisis. The killing of Palestinian civilians is everybody’s tragedy and burden.

 

Asian Public Intellectual (API) Fellows of Malaysia condemn the collective punishment of Palestinians, particularly children and women, by the US-backed military force of Israel. Israel must stop acting with impunity in this asymmetrical conflict.

 

We join the international calls for an immediate halt on the Israeli military’s relentless pounding on prison-like Gaza where its children, women, the elderly and men  are dying,  trapped and denied medical aid, water, food and electricity and have nowhere to escape. Similarly, any attempt by the Palestinian fighters to launch more rockets into Israel must also cease. 

 

The helpless situation faced by these Palestinians in the face of colossal military onslaught is tantamount to genocide and ethnic cleansing. 

 

In this regard, we call upon the United Nations, the Arab League, the European Union, and other countries, in particular the United States, to collectively take action to arrest the escalation of violence against the Gazan civilians and to initiate procedures to hold accountable all those responsible for violations of international law, including political leaders and military commanders.

 

In the interest of peace and justice, the UN Security Council must exercise its responsibilities by referring the Palestinian massacre to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court. Justice must prevail. 

 

Indeed, the Israelis must come to the negotiating table to draw up a firm timetable for the withdrawal of all elements, especially the illegal settlements, of Israeli occupation of Palestine to its pre-1967 status. This is to secure a lasting peace and also a commitment to peaceful resolution on the part of the Palestinian authorities and people.

 

International assistance is much needed to help the Palestinians rebuild their society from the ashes of brutal violence, omnipresent military control, checkpoints, roadblocks and decades-long hatred and humiliation. 

 

The Israeli regime must ensure that the Palestinians, irrespective of their faith, are accorded their well-deserved dignity as humans who crave for freedom, self-determination, peace, justice, security, respect, trust and understanding. The Palestinians, in other words, cannot be perceived, let alone be treated, in dehumanising ways.

 

Similarly, the Malaysian API Fellows call on the international community to put a stop to the equally heinous killings of people, especially innocent civilians in West Asia, particularly Syria and Iraq that include both Christians and Muslims alike.

 

The gory scenes of beheading of suspected foes, and indiscriminate and horrible killings of innocent civilians are a sad commentary on humanity in today's troubled world. Furthermore, this brutal violence is certainly opposed to the teachings of all religions.

 

This carnage in West Asia, which has cost thousands of innocent lives and the destruction of properties, monuments and structures of historical, cultural and religious import, must cease. 

 

 

API Fellows of Malaysia* 

Josie Fernandez

Mustafa K Anuar

Sumit K Mandal

Wong Soak Koon

Colin Nicholas

Dina Zaman

Janarthani Arumugam

Tan Pek Leng

Yeoh Seng Guan

Amir Muhammad

Zulhabri Supian

Shanthi Thambiah

Siti Khadijah

Susanna George

Nadarjah Manickam

Henry Chan

Chi Too

Zawiah Yahya

Kam Suan Pheng

Loh Cheng Kooi

Toh Kin Woon

Phua Kai Lit

Adeline Ooi

Lai Suat Yan

Wan Manan

Chan Chee Khoon

Sharaad Kuttan

Askiah Adam

Joe Kidd

Rashilah Ramli

Hezri Adnan

Said Halim Nong

Noor Mahnun Mohamed

Joyce Lim

 

*The Asian Public Intellectuals of Malaysia are part of a larger community of APIs in the participating countries of Malaysia, Japan, Indonesia, Thailand and the Philippines. The setting up of The Nippon Foundation Fellowships for Asian Public Intellectuals was aimed at helping to build a community of Asians who can think and work in the public domain within and across the borders of the participating countries.

Kalendar pembodohan umat Melayu Islam Malaysia 2014

Kalendar pembodohan umat Melayu Islam Malaysia 2014 (tertakluk kepada perubahan);

Januari - Isu nama Allah.
Februari - Isu Valentine.
Mac - Isu Pluralisme.
April - Isu Yahudi.
Mei - Isu ancaman Cina.
Jun - Isu LGBT.
Julai - Isu Syiah + Isu kena hormat orang Islam puasa
Ogos - Isu Komunis.
September - Isu Murtad.
Oktober - Isu Amerika Syarikat.
November - Isu kena bersyukur.
Desember - Isu pembangkang berniat guling kerajaan.

Memilih bandar

Waktu darjah 5, cikgu BM pernah menyuruh menulis karangan bertajuk, Hidup di bandar/kampung lebih baik & kenapa? Dengan yakinnya aku memilih bandar dengan alasan perpustakaan lebih besar (merujuk Shah Alam), lalu disindir rakan sekelas yang hampir semuanya memilih kampung.

Waktu itu aku tinggal di Kapar, sebuah pekan kecil yang dekat dengan banyak kampung & 17km berjarak dengan Klang dan 32km dengan Shah Alam. Hampir setiap minggu aku ke Klang dengan bas KSOC & Shah Alam dengan bas mini, terima kasih kepada ibu bapaku yang memberi izin untuk jalan-jalan jauh secara sendiri seawal umur 10 tahun.

Hingga sekarang jika ditanya, aku tetap memilih bandar kerana di situlah aku boleh bertemu orang-orang hebat dan sifatnya yang majmuk. Sebab itu juga aku memilih tinggal di bandar Denpasar kerana di sini bukan saja dihuni orang Bali, tetapi ada Bugis, Jawa, Flores, Lombok, India, Cina, Sunda, Minang dan banyak lagi.

Kehidupan bandar dan orangnya tidak pernah membosankan, penuh warna.

Demokrasi Malaysia lebih baik dari Indonesia

Menurutku demokrasi di Malaysia tidak sepenuhnya buruk. Meski kebebasan berhimpun & kebebasan media dikekang, tidak ada warganya dihilangkan seperti Widji Thukul di Indonesia. Di Malaysia tidak ada yang takut berhimpun kerana hak itu dijamin di dalam Perlembagaan, maka tidak ada yang takut dengan Polis apatah lagi Tentera. Di Indonesia sampai sekarang bayang-bayang mengerikan Tentera masih terlihat sebahagian rakyat yang memperjuangkan isu pembantaian 1965/1966.

Jika di Malaysia, Pekida & Perkasa dikatakan keras, di Indonesia mereka tidak ada apanya malah dianggap sangat sopan. Banyak ormas (organisasi massa) di Indonesia siap diupah untuk mencedera & membakar serta merosakkan pejabat/rumah lawan mereka dan pihak berkuasa hanya memerhati, tidak meleraikan.

Jika di Indonesia riuh dengan demokrasi dan keterbukaan, parti apapun yang mentadbir tidak membawa banyak perubahan. Di Malaysia tumbangnya BN dan naiknya PR di beberapa negeri sudah mengubah banyak. Bukan itu saja, demokrasi pasca-2008 memunculkan dua gabungan parti terbesar di Malaysia iaitu BN & PR yang menguntungkan rakyat. Rakyat Malaysia dihargai suaranya kerana meminggirkan mereka bermakna hilang kuasa. Rakyat Indonesia? Suaranya tidak dipedulikan meski heboh di medianya yang bebas.

Maka pandanglah 2014 dengan keyakinan, demokrasi kita buruk kerana selama ini rakyat selesa dan pentadbir kita iaitu BN relatif membawa kesejahteraan. Sekarang masanya untuk kita memperbaiki demokrasi kita & terus menekan BN & PR untuk melakukan yang terbaik untuk rakyat.