Negaraku

"Negaraku" or "Negara Ku" is the national anthem of Malaysia. "Negaraku" was selected as a national anthem at the time of the Federation of Malaya's independence from Britain in 1957. The title means My Country. The tune was borrowed from a popular song of that time, Terang Bulan, which was serving as the state anthem of Perak.

Lyrics
Negaraku,

tanah tumpahnya darahku,

Rakyat hidup, bersatu dan maju,

Rahmat bahagia, Tuhan kurniakan,

Raja kita, selamat bertakhta.

Rahmat bahagia, Tuhan kurniakan,

Raja kita, selamat bertakhta.

This translates into English roughly as:
Oh, my country,

the land where my life began

Its people live in progress and harmony

With Our King reigns in peace

History
At the time of independence, each of the eleven States of Malaya that made up the Federation had their own anthem, but there was no anthem for the Federation as a whole. Tunku Abdul Rahman, at the time the Chief Minister and Minister for Home Affairs, organized and presided over a committee for the purpose of choosing a suitable national anthem. On his suggestion, a worldwide competition was launched. 514 entries were received from all over the world. None were deemed suitable.
Next the committee decided to invite selected composers of international repute to submit compositions for consideration. The composers chosen were Benjamin Britten, Sir William Walton who had recently composed the march for Queen Elizabeth II's coronation, the American opera composer Gian Carlo Menotti and Zubir Said, who later composed the National Anthem of Singapore. They were all turned down too.
The Committee then turned to the Perak State Anthem. On August 5 1957 it was selected on account of the "traditional flavour" of its melody. New lyrics for the National Anthem were written jointly by the Panel of Judges— with the Tunku himself playing the leading role.
At the time this melody was, while still the State Anthem of Perak, also a well-known and popular Malay song under the title, Terang Bulan ("Bright Moon").
The song had been very popular on the island of Mahé in the Seychelles. where the Sultan of Perak had formerly been living in exile. He heard it at a public band concert on the island, a song to a popular French melody, originally composed by the lyricist Pierre Jean de Beranger (1780-1857), who was born and died in Paris. When a member of the Perak royal family was invited to a reception in Europe, he was asked what his state anthem was. Realizing that his state did not in fact possess an anthem, he, in order not to appear backward in front of his hosts, proceeded to hum the aforementioned tune. Thus was an anthem born.
The tune was later introduced into an Indonesian Bangsawan (Opera), which was performing in Singapore. In no time at all, the melody became extremely popular and was given the name Terang Bulan. Aside from its dignity and prestige as the Perak State Anthem, the tune became a Malayan "evergreen", playing at parties, in cabarets and sung by almost everybody in the 1920s and 1930s. (Today, of course, since independence, it is not played as a popular melody, and any such use is proscribed by statute.)
Traditionally Negaraku was introduced with a short drum roll "which beckons the audience to attention, and heralds a stately pace, where the nation sings its pledges of loyalty to King and country. It continues serenely to express the unity of our multiethnic population and our gratitude to God for His blessings. And as the music repeats the coda section, praying for the safety of our enthroned King, there comes a stirring crescendo of drum rolls and cymbals, which culminates in a poignantly dignified ending."
The anthem was given a new quickmarch beat in 1992, which proved unpopular. Some Malaysians have gone as far as to say that the altered tempo resembled circus music, and was the subject of much derision. In July, 2003 it was reported in the Malaysian press that the anthem would be rearranged for the second time and the title and lyric would be changed from Negaraku to Malaysiaku. There was a public outcry of dismay and the change of name was scrapped, but the anthem was re-arranged and returned to the pre-1992 pace by composer Wah Idris.
The recent furore over the government's attempts to keep fiddling around with Negaraku as they please has annoyed most Malaysians to such an extent that it is considered by many to be unwise to make any further alterations without the support of a popular referendum.

10 Prinsip Utama Islam Hadhari

1. Keimanan dan ketaqwaan kepada Ilahi
2. Kerajaan adil dan beramanah
3. Rakyat berjiwa merdeka
4. Penguasaan ilmu pengetahuan
5. Pembangunan ekonomi yang seimbang dan komprehensif
6. Kehidupan berkualiti
7. Pembelaan hak kumpulan manoriti dan wanita
8. Keutuhan budaya dan moral
9. Pemeliharaan dan pemuliharaan alam semulajadi
10. Kekuatan pertahanan dan perpaduan
    

Tragedi Pemikiran Melayu

1- Tidak sanggup berubah
2- Perspektif terhad
3- Tidak suka menyiasat
4- Tidak mahu berfikir dengan mendalam
Sebenarnya hikayat melayu : ekonomi & strategi & mindanya canggih. Tapi dikongkong minda oleh penjajah : hasilnya menjadi 2nd. class Penjajah melihat jika melayu terlalu banyak pendidikan jadi seperti orang india akan berdemonstrasi tuntut kemerdekaan. Jadi mereka ajar cerita Pak Pandir & semua serba sedikit. Jadi tidak ada trouble makers.
Hasilnya :
1- Pelajar tidak berani bertanya
2 - Guru tidak tahu menjawab
Selepas merdeka "Melayu" dikongkong untuk gila kuasa dan hendak jadi kaya. Perubahan yang dirancang tidak menjadi kerana orang yang melaksana tidak jujur selain terdapat pengaruh politik.
Margaret Thatcher hendak melayu jadi "A nation of shopkeepers". Kini kita guna istilah "usahawan".
Pendekatan untuk membangunkan orang Melayu dengan hanya wang ringgit & kebendaan tidak betul.
Akhirnya timbul "Ali Baba", "Politik Wang", amanah dijual. Akhirnya kita lihat melayu kini sudah kurang komitmen terhadap bangsanya sendiri.
Sudah tiada kesedaran: bahawa aku orang Melayu, aku mesti berkhidmat kpd orang Melyu, untuk membangunkan orang Melayu.

Warisan - Sebuah nyanyian di bulan kemerdekaan

WARISAN

Di sini lahirnya sebuah cinta

Yang murni abadi sejati

Di sini tersemai cita cita

Bercambah menjadi warisan

( korus )

Andai ku terbuang tak diterima

Andai aku disingkirkan

Kemana harusku bawakan

Kemana harusku semaikan cinta ini

Betapa

Dibumi ini ku melangkah

Keutara selatan timur dan barat

Ku jejaki

Aku

Bukanlah seorang perwira

Gagah menjunjung senjata

Namun hati rela berjuang

Walau dengan cara sendiri

Demi cinta ini

( ulang korus )

Ku ingin kotakan seribu janji

Sepanjang kedewasaan ini

Ku ingin sampaikan pesanan

Aku lah penyambung warisan

Sejarah

JASIN - Penubuhan Jasin sebagai sebuah penempatan telah bermula sekitar tahun 1918 apabila sebuah penempatan dibina di sepanjang sebuah sungai di Kesang Pajak. Bagaimanapun, satu kebakaran besar beberapa tahun kemudian telah memusnahkan kebanyakan kediaman di kampung tersebut.
Menurut cerita, seorang pendatang Bugis yang bernama Mat Yasin telah membangunkan semula kawasan itu pada tahun 1928. Sebagai menghargai jasanya membangunkan semula kawasan tersebut, pihak British yang memerintah Melaka pada waktu itu telah menamakan kawasan tersebut sebagai Jasin sempena memperingati jasa-jasa Mat Yasin.

MASJID TANAH - Menurut cerita, nama Masjid Tanah (yang terletak kira-kira 30 kilometer dari bandaraya Melaka) diperolehi berikutan wujudnya sebuah masjid tua yang diperbuat dari tanah liat.
Masjid tersebut, yang hanya dikenali di kalangan penduduk tempatan sebagai masjid tanah, terletak di tebing Sungai Baru.
Bagaimanapun, masjid ini bukanlah masjid tanah yang asal, yang mana telah dibina berhampiran dengan sawah padi di mana pasar Masjid Tanah terletak hari ini.
Masjid tersebut dikatakan telah dirobohkan sekitar tahun 1830.
Masjid tersebut telah dibina oleh Tuan Sheikh Imam Maznum, seorang penyebar agama Islam dari Gujerat, India, pada tahun 1730 dengan menggunakan campuran tanah liat dan putih telur. Pembinaan masjid tersebut mengambil masa enam bulan untuk disiapkan.

Jerebu 2

Assalamualaikum

Keadaan berjerebu masih menyelubungi negara. Tapi dah beralih arah la pulak. Kali nie ke utara semenanjung Malaysia.
Alhamdullah, keadaan di Melaka pun dah bertambah baik. hari nie, hujan lebat. Diharap sedikit sebanyak ianya dapat mengurangkan jerebu. Ia adalah rahmat dari Allah. Dia telah memakbulkan doa rakyat Malaysia.

Hari nie aku tak ke mana-mana. Duduk di rumah saja. Hujan lagipun.
Besok kerja. Hmmm... PB aku ada masalah la pulak. Tension tol laaa

mmmm

Jerebuuuu

Bismillahirahmanirahim...

Alhamdulillah, PC aku dah pulih sepenuhnya. Boleh la aku meneruskan hobi aku. Melayari internet..ehehehe....

Kali nie, PC aku terus dilengkapi dengan macam2. MS Office (of couse lah kan), AVG anti virus, DVD player, Nero Burner, winzip, adobe acrobat, games... etc. Dengan harga yang begitu murah.. RM30. Ni kedai Cina. Kalau dibandingkan dengan kedai yang aku hantar memula ari tu, RM90.. Hampeh punya peniaga bumiputera. Sesama melayu pun nak cekik ke. Patut la lingkup. Duit tak berkat!

Anyway, janji PC aku dah ok.. dah best dahh

Chaw... nak layan internet