Bonus Story:Ghost

Huuuuuu....Huuuuuu....
GHOST!!!
There are various type and kind of ghost that had been told since we are small. In malay culture, we had been exposed to a ghost that called as 'Momok'since we are kids. The old man use it too make we scare if we done something that not good. Due to the story that had been told by these old generations, we fell scared.

                                                     
there are many paranormal researcher had been as created around the world long time ago to investigate the truth behind all the ghost story that was told worldwide. But, lack of physical evidence to be use as scientific test make the truth remain unsolved.

various type and kind of ghost in the world. Different believe make it various. They are portrayed differently in term of the physical apearence and characters.

Eastern region still believe in ghost compared to western region. That's why we can see the different horror story in the silver screen. Majority of the horror story that make by western region based on the psychotropic illness. while in eastern region, story was made based on the unrest spirit that stayed in one placed.

Example of the most famous ghost story is about the loyalty of a wife to her husband, Mae Nak Phra Khanong or Lady Nak of Phra Khanong. Siamese people believe if they go and pray at Mae Nak's house they can get their partner sooner and it will last until afterlife.

Western region, most of the people does not believed in ghost before it proved by many investigator. It is becaused most of the people there need to be proved to them to make them believe. that's why there many paranormal investigator had been established to investigate the truth behind all the horror story.

in their investigation, many proved had been collected during investigation. they doesn't mention any name of ghost but demon or name of any personal the had tragic moment in the house. if we see the investigation process, they will faced with : voice phenomena, appertain, physical contact and many thing.

As a ghost story's lover, I can concluded there are many ghost outside, it was vary due to ourself belived.

Similarity between two story

SYNOPSIS OF MALIN KUNDANG 

A long time ago there was a mother. She had a son named Malin Kundang. She was widower, her husband left her when Malin was baby. He went to foreign to work, but never came back again. Malin and his mother lived on the near from coast. His mother loved him very much because he was an only her son. She worked hard to make a live her son. When Malin was child, he was smart boy, but he was rather naughty. He had an usual that He liked to chase a chicken. One day he fell, because he chased a chicken. His arm right hurt, then his injury became scar that couldn’t lose.

When Malin was adult, he wanted to help his mother to make a life him self and his mother because Malin thought that his mother was old, and meanwhile their economic condition was worse. Malin had a plan that he would leave his mother to work in foreign. He thought that if he worked in foreign he could improve his life with his mother. His mother didn’t agree with Malin’s planning. She was very afraid with him because, his mother remembered about her husband. He left her to work in foreign, but he didn’t come back anymore.

Malin asked his mother persistently in order to she agreed his planning. Because the economic condition of their family was worse, finally his mother agreed with Malin’s planning.

Malin went to foreign with the merchant ship. When he was in the merchant ship, he studied much navigation with sailors. Suddenly on the voyage, the merchant ship was attacked by pirates. They took all of merchandises. Some persons were killed by pirates, but Malin was not killed, because Malin hide on a wood box.

Malin floated on the sea, and then he went aground on side of a beach in an island. There was a village near the beach, and then Malin go there. The village was very fertile. Malin worked hard in the village as farmer, as long as he became rich person. He married with a girl, and he had 2 sons. He had many merchant ships, and more than 100 helpers. His mother knew that her son had success. Everyday she waited Malin on the side of the beach near from her house. She hoped Malin would be back for her.

One day Malin with his family and helpers sail to go to an island which his mother lived. At the moment Malin’s mother was waiting for her son, then she looked a ship. She guessed that was Malin’s ship. After the ship went aground, she walked to the ship, and then she saw his son. She was very certain that he was her son because, she saw his arm right had a scar like Malin’s scar. She said “Malin, my son I am your mother, I had waited a long time for you”, Malin asked “Who are you? I don’t know you”, Malin’s mother said again “I am your mother son, don’t you remember?” Malin’s mother was sad because her son didn’t admit her as his mother. Malin’s wife asked to Malin “is she you mother right?” Malin answer “No, I know she is just beggar who want to lie to me to get all of my wealth”. Malin said like that because he was shy with his wife and children that his mother is poor people.

                                                                       

His mother was very sad and angry because her son was rebellious to her, so his mother put a curse Malin to becoming stone. When Malin would be sailing to live her mother, suddenly a storm broke Malin’s ship. Then Malin became stone. His wife, his sons, and his helpers died. Now stone of Malin is still on the Ain Manih beach, in Padang, West Sumatra.

And the next story has a lot of similarity in aspect of character,story and so on.....please enjoy....:)

Si Tanggang

Hikayat Si Tanggang (the Story of Si Tanggang) is Malaysians’ favourite story. The story is about an ungrateful son being cursed by his mother into stone.

Si Tanggang was a poor boy who lived with his father, Talang, and mother, Deruma. The father was a very poor fisherman. They lived by the sea. However, despite living in abject poverty Si Tanggang was a far-sighted boy. He had ambition and dreams to be rich and live a good live.

Tanggang grew older. One day, he told his mother his dreams that he wanted to be a traveller to find riches. He said he must be rich to help her and his father. But Talang and Deruma were reluctant to let him go. However, Tanggang was adamant to leave the village so the parents gave in. Tanggang was elated and promised the parents he would come back to the village when he became rich.

He began his journey in a little boat. In the journey, he was captured by a captain of a junk (an old Malay word for junk is jong) and he was made a slave. Time went by. Tanggang worked hard and obeyed every wish and whims of the captain thus later he became the apple of the captain’s eye. He was taught how to sail. As the captain did not have any son he grew to favour Tanggang that he later adopted Tanggang to be his son. After some time he asked Tanggang to marry his daughter.

The captain grew old and one day, he died and Tanggang was made the junk master. The clever Tanggang then showed his prowess as a seafarer and he became much richer. His name was renowned and later as he sailed to far places he married the second time. This time he married a beautiful princess.

Tanggang was fair to his two wives that he always brought them sailing and sight seeing. One day the grand junk docked at a river mouth of a village. People were awed looking a beautiful junk anchored in their village. The news of the grandeur spread and drew villagers in droves to see it.

But some villagers began to feel that the master of the junk was someone whom they used to see a long time ago. After much whispers and glances, they realised that the captain was Tanggang! They were very excited and ran back to the village to tell Talang and Deruma, Tanggang’s father and mother, that their son had come home. Talang and Deruma were very happy to hear the news. Quickly Deruma cooked Tanggang’s favourite food. Then they hurried to the river and rowed their little boat to the river mouth to see if that was really their beloved son whom they hadn’t met so long.

Alas, as they reached the big junk, the sailors stopped them from boarding. A while later, Tanggang appeared with his wife. Tanggang looked at the man and the woman. Deruma realised that that was indeed Tanggang her beloved son. She immediately cried out for Tanggang and excitedly gave the food to him. But Tanggang had another thought – an evil one. As he realised those poor folks were his father and mother he remembered his princess wife. Looking at his father’s and mother’s tattered clothes, Tanggang felt disgusted and embarrassed. They were so poor to be the father and mother-in-law of a princess. Wrapped in shame Tanggang turned away. But Talang and Deruma, so elated to see their son, didn’t realise Tanggang’s disgust that they cried his name and rushed to hug him.

Tanggang pretended not knowing them. After all he had been telling everyone his father and mother were long dead. Seeing Talang and Deruma, Tanggang’s wife asked him if the poor man and woman were really his parents. Fearful if his wife knew his secret Tanggang arrogantly chased Talang and Deruma away, pushing the food from his mother’s hand. The food dropped to the floor. The mother went on to hug him, trying to reason out that he was her son. Embarrassed, Tanggang pushed his mother away again and again. Deruma fell. Realising their son had forgotten them Talang and Deruma gave way. Heart broken, drenched in tears, they slowly rowed back to their village.

As soon as they reached the river bank, the mother looked up to the sky, stretched her two hands high and cried. “God the Almighty, if it is true he is the son of mine, whom I gave birth and nursed and loved, do punish him O God, do punish him O God, do punish him O God.”

As soon as the mother ended her sad wail, the sky immediately turned dark, black cloud hovered. A sharp lightning pierced through. The wind grew hard, the water rough. The waves began to smash the junk. The junk rolled uncontrollably from side to side, rocked by the black water. The sailors’ hearts sank. They knew what was going on.

Their rich master was being punished. The rough sea was chastisement from God the Almighty. Tanggang’s eyes widened. Regretting, deeply in fear, hands waving towards his mother, he screamed as loud as possible. He called for forgiveness. He wept and wailed in tears, his hoarse voice turned courser. But it was too late. The mother, heart hurt and soul wounded, turned away. In the midst of the roaring sea and flashing lightning the raging waves engulfed the junk. The water rushed in. The junk sank. Tanggang’s soulful voice vanished.

When the sea calmed, the villagers stared in astonishment. Tanggang, his wives, the junk and the sailors had turned into a huge stone, taking the shape of the junk.

The moral of this story is that we have to honour our parents. We need to shower our parents with love and respect. God the Almighty, or life itself, will punish those showing disrespect to their fathers and mothers.   Website : http://blog.aseankorea.org/archives/2443

World poverty

Poverty
Globalization

Every human being needs a range of basic necessities, such as food, water, clothing, shelter, education, and health care, for his or her daily life. The economic condition of lacking these essential goods and services to meet basic needs of life is called poverty.

While poverty exists everywhere, it is most severe in developing countries, where more than one person in five lives on less than $1 a day – the threshold, which is being used by the World Bank to define extreme poverty. In 2001, over 1 billion people lived in extreme poverty and nearly half the world’s population (2.8 billion) lived on less than $2 a day.

In developed countries, poverty results in wandering homeless people and poor suburbs and ghettos. In these cases we talk about relative poverty (in contrast to absolute poverty), which is measured by comparing one group’s situation to the situations of those who are more advantaged.

INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVE
Poverty affects Indigenous Canadians (on and off reservations) of all ages, but statistics show that Native Youth are the most likely to experience various levels of homelessness in comparison to the rest of Canada. Half of the Indigenous population is under the age of 25 and quickly growing in numbers, with 25% of youth living in poverty on the reservation, and affecting 40% off-reserve youth. (Canadian Census 2001) The available statistics indicate only the youth accounted for, the number of youth living in poverty and struggling with homelessness is much higher than stated.

The extremity of Indigenous poverty is influenced by the obvious income-related factors, low-income, income-insecurity, job-insecurity, and the lack of education and resources, but more so related to the loss of traditional lifestyle and the loss of arable land and safe drinking water from increasing pollution and environmental degradation by industrial companies. Individuals that relocate from the reservation into towns and cities have difficulties in adapting to an urban lifestyle, often encountering racism, discrimination in addition to low levels of education and skills, an inability to afford housing, as well as suffering from culture-shock.

In urban areas where Native homelessness and poverty is the highest, Indigenous Organizations are investing into affordable housing initiatives, education and skills-based training, and employment resources. There is concentration on healing and wellness to encourage personal growth and emotional stability, and a variety of cultural and language programs, traditional healthcare, substance abuse counselors, elders, daycare, to provide the individual with a supportive community.

Eliminating poverty in developing countries is the goal of international development initiatives and the many international organizations working in the field. Strategies on how to eradicate poverty are, however, as numerous as the causes of poverty itself. The World Bank’s anti-poverty strategy, for example, depends heavily on reducing poverty though the promotion of economic growth.

The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), which are part of the Millennium Declaration, signed by the member states of the United Nations at the Millennium Summit in 2000, regard the elimination of extreme poverty as a much more complex task. Empowering women, combating HIV/AIDS and other diseases and ensuring sustainable development are among the goals and are all seen as necessary if extreme poverty is to be alleviated.

Fairy Tail Story:Cinderella

Cinderella

In a kingdom, a daughter of

beautiful and kind. She lived with her mother and the second

half sister, because her parents was died.

In the house she was always been abused to do around

employee's home. She always beaten and was given

food one time a day by her stepmother. Her sisters

call evil "Cinderella". Cinderella means a dirty girl and full of dust. "The name that matches you!" Said

them.

After some time, one day the state inspectors came to spread party invitation letter from the Palace. "Hooray! we will go and dress beautifully".

If I were the king's daughter, the mother will surely be happy ", they said. Day

anticipated arrival, the second stepsister Cinderella from dress to be happy. Cinderella

very sad because she is not allowed to follow the second sister to a party at the Palace.

"And yet you do not have the Gown, what do you want to go to a party with the dirty shirt?", Says sister

Cinderella.

After all went to a party, Cinderella going back to his room. She cries loudly

because she is very upset. "I can not go to the ball with dirty clothes

like this, but I want to go ….. "After sometimes she heard a voice. "Cinderella,

Stop crying. "When Cinderella turned, he saw a fairy. Fairy smile

warmly. "Cinderella bring four rats and

two-tailed lizard. "Once everything is collected

Cinderella, fairies bring the rats and lizards to

pumpkin garden in the backyard. "Sim ones you!" While

casting magic, there was a miracle. The rats

transformed into four horses, and the lizard

transformed into two Golden chariot. lastly,

Cinderella turn into a beautiful Princess, that

wearing a very beautiful dress.

Because of the happiness, Cinderella began to dance round and round with glass shoes

like a butterfly. Fairy said, "Cinderella, the influence of this magic will disappear after

twelve o'clock dinner bell stops. Therefore, you must returned before the late afternoon

night. "Yes, Grandpa. Thank you, "replied Cinderella. Golden chariot immediately set

bring Cinderella toward the palace. After arriving at the palace, she directly goes into hall

palace. So enter, the eyes of all attendees were directed at Cinderella. They are very

impressed with the beauty Cinderella. "The princess was beautiful! Princess from which country are you? "

Ask them. Finally the Prince comes close to Cinderella. "Beautiful women,

Will you dance with me? "he said. "Yes," said Cinderella while stretched

his hand and smiled. They dance together in the slow rhythm. The mother and

Cinderella second sister who was there did not expect that the beautiful women

is Cinderella.

Prince continued to dance with Cinderella. "People like you that I dreamed

over the years, "said the Prince. Because of the happiness, Cinderella forget the time. The clock

struck 12 times. "Sorry, I must immediately return my Prince ..". Cinderella loosen

hand grip of the prince and immediately ran out of the palace.

On the road, the loafer missed, but

Cinderella service to it, She continues to run.

Prince chasing Cinderella, but he lost her track. In the middle of the stairs, there is a glass shoes

that belong to cinderella. Prince took the shoes. "I will look for you, "he determined in his heart. Although

Cinderela back into girl

full of dust, it is very happy because they can go party.

Tomorrow morning, the guards sent Prince comes to homes that have children

daughters around the state to match the glass shoes with their feet,

but there are no matches. Until finally arrived home guards Cinderella.

"We are looking for girls that match your foot glass shoes," said the guard.

Second sister Cinderella try the shoes, but her feet are too big. They

fixed forcing his legs put glass up scuffed shoes. At that point, the guard

see Cinderella. "Hey you, try these shoes," he said. Stepmother Cinderella be

angry, "will not fit in this child!". Then Cinderella stick legs.

It turns out these shoes is perfect. "Ah! finally the Princess, "Guards cried happily.

"Cinderella, u're saved .." Cinderella looked back,the fairy is standing behind her.

"From now on lived happy with the Prince. Sim ones you!., "She said.

Similarly, reading fairy spell, Cinderella transformed into a Princess of

wearing a wedding dress. "The influence of this magic will not be

lost even the clock struck twelve times ", said the

elf. Cinderella escorted by the rats and birds  to be her friend. Arriving at the Palace,

Prince celebrate with happy smile.

Cinderella eventually married Prince and live

happy thereafter.

Cultural Diversity

Momogun Rungus.

   

                                                   

Malaysia is a country with citizens of various races that can live inside an environment that is peaceful and harmony without dispute among race. Malaysia has 3 key people that determined here as long as more 5 century which is malay, chinese and india. Apart from that, Malaysia also is country to as much as about 80 ethnic groups, especially in East Malaysia. Among of that include Baba and Nyonya, Kadazan, iban and Momogun Rungus.

Rungus also known as Dusun Laut or Dayak Dusun. By tradition quarter Momogun Rungus is clanship government system practitioner that in form by Kesatuan Bobolizan Rinovusan in past age before British colonisation period in Kudat peninsula and Teluk Marudu and Pitas.

Tribes man Rungus is a largest population in northern area of Sabah. Tribes man Rungus is aboriginal inhabitant Borneo archipelago since centuries old him. Quarter Rungus are also known as Momogun, Dayak Dusun, Dayak Laut, Momogun Rungus, Melobong Rungus, Momogun Laut or Dusun Laut. Their grandparents also known as Aki Rungsud. Grandfather Rungsud is a figure race Momogun Rungus had stripped Teluk Bandau as Pusat Perdagangan Sistem Barter in past age.

Nowaday, about  79% tribes man Momogun Rungus is follow Christian religion,  20% is believer Agama Labus (Lzabvus) namely ancestral religion Momogun Rungus and about 1% Momogun Rungus that is Muslim. Tribes man Momogun Rungus really strictly about ancestor customs, religious laws Labus and family ties.
                         

                                                                

The language of  Momogun Rungus known as Boros Momogun or  Rungus Language.  Momogun is derived word from word root "pogun" by connect reference mom until form said "momogun" which means "land owner". This word produced from religious doctrines ethnic tradition Momogun Rungus namely Labus Religion. "Labus Religion" is produced from 2 word from language Momogun Rungus namely "AGAMA" and "LABUS".

Tribes man Momogun Rungus not really is a quarter but it is one race that is larger. This follows based on equality from language aspect, art architecture, belief, view nature and the aspect ethnology Momogun Rungus in find out have equation with Kalimantan clump Dayak, Sarawak Dayak and Kadazan Dusun in Sabah. No wonders that Momogun Rungus often also known as Dayak Laut or Dayak Dusun.

The clear statement is Momogun is aboriginal inhabitant Borneo archipelago namely third largest archipelago in the world.

                                                                     

Despite rapid development of their traditional lands into acacia or oil palm plantations, the Rungus have managed to retain much of their culture, traditions and intangible heritage including their distinct language, myth and stories, songs, dances and handicrafts.

Rungus Handicrafts Today

The Rungus still produce many utilitarian crafts. Woodworking and metalwork are practised by men while women weave textiles and string beads, basketry is practiced by both. Common crafts are those with high commercial value especially beadwork and coil work basketry, which are still made in large quantities.

Certain crafts, notably hand loom textiles are increasingly rare today. Cotton is no longer cultivated as colourful, thick store-bought yarn is preferred. Weaving is still carried out on a narrow width back strap loom, mostly to weave colourful Inavol souvenir shoulder cloth.

Iron smithing is still carried out by men on a small scale to fulfil the need for agrarian tools. Brass is also still fashioned into traditional ornaments, though this craft is much rarer now due to limited supplies of brass.

Kg. Tinangol, Kudat

This village of three modern longhouses and approximately 800 peoples a three hour drive from Kota Kinabalu; public transport is available. Located within a fifteen minute walk from the tourist longhouse of Bavangazo, Kg. Tinangol specialises in the production of beaded crafts.

Craft production is generally treated as a supplementary source of income as many villagers still rely on rice farming for self consumption. However, visitors are welcome to visit their Bead Workshop located at the front of the village, or to the individual homes within the longhouses.

Contemporary Crafts

The following are some Rungus crafts marketed:

inavol handwoven bookmarks.

Traditional hand loom skills and motifs have been used but scaled down to produce these finely woven bookmarks. A small width back strap loom is still utilised but with contemporary coloured yarn.

saring inontilung brass and fern fibre bangles

Brass ornaments are still worn by older Rungus women though gold is now preferred. These contemporary brass bangles are still hand forged by women but embellished with additional inontilung fern fibre weaving.

rinago coilwork trays and baskets

Coil work lidded baskets are made by winding the smooth outer skin of the lingkungcreeper fern onto a continous coiled rattan base. Trays and ladies’ bags are a contemporary form.

tanjung ekslusif natural seed necklaces and chokers

Various seed, both wild harvested or cultivated,are strung into contemporary multi strand necklaces. Hand cut hollow fern stems or seashells are also used.

litai vinusak and tanjung tinutub woven bead necklaces

These modern necklaces feature traditional patterns and are made on a simple bead tension loom where glass or plastic seed beads are woven together on a series of polyester threads held taut by body tension.

Baby Dumping

BABY DUMPING....!!!

what actually already heapend on our life today ? what the hell are you. do you think by dumped the newborn will settle all the problems that had been created by your own. newborn baby dosn't do anything to us so that we can just left them in front of mosque, in front someone house, and the worst scenario is when we found the baby dead due to its already ate by dog because the baby was dumped inside dumping area.

why all this thing happened in Malaysia that majority of the citizen was a muslim. In muslim believe, killing human is really huge sins. does all these people does not afraid to what Allah will punish them.

if we check in news worldwide, we will discovered that baby dumping only happened in Malaysia. WHY??? Thus other country does not have any problem with the Y generation's social problems. WHY??? thus other country does not have prostitution problems. why baby dumping happened in Malaysia but not in other country???

many initiative had been done by Malaysian Government to solve this problem. sex education, free condoms, and religion education in school had been conduct but we still can't see the improvement. statistic state, most of the time we will get the baby dumping cases is at the end of the year. we should stop and think why its happened.

in this situation, we cant put one blame only to one government only. Due to world globalisation era, a lot of things are able to be excess just at the tips of the finger. teenagers are exposed to many things without any control. Parent at the house supposed to monitor all the activities of their children. Now days, both of this important person in family are busy with their own works. It's make their children fell lonely and try to get the the happiness from their friends and mate. This situation may lead to social problems.

in other countries, there no bad perceptions to have sex without married. They don shy to deliver the child without the father of the child.that why there no report on case baby dumping. But in Malaysia, we unable to accept this situation because we still hold traditions. I didn't try to said this tradition is not good, but if we can accept this child born in this world, this crisis wont be a big problem. this newborn is unsin toward the mistake that had been done by their parent.

Baby dumping is a problem that can be control effectively if all personal involved and take part in prevent it.  

Abuse and killing innocent people.

Abuse and killing innocent people.

Nowadays, abuse and murder among innocent people become a warm  topic that talked in all over country.

For example, abuse on children has become thing that common often heard every day reported in mass media. Abusing means a outrage which means in order to hurt that person. Usually abuse committed they for purpose frighten or to force them listen order the torturer. Usually, children will be scolded although without wrong to abuse their emotion. For example in a case sexual abuse on  Nurin Jazlin Jazimin abducted and physically abused and sexual before the body stuffed inside beg and left at roadside. From this case, all people must involve to settle this case such as the government should intervention by implementing heavier punishment to offender. 

Among the causes occurrence of murder nowadays is from mental disruption aspect and revenge between people. For example, the case of Altantuya Sharibu, she had been killed ruthless then the body crushed by using explosive. From the act of society which not responsible,  had caused the country  shame. Among type murder may be classified to two namely cruel killing which deathly burned, cut or blown, while usual murder can categorized like shot or being stabbed. Whatever  the killing style carried out, it still regarded as inhuman.

Reverted to principles of religion, Islam necessitates human ensure good relations among men. Therefore, we together to nurture and inculcate affectionate nature and love in ourselves to be together creature such as that written in Surah al – Imran  : 104 , “Lets there arise out of you a band of people inviting o all that is good, enjoining what is right, and forbidding what is wrong, there are the one's to attain felicity.”