Finally the sun peeps through the clouds

I once believed
There were angels born to oversee our safety
to make sure we fall not into a cesspool
or be eaten alive by the crocodile when swimming cool

Then I grew up
I found there are more are wolves than
Li'l red or blue riding hoods
So I warn my small sisters from Penang
It's not any safer in big, bad city of Koala Lumpuh
than in the woods
She understands, some nuts misunderstood

I also hold hopes
that sometimes
an angel visits
a voice of reason speaks
Then I remember my childhood dream
life's not always full of woe
one can still enjoy ice-cream

For just fifty round sen
At the neighbourhood kedai
You don't need a tenner
No need for drive-in
to A&W
Or Bangsar
SarongPartyGal's
high-class den

Life's still a song
of sixpense
Pocekt full of french of fish fry
Thanks to some of *mGf

*myGOoDfriend in the singular
or plural




I found mGf Wan Hamidi doing good community service
reporting from The NST!:) Good job, wan! He reports on ONE WHO FINALLY SPEAKS SENse!



'Stop snooping around for khalwat couples'
15 Dec 2006
Wan Hamidi Hamid

KUALA LUMPUR: State religious authorities must stop spying, snooping and the practice of looking for couples to be charged with khalwat (close proximity).

Perlis Mufti Dr Mohd Asri Zainul Abidin said such practices were against the Islamic principles of privacy and denoted the act of trespassing.

"It’s an embarrassment to Islam to see religious officers going to hotels and demanding the guest list.

"Islam does not encourage people to look for acts of sins.

"The principle of amar makruf nahi mungkar (performing good deeds and abhorring evil) must be implemented only when sins and crimes are committed in the open.

"To invade an individual’s privacy is against Islam."

Dr Mohd Asri explained that prevention against sins or evil deeds must only be confined to those that would affect society and the environment, or when it would encourage others to commit them publicly.

He said the recent case of a khalwat raid mistakenly carried out against an elderly American couple in Langkawi was an example of an operation that did not follow Islamic principles.

"There were many other similar cases where local husbands and wives were raided in their homes.

"Such activities give the impression that Islam encourages invasion of privacy."

He also questioned the practice of bringing along unauthorised people for khalwat raids such as the Press.

"What is the purpose of bringing along the media, and sometimes members of the public?

"Are we trying to shame a private individual publicly or are we really abhorring sins?"

On whether he is condoning vice activities, Dr Mohd Asri said: "There’s a hadith (sayings of the Prophet) that says ‘if you conceal the shame of others, Allah will conceal your shame in the hereafter’, The Prophet is not asking us to commit sins but he has made it clear for us not to find the faults of others."

He hoped religious enforcement authorities would prioritise their job, such as addressing the menace of Mat Rempit, which is giving a bad name to Islam as most of them are Muslims, instead of snooping around for couples in private residences.

Some moderate Muslim groups have also alleged that religious authorities have their priorities wrong as some divorced Muslim women find it difficult to get mut’ah (monetary gift), maintenance and guardianship of their children, with the authorities usually claiming a lack of manpower to enforce the law.

To prove his seriousness, Dr Mohd Asri said Perlis Menteri Besar Datuk Shahidan Kassim had agreed to hold a course on khalwat prevention based on Islamic principles soon.

In Malaysia, religion is the prerogative of the state government. Federal authorities only have advisory powers in such matters.