THEIR GOD DEBASED NOW UPGRADED

In their efforts of proselytisation the Christians somehow want their god to be easily understood and visualized by the masses so much so that their god has been debased to the level of human being. Jesus is the son of god and hence god. But no, their god should not be that simple, hence Trinity. But Trinity and other symbols become too complex to be understood and believed which eventually drive many Christians into disbelief.

"The Creation of Adam," detail of the ceiling fresco in the Sistine Chapel, Vatican, by Michelangelo, 1508-12. Their god was potrayed as on the right. Did Najib see this when he visited Vatican?

Adam and Eve pictured in paradise tempted by the devil in the guise of a serpent about to take the forbidden fruit.

Jonah (nabi Yunus) pictured to be swallowed by the fish.

Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac (nabi Ishak) to their belief, to Muslims nabi Ismail.

For the mess they have created with their religion the Muslims here must suffer some confusion when they upgrade their god to Allah. Jesus anak Allah! But then it's their version of Allah not ours. Allah the Almighty knows what is in the hearts of everyone and makhluk. Muslims must hold fort and strengthen their belief now and generations to come.



The Muslims are forbidden to debase their prophets what more Allah by depicting them in pictures or other forms of visualization. The rationale is obvious.

LOOKING FOR REMGOLD

After about four and half (since May 22, 2009) of blogging SAVE has made some progress in its number of postings, 578 in total. In terms of response from page viewers (>55,000) from its four blogsites of sustainablelivinginstitute, indahdesa, historiograhic and bookmana from many countries is encouraging - the majority are Malaysians (two-fifth of total), US comes second (one-fifth of total) and Indonesia, Russia, Philippines, UK, Germany, Singapore, France, Indiain descending order make up most the other three-fifth of total viewers. To all viewers, whoever and wherever they are thank you for the interest in our blogs.

To flash back pre-blogging days, I was just disinterested in blogging then and considered that it would be a waste of time. But then I was busy working on three bibliograpic books at one go of which one will be published very soon by UPM press. It is on Japanese contributions towards science and development in Malaysia and ASEAN countries.

My youngest daughter who was studying medicine then was into blogging earlier than me. My wife was reading some blogs especially by Chedet and she would relate to me what she read. I guess they create the awareness for me to start blogging.  I then frequented Chedet, A Kadir Jasin, Kickdefellar and other blogs and made comments under non de plume, al-Din mostly.

 I was writing fairly heavy postings at the beginning because the articles are already at hand. Remgold under blogname OpEd commented that I should put some pictures in the posting 'Tilapia and jatropha' of April 4, 2011. That set me going head over heels to catalog as much pictures as possible from own collection of photos and books. Thank you Remgold for the suggestion. Now there are more than 24,000 photos in my computer. And the computer crashed!! Tomorrow I have to bring it to Berjaya Times Square for reformatting. That's the reason why no pictures this time.

By and large blogging has been a fruitful exercise for me. It keeps the mind active with new information for I have to go through many books in the library which are otherwise left much untouched. My collection of slides taken during many years of studies in the US, teaching, and research on several crops are yet to be digitalised.

Sometimes I feel that several of my postings are a bit off if not vulgar. I must admit that have interrupted nights over them. The best thing about blogging is that the output is immediate, it's there in cyberspace to be seen by all. Compared to writing in the papers that I have some experience, the content must jive with the needs of the day and their policy. Before, the Eastern Times, Sarawak has been receptive to publish my articles within two days for free which is fine with me.

Apart from blogging SAVE is still active pursuing its multi-objectives - nature farming, jatropha development, recycling, concern for Orang Asli, biodiversity conservation. Its efforts to plant limau kasturi under nature farming earlier was devastated by leaf-eating moth caterpillars. The project is replaced with oil palm. The leaves of limau kasturi are more preferred food source for the caterpillars. SAVE does not spray insecticide in its farm yet.

OpEd has quit blogosphere for quite a while. Hope that Remgold is doing fine and in good health.

HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

AFTER TOKYO ANWAR TO ISTANBUL

Anwar seeked refuge at the Turkish Embassy, KL at one time meaning he has close ties with the former Ottomans.

So, after being denied penetration into geisha Tokyo he rear-entried Istanbul where  the possibilities are  said to be endless to borrow Najib.

MATAHARI

Anyone could fall heavily for this kind of spy, there would be no more secrets left untold!

KU LI BROTHERLY TO KIT SIANG

There were four contenders for the UMNO for the VP post. Three of them were very ambitious. Ku Li, seemed to be the favourite choice but the votes at the General Assembly would decide.  The VP normally would be the DPM.

KL ego-boosted as a whizz kid and as Finance Minister was rumoured to have a special lift built for his limo to be brought up to the floor of his office.

The UMNO GA votes of 1987 declared that Gaffar Baba was the winner and became the VP. KL challenged the outcome claiming that there were irregularities in terms registration of several UMNO branches. This found to be so and ROS deregistered UMNO. Mahathir brilliantly overcome the fiasco by registering the party as UMNO BARU.

Ghafar menujulang tangan Mahathir setelah menewaskan Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah dalam pemilihan pucuk pimpinan 987.

KL along with his staunch associates and followers formed a new opposition party, Semangat 46. The party formed a loose coalition with DAP, PAS and PBS known as Gagasan Rakyat. In the 1990 general election S46 performed poorly winning only 8 parrliamentary seats, DAP 20, PBS 14, and PAS 7 ie. a total of 49 seats.

Semangat 46 was a dark episode in the history of KL. He still holds the secret of the full story, emotions, and politics of the misadventure. When S46 was disbanded most the members returned to the fold of UMNO. The about-turn was wise on KL's part.

Ku Li would have reinvented himself in many ways in the years he has been sidelined in the mainstream of UMNO politics. Perhaps being wiser he has remain uncontroversial to gain back some of the trust enplaced on him before. This is evident in a recent event by Perkasa. 

In these times of Kangkung leadership debacle KL seems to be an alternative if not the saviour to lead the country. Will the winds of change and timing will be in his favour?    

KANGKUNG AND ELIZABETH I COMPARED

If we compare Kangkung and Queen Elizabeth I, we are 4 centuries and a quarter behind time. Therefore, we have the right to be colonised!

SAVE is not being anglophilic here but we must learn from others. The Kangkung as kangkung vegetable is spineless.

MAHATHIR: 1984 NEWSWEEK INTERVIEW

Mahathir's interview with Larry Rohter at Kuala Lumpur and appeared in the now defunct Newsweek of February 20, 1984, about three years after he became PM but now 20 years ago.