If the face of Islam is a woman of reddened lips, thick blue eyeliner, and artificial eyebrows, then let me not be a part of it.
The assertion of a ‘Singaporean Muslim identity1’ (possibly as apart from other ‘Muslim identities’) already contradicts Islam’s spirit of universal inclusiveness. I believe this to be a fine example of [...]
Watch: Girl-Girl Nude Shoot from ANTM Cycle 2
I thought modelling had something to do with showing off clothing and fashion. But with modelling of such a variety, where there is absolutely no clothing or fashion involved, where the whole purpose is to show off the “sensual”1, there can be no doubt that it is just [...]
Baca
9 Jun 2008: Gejolak Jiwa Wanita
Ulasan
Seperti yang saya jangkakan, Berita Harian bukan akhbar untuk masyarakat. Sebaliknya, ia memasyarakatkan unsur-unsur kurang sihat yang kebanyakannya jelas diambil dari pengaruh barat. Bukan sahaja ia menyampaikan, malah, dalam tulisannya ia juga cuba merasionalkan (rationalise) unsur-unsur demikian supaya lebih mudah ‘ditelan’ oleh masyarakat.
(Oh, kononnya filem ini “mencungkil masalah rumah [...]
Eh, you all know wat realli happen anot? I tell you lah. Damn scary sia.
I am a Gurkha guard. I and my frens ah, we all sama-sama guard here, guard dere lah. Guard de Istana, guard de Checkpoint, guard some bloody old man’s house, all dis sort of stupid ting lah. So, dey send me [...]
C. W. Mills wrote in “The Sociological Imagination”:
In large part, contemporary humanity’s self-conscious view of itself as at least an outsider, if not a permanent stranger, rests upon an absorbed realization of social relativity and of the transformative power of history.
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Er. What?
At another part:
The sociological imagination enables us to grasp history and biography and the [...]
How low must one go just to sell deodorant body sprays? The following is one of the latest in the ongoing series of media mindfucks:
Now read the lyrics (excerpted) like you couldn’t see the tasteless filth coming:
It invades a woman’s mind.
Her limbic region goes insane.
She’ll start aching for a man
and acting so profane.
It’s a sexual [...]
Weaknesses
The cynic is constantly paranoid about his surroundings. He lives in fear of the undesirable, and the potentially undesirable. Sometimes, he is driven to inaction, paralysed by his own fears.
He is in perpetual self-deprecation. He does not expect of others what he mercilessly exacts of himself. Where he falters, he never forgives himself. He is [...]
Sekali lagi, nilai penulisan di Berita Harian (Singapura) membingungkan saya.
Baca: “Insan, haiwan dan syaitan dalam jiwa” oleh Rahmad Sakom (3 November 2007)
Penulis berhemat bahawa perbandingan antara haiwan dan perokok (”perokok serupa haiwan”) yang dicetuskan oleh Datuk Nik Aziz Nik Mat itu terlalu keras. Penjelasan Datuk Nik Aziz tentang perbandingan demikian adalah bahawa perokok “tidak menggunakan [...]
As if that’s new.
To say the least, I am pissed off by the fact that Microsoft Word 2003 cannot automatically generate bibliographies; even the open-source Neo/OpenOffice is capable of this task. This is, I find, a great impediment to the writing of my project report. I really wonder how people have been putting up with [...]
Please do not recite exceedingly long surahs or long segments of surahs.
Especially if you tend to scrimp on other parts of salaat such as the sujud, the ruku’, or even the silent Faatihah in the third or fourth rakaat.
