<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?><?xml-stylesheet href="http://www.blogger.com/styles/atom.css" type="text/css"?><feed xmlns='http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom' xmlns:openSearch='http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearchrss/1.0/' xmlns:georss='http://www.georss.org/georss' xmlns:gd='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005' xmlns:thr='http://purl.org/syndication/thread/1.0'><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278762781711238453</id><updated>2012-02-12T22:39:48.937+08:00</updated><category term='Royal Malaysian Air Force'/><category term='Communist'/><category term='Politics'/><title type='text'>Syameer Firdaus</title><subtitle type='html'>unbiased discussion.</subtitle><link rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#feed' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default?max-results=100'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/'/><link rel='hub' href='http://pubsubhubbub.appspot.com/'/><author><name>Mohd Syameer Firdaus</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/115691769018120728729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ecMswFvgyY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAZI/WF79p4gf8dE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><generator version='7.00' uri='http://www.blogger.com'>Blogger</generator><openSearch:totalResults>8</openSearch:totalResults><openSearch:startIndex>1</openSearch:startIndex><openSearch:itemsPerPage>100</openSearch:itemsPerPage><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278762781711238453.post-1416291385595853956</id><published>2012-02-12T22:28:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2012-02-12T22:39:49.043+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Dominasi Cerita Hantu di Pasaran</title><content type='html'>Sempena dengan sambutan Tahun Baru Cina baru-baru ini, saya terpanggil untuk memberi beberapa pendapat trend filem yang disiarkan ketika musim perayaan.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Terus kepada isi utama, seperti yang dapat kita lihat, pada musim perayaan Tahun Baru Cina yang lalu, banyak filem yang disiarkan oleh stesen-stesen televisyen tempatan sama ada swasta mahupun kerajaan mempunyai unsur patriotisme, dan semangat perpaduan dalam bangsa cina yang banyak. Contoh yang baik adalah seperti filem Ip Man 2 yang disiarkan pada 22 Januari yang lalu di TV3. Ianya mengisahkan tentang perjuangan Ip Man (disebut sebagai Yip Man) iaitu seorang guru dan pengamal seni mempertahankan diri iaitu Wing Chun dalam menyara keluarga dan membela maruah kaum cina yang seolah-olah dipijak dan dicaci oleh penjajah British di Hong Kong. Filem ini adalah satu contoh filem yang baik kerana ianya bukan sahaja mempunyai banyak adegan kung-fu yang hebat malah mempunyai banyak unsur yang mampu membangkitkan semangat nasionalisme dan bangga akan bangsa sendiri bagi kaum cina dan juga kaum-kaum lain juga. Dalam kata yang lain, setiap kali berlangsungnya Perayaan Tahun Baru Cina, filem-filem yang disiarkan adalah hasil karya seni yang banyak menerapkan semangat cinta akan bangsa dan negara serta mempunyai unsur-unsur kekeluargaan dan setia kawan serta penyebaran budaya iaitu melalui penerapan banyak unsur-unsur budaya seperti pelbagai jenis kung-fu di dalam sesuatu filem.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Begitu juga dengan keadaan semasa sambutan hari natal yang lalu. Banyak filem yang disiarkan saban hari oleh pihak stesen televisyen adalah berkisarkan mengenai kasih sayang sesama keluarga, cinta dan komedi ringan yang berteraskan konsep cinta dan kasih sayang seperti filem Surviving Christmas&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;(Mengharungi Hari Natal)&amp;nbsp;yang disiarkan pada 24 Disember 2011 yang lalu yang banyak mengisahkan tentang hal kekeluargaan dan juga cinta. Karya-karya Hollywood yang sering disiarkan ketika Hari Natal yang berkualiti dan kreatif ini sering kali menjadi tatapan kerana ianya mampu menyentuh jiwa para penonton kerana mempunyai jalan cerita yang baik dan kreatif.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Berbeza pula dengan ketika Sambutan Hari Raya Aidilfitri. Kita tidak harus menjadi hipokrit di dalam perkara ini dan menafikannya. Jika kita prihatin, kita dapat melihat bahawa banyak cerita berunsurkan hantu yang tidak terhad kepada genre seram dan ngeri semata-mata, tetapi genre komedi juga akan menjadikan hantu sebagai medium untuk dijadikan bahan lawak sering disiarkan sama ada oleh stesen televisyen berbayar mahupun tidak berbayar ketika musim perayaan ini. Ya benar, ada juga cerita yang tidak berunsurkan hantu disiarkan seperti filem komedi fantasi Magika yang diterbitkan KRU Studios yang mana merupakan satu usaha yang baik untuk membolehkan lebih banyak filem-filem baru yang lebih kreatif dan tidak stereotaip dihasilkan telah disiarkan. Namun, kita tidak boleh menafikan bahawa jumlah filem yang mempunyai unsur hantu juga banyak disiarkan sehingga di dalam satu hari cuti raya itu sehinggakan kita boleh mempelajari dan mengenali sesuatu hantu itu dengan lebih baik hanya dengan menonton kepelbagaian filem-filem hantu yang menampilkan pelbagai jenis hantu ketika musim perayaan kaum Melayu. Secara ammnya, ini menunjukkan bahawa filem-filem yang sasaran penontonnya adalah kaum melayu lebih banyak menjadikan elemen hantu sebagai medium untuk dijadikan bahan cerita di dalam sesuatu filem.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Namun, bagaimanakah dapat kita menghubungkaitkan perkara ini dengan pemikiran rakyat kita? Melalui pemerhatian saya sebagai seorang pelajar, dapat saya merumuskan perkara-perkara yang berikut. Kaum Cina misalannya mempunyai semangat cinta akan bangsa sendiri yang tinggi. Mereka mempunyai kesetiaan yang tidak berbelah bahagi terhadap orang kaum mereka. Walau seteruk mana sekali pun permusuhan peribadi mereka, tetapi apabila ianya adalah mengenai soal bangsa sendiri, mereka pastinya akan menghulurkan tangan dan membantu kaum mereka. Hal ini kerana filem-filem yang disiarkan mengenai kaum mereka pun mempunyai semangat ini. Filem Ip Man jelas menunjukkan semangat ini dimana walaupun persatuan-persatuan kung-fu di Hong Kong di dalam filem itu bertelagah untuk mencari rezeki dan mendominasi sesuatu kawasan, namun apabila seni kung-fu mereka dihina mereka bersatu mempertahankannya dan melupakan masalah peribadi sesama mereka.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Lain pula baginya dengan filem tempatan khususnya filem Melayu. Kaum Melayu secara ammnya tidak mempunyai semangat cinta akan kaum sendiri sehebat kaum cina. Mereka tidak terlalu taksub dengan kaum sendiri. Hal ini dibuktikan dengan sesetengah kaum melayu yang mempersoalkan dasar-dasar kerajaan yang ingin membantu kaum Melayu tanpa mengabaikan kaum lain seperti DEB kerana tidak mempunyai semangat mencintai kaum sendiri yang tinggi dan ada juga yang sanggup mengkhianati saudara seagama sendiri dengan menyatakan sokongan terhadap penindas saudara sesama Islam kita di Palestin. Banyak juga ilmu-ilmu sihir yang dikenakan terhadap saudara sesama bangsa dan agama kita sendiri kerana sebab busuk hati dan iri hati kerana tidak mempunyai semangat persaingan yang sihat dan kesedaran agama yang rendah. Hal mungkin juga berpunca daripada filem-filem yang sering ditontoni dan disajikan kepada kaum Melayu itu sendiri. Seperti yang dapat kita lihat, di dalam filem-filem hantu ini, selain mempunyai sedikit sahaja pengajaran di akhir cerita iaitu ilmu sihir mendatangkan kemudaratan dan membawa kesyirikkan, nilai-nilai murni yang lain kurang terdapat di dalamnnya. Cabaran kita di alaf siber ini bukan sahaja mengenai menjaga nilai agama, tetapi penyatuan bangsa dan pengekalan jati diri sesuatu bangsa itu sendiri. Golongan muda khususnya Melayu pada zaman sekarang ini mudah terdedah dan terpengaruh dengan pelbagai unsur budaya luar yang boleh menghakis kebudayaan timur kita yang mementingkan ketinggian nilai murni. Malangnya, apabila selalu disajikan dengan filem-filem stereotaip yang menerapkan pemikiran kolot mengenai hantu secara tidak langsung menyebabkan budaya kolot ini akan terus mekar di dalam masyarakat.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kita lihat sahaja, dikalangan kaum Melayu, anak-anak kecil bukan sahaja didedahkan kepada hantu melalui cerita-cerita beteraskan hantu, namun ibu bapa yang selalu menakut-nakutkan anak-anak dengan hantu juga menyebabkan hantu ini sering menghantui masyarakat kita. Namun ibu bapa juga tidak boleh dipersalahkan sebab mereka juga sering disajikan dengan pelbagai cerita berteraskan hantu sama ada komedi hantu atau seram yang sebenar yang semakin menjadi-jadi jumlah penerbitannya kebelakangan ini.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Oleh itu, adalah penting dalam usaha kita untuk mencapai Wawasan 2020 dan melahirkan masyarakat minda kelas pertama yang mana sebahagian besar daripadanya adalah orang Melayu untuk mempunyai pemikiran terbuka dan kelas pertama. Untuk itu, adalah penting untuk penggiat filem dan juga stesen televisyen yang merupakan pihak yang paling berkuasa untuk mengubah pemikiran masyarakat juga mempromosikan masyarakat minda kelas pertama dengan penerbitan filem yang lebih berintelektual, lebih menjurus kepada semangat cinta akan bangsa dan negara serta dapat menyebarkan lagi budaya bangsa Melayu melalui penerapan unsur-unsur kemelayuan seperti silat dan bukannya penerapan lebih banyak spesies hantu yang dasyat. Fenomena k-wave atau lebih dikenali sebagai k-pop dapat diwujudkan kerana mereka dapat membina masyarakat berminda kelas pertama dan kerana mereka berbangga dengan budaya mereka begitu juga dengan masyarakat negara China dan Jepun yang berjaya menyebarkan budaya mereka kerana kebanggaan mereka terhadap budaya sendiri. Kita juga dapat mewujudkan fenomena M-Wave atau M-Pop suatu hari nanti apabila kita berjaya membuka minda masyarakat kita untuk lebih maju dan berani untuk berdaya saing dan berbangga dengan budaya kita sendiri sebagai orang Melayu dan rakyat Malaysia.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;Kesimpulannya, filem-filem yang dihasilkan perlulah lebih menerapkan banyak nilai-nilai murni dan semangat penyatuan kaum serta memperkasakan semangat perpaduan dan nasionalisme supaya masyrakat berminda kelas pertama dapat dilahirkan dalam memastikan hasrat kita semua, rakyat 1Malaysia untuk menjadi lebih cemerlang, gemilang dan terbilang dalam mencapai Wawasan 2020 dapat direalisasikan.&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1278762781711238453-1416291385595853956?l=syameer.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/feeds/1416291385595853956/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1278762781711238453&amp;postID=1416291385595853956&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/1416291385595853956'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/1416291385595853956'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/2012/02/dominasi-cerita-hantu-di-pasaran.html' title='Dominasi Cerita Hantu di Pasaran'/><author><name>Mohd Syameer Firdaus</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/115691769018120728729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ecMswFvgyY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAZI/WF79p4gf8dE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278762781711238453.post-1854940845562624124</id><published>2012-01-28T15:34:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-28T15:34:56.368+08:00</updated><title type='text'>F-15E Strike Eagle</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevengraphy/6774719953/" title="F-15E Strike Eagle"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7015/6774719953_83464a9a93.jpg" alt="F-15E Strike Eagle by syameer95" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevengraphy/6774719953/"&gt;F-15E Strike Eagle&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevengraphy/"&gt;syameer95&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;F-15E Strike Eagle&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1278762781711238453-1854940845562624124?l=syameer.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/feeds/1854940845562624124/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1278762781711238453&amp;postID=1854940845562624124&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/1854940845562624124'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/1854940845562624124'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/2012/01/f-15e-strike-eagle.html' title='F-15E Strike Eagle'/><author><name>Mohd Syameer Firdaus</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/115691769018120728729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ecMswFvgyY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAZI/WF79p4gf8dE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278762781711238453.post-4883645632087956857</id><published>2012-01-27T00:39:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2012-01-27T00:39:12.651+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Peace</title><content type='html'>&lt;div style="margin: 0 0 10px 0; padding: 0; font-size: 0.8em; line-height: 1.6em;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevengraphy/6766115573/" title="Peace"&gt;&lt;img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7022/6766115573_8b106b5d9f.jpg" alt="Peace by syameer95" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br/&gt;&lt;span style="margin: 0;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevengraphy/6766115573/"&gt;Peace&lt;/a&gt;, a photo by &lt;a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/sevengraphy/"&gt;syameer95&lt;/a&gt; on Flickr.&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;p&gt;Peace&lt;/p&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1278762781711238453-4883645632087956857?l=syameer.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/feeds/4883645632087956857/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1278762781711238453&amp;postID=4883645632087956857&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/4883645632087956857'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/4883645632087956857'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/2012/01/peace.html' title='Peace'/><author><name>Mohd Syameer Firdaus</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/115691769018120728729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ecMswFvgyY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAZI/WF79p4gf8dE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278762781711238453.post-6147398260635171200</id><published>2011-09-23T21:03:00.000+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-23T21:03:39.898+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Somalia | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide</title><content type='html'>&lt;a href="http://www.wfp.org/countries/somalia"&gt;Somalia | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide&lt;/a&gt;:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a style="font-size:13px" href="https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pengoopmcjnbflcjbmoeodbmoflcgjlk"&gt;'via Blog this'&lt;/a&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1278762781711238453-6147398260635171200?l=syameer.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/feeds/6147398260635171200/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1278762781711238453&amp;postID=6147398260635171200&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/6147398260635171200'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/6147398260635171200'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/2011/09/somalia-wfp-united-nations-world-food.html' title='Somalia | WFP | United Nations World Food Programme - Fighting Hunger Worldwide'/><author><name>Mohd Syameer Firdaus</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/115691769018120728729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ecMswFvgyY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAZI/WF79p4gf8dE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278762781711238453.post-6729068153012154801</id><published>2011-09-18T00:13:00.004+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-18T00:14:05.086+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Penang Hill</title><content type='html'>Last 16th September I went to the Penang Hill for trips with my family. At first glance, I thought that this place will only offer a bird eyes view of the Penang Island and its surrouding. It is my first time there. People of all races, coming from all sort of country with difference background can be found there. Tourists and the locals love it. Although the queue for tickets is really long and it took a long time for queue only, but the life-time experience offered by the beautiful Penang Hill is worth it. The ride on the&amp;nbsp;funicular&amp;nbsp;train was awesome, far beyond my expectation. The new&amp;nbsp;funicular&amp;nbsp;train sets which are brought by the Barisan Nasional government are a very good replacement for the old funicular train sets. The trip uphill was less challenging than the trip downhill. What I can describe is that the trip uphill is rather like roller-coaster going up the steepest track. It was fast and you can actually feel the difference in air pressure as you go up the hill at the considerably fast speed of the train.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;About 10 minutes later, I arrive at the hilltop station. The view from the hilltop station itself is really nice. I can sit the whole day while having a cup or two of tea while admiring the beautiful scenery. But wait, that's not the only things offered by the Penang Hill. A walk of about 5-6 minutes will lead you to a stage where&amp;nbsp;occasionally a performance will be done by a cultural group performers or simply a performers of all sort of performance.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;When I was there, the day I was there is co-coincidentally&amp;nbsp;is the Hari Malaysia or the Formation of &amp;nbsp;Malaysia Day. There were a lot of activities held there from face painting to fireworks and other exciting activities.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The performance by the Raja Ular or the King of Snake (the Malaysian snake expert) was very entertaining. Not only that he&amp;nbsp;showcase&amp;nbsp;his skills with snake, but his sense of humor does make the show really exciting.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Should you want to take a break, there's a restaurant serving western food there. It is only 5 minutes away from the hilltop station and it offered a really nice bird views of the Penang Island and its surrounding.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;I spent 3 hours there. After that, the most exciting part is the trip downhill. I managed to sit at the front-most sits of the trains. The ride downhill for me is like riding roller coster. Imagine this funicular trains that possess such a large mass and inertia moving very fast downhill. The G-force can actually be feel inside the train. As the train approaches the centre of the tracks, there's an intersection point there where 2 train of opposite direction will pass-by each other. A small mistake there would lead to the worst disasters ever in Malaysia or perhaps in the world when referring to disaster involving trains.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As the conclusion, Penang Hill is a really good place to visit especially with your family or your loved-one where you can enjoyed the breathe-taking view offered by it or simply to inhale a fresher air in Penang. Overall, Penang Hill is the best!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1278762781711238453-6729068153012154801?l=syameer.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/feeds/6729068153012154801/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1278762781711238453&amp;postID=6729068153012154801&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/6729068153012154801'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/6729068153012154801'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/2011/09/penang-hill.html' title='Penang Hill'/><author><name>Mohd Syameer Firdaus</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/115691769018120728729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ecMswFvgyY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAZI/WF79p4gf8dE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278762781711238453.post-3248640166676499929</id><published>2011-09-01T01:00:00.002+08:00</published><updated>2011-09-01T01:01:52.515+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Communist'/><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Politics'/><title type='text'>31st August, the day we are free.</title><content type='html'>&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bahasa-malaysia-simple-fun.com/images/merdeka.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="181" src="http://www.bahasa-malaysia-simple-fun.com/images/merdeka.jpg" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;54 years ago on this day, our first&amp;nbsp;prime&amp;nbsp;minister, Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj has officially declared the independence of our country from the colonial power, the British.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;People always said that the struggle for independence is very tough and need a lot of sacrifice, but the real challenge is to maintain it. Lately, one of the irresponsible opposition leader has come out with a statement stating that the real heroes in the fight for independence are not the soldiers nor the leaders but the communists.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;There's clearly a big contrast compared to the real story about the struggle of our fallen heroes in their fight for independence. We all know about the story and so, I would not want to tell the story again here.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QokzNJZlZM8/TexerNRgWPI/AAAAAAAAAuM/wYBvObidxGE/s1600/Mohd+Sabu+345.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="200" src="http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QokzNJZlZM8/TexerNRgWPI/AAAAAAAAAuM/wYBvObidxGE/s200/Mohd+Sabu+345.jpg" width="130" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Let's get to the point, if Mr Mat Sabu really thinks that the communists are the heroes, than he should surrender his nationality. He should find other places to stay where communist ideology is accepted. May I suggest the United States please? See what will happen to him there since he is pro-communist.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;In facts, as a leader of the said-really-Islamic political party, the PAS, he should be well informed that communist ideology is against the Islamic teachings. In communist, there's no god. If he do follow the real Islamic teaching, he would not make such a stupid statement.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Here, I would like to urge the government to take further and strict action against the traitor to the nation so that justice will be served.&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1278762781711238453-3248640166676499929?l=syameer.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/feeds/3248640166676499929/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1278762781711238453&amp;postID=3248640166676499929&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/3248640166676499929'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/3248640166676499929'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/2011/09/31st-august-day-we-are-free.html' title='31st August, the day we are free.'/><author><name>Mohd Syameer Firdaus</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/115691769018120728729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ecMswFvgyY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAZI/WF79p4gf8dE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><media:thumbnail xmlns:media='http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/' url='http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-QokzNJZlZM8/TexerNRgWPI/AAAAAAAAAuM/wYBvObidxGE/s72-c/Mohd+Sabu+345.jpg' height='72' width='72'/><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278762781711238453.post-1608849671295599386</id><published>2011-08-29T22:22:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T22:22:15.469+08:00</updated><title type='text'>Happy Eid Mubarak!</title><content type='html'>&amp;nbsp;Allah has bestowed us the Eid-ul-fitr for us to celebrate it with joy after a month fasting and struggling against our nafsu.&amp;nbsp;Wish all my fellow bloggers and followers, Happy Eid Mubarak!&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1278762781711238453-1608849671295599386?l=syameer.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/feeds/1608849671295599386/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1278762781711238453&amp;postID=1608849671295599386&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/1608849671295599386'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/1608849671295599386'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/2011/08/happy-eid-mubarak.html' title='Happy Eid Mubarak!'/><author><name>Mohd Syameer Firdaus</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/115691769018120728729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ecMswFvgyY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAZI/WF79p4gf8dE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry><entry><id>tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1278762781711238453.post-4277949850013456883</id><published>2011-08-29T13:33:00.001+08:00</published><updated>2011-08-29T13:33:27.427+08:00</updated><category scheme='http://www.blogger.com/atom/ns#' term='Royal Malaysian Air Force'/><title type='text'>Royal Malaysian Air Force MRCA Program</title><content type='html'>We all know, the Royal Malaysian Air Force has acquired 18 Su-30 MKM in 2003. The current order of battle of the air force is as the following:&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;1) 18 units of Su-30 MKM&lt;br /&gt;2) 8 units of F/A-18 D Hornet&lt;br /&gt;3) 10 units of Mig-29 N (unconfirmed numbers of fighter currently in service)&lt;br /&gt;4) 13 units of Bae Hawk Mk 208&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;As listed above, those are the fighters that are currently in service with our air force. The list may not complete, but it is a rough estimation made through my observation.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Recently, the MRCA program has attracted the attention of many defense company. One of those are the Saab and the Eurofighter. But, since the Thais already&amp;nbsp;procured 12 units of the Gripen and are believed will make further procurement of up to 40 units in total, the deal for procuring Gripen is definitely out from the list. Meanwhile, the rocket-high price tags of the Typhoon may also not be&amp;nbsp;favorable&amp;nbsp;for the air force to procure it. Not to forget, the air force might not want to procure more Russian fighter for certain reason. Now, we are left with the only option of procuring the Super Hornet.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f18comp.gif" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"&gt;&lt;img border="0" height="313" src="http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/f18comp.gif" width="320" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;On the other hand, the Super Hornet is a very reliable, dependable and yet, combat proven fighter. As comparison, a flyaway cost for a unit of Super Hornet in 2011 is roughly around USD 55 million. Among the major military campaign involving the Super Hornet are such as the Operation Iraqi Freedom flown by the United States Air Force.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;The facts that 30% (estimation) of the parts of the Super Hornet is common with our Hornet would be another factors. Other factors such as the regular training with the United States Navy and the Royal Australian Air Forces are the factor that must be taken into consideration since both forces operates the Super Hornet. The interoperability here is a bonus for the Super Hornet compared to other fighter candidates.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Thus, we strongly believe that the Super Hornet would be the perfect choice for the Air Force in terms of economical and reliability.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;div class="blogger-post-footer"&gt;&lt;img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1278762781711238453-4277949850013456883?l=syameer.blogspot.com' alt='' /&gt;&lt;/div&gt;</content><link rel='replies' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/feeds/4277949850013456883/comments/default' title='Post Comments'/><link rel='replies' type='text/html' href='http://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1278762781711238453&amp;postID=4277949850013456883&amp;isPopup=true' title='0 Comments'/><link rel='edit' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/4277949850013456883'/><link rel='self' type='application/atom+xml' href='http://www.blogger.com/feeds/1278762781711238453/posts/default/4277949850013456883'/><link rel='alternate' type='text/html' href='http://syameer.blogspot.com/2011/08/royal-malaysian-air-force-mrca-program.html' title='Royal Malaysian Air Force MRCA Program'/><author><name>Mohd Syameer Firdaus</name><uri>https://profiles.google.com/115691769018120728729</uri><email>noreply@blogger.com</email><gd:image rel='http://schemas.google.com/g/2005#thumbnail' width='32' height='32' src='//lh3.googleusercontent.com/-5ecMswFvgyY/AAAAAAAAAAI/AAAAAAAAAZI/WF79p4gf8dE/s512-c/photo.jpg'/></author><thr:total>0</thr:total></entry></feed>
