whO's to BLaMe?

This is totally a random discussion. When a girl is sexually harassed, or being RAPED, whose fault is it?

Is it the rapist’s fault or the victim’s fault? I heard someone said you can’t blame the rapist fully. The victim must also bear a bit of the responsibility. WTH?

To my dear friends, they’re not called victim without a reason.

i. Victim is a term used for the person a crime is committed against. If someone is robbed, they are the victim. If someone is killed, that person is the victim. The person who did the crime is the culprit.

ii. The culprit/criminal is the person who commits the crime against the victim.

iii. The victim is the person who seduces the culprit/criminal to commit a crime against him/her.

Which of the statement above does not make any sense to you?
Please, think before you make a statement. Don’t make yourself sound stupid.

Let’s take a random case study, and fit in the 3 statement.
Remember back in 2004, there is this case of Nurul Huda being killed and raped cold bloodedly in Gelang Patah? She’s only ten years old, and she’s helpless. The criminal is a man an animal known as Mohd Abbas raped her and killed her. I pray hoping that her soul may rest in peace.

i. Nurul Huda is the victim. She’s abducted, raped and killed brutally and inhumanly by Mohd Abbas. Mohd Abbas is the culprit.

ii. Mohd Abbas is the culprit whom committed the crime against the 10-year-old Nurul Huda.

iii. The victim seduces Mohd Abbas to abduct, rape and kill her brutally and inhumanly.

If you think in any way at all that statement (iii) is possible, you’re an idiot. I remembered once I read in newspaper someone said that,

‘rape victims are wrong at the first place because they do not tutup aurat.’

I say that guy is an idiot as well. That criminal deserves to die for what he did. And the victim does not bring this upon herself. The 10 year old Nurul Huda is wearing school uniform for Christ’s sake.

If you think wearing primary school uniform is sexy, you’re a delusional lunatic. She’s wearing what she should, and she’s helpless. And you definitely needs help.

Mohd Abbas is the only person to blame. That beast took everything away from the victim. If he did commit this crime against her, Nurul would be alive today at the age of 15, worrying about pimples or PMR result now.

None of that is going to happen, now who’s to blame?

qUakE

I took this from CNN..

"JAKARTA, Indonesia (CNN) -- An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 7.6 struck Indonesia on Wednesday, the U.S. Geological Survey said.

The quake was recorded about 33 miles from Padang, the capital city of West Sumatra, which is home to more than 800,000 people.

Several buildings were damaged, Metro TV reported. People were seen running out of their homes and toward the hills.

The Pacific Tsunami Warning Center of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration issued a tsunami watch for Indonesia, India, Thailand and Malaysia.

NOAA could not immediately say whether the quake generated a tsunami, but such advisories are issued when a quake has the potential to cause one."

I hope nothing happens. I hope people in Indonesia are okay as well.

oNe FuTurE

Wow! I'd been watching 15Malaysia videos for some time since Aj introduced them to me. Although I did not catch them on their respective release date every time, I still go back and watch the latest 2-3 short films in one shot. I must say this short film 'One Future' really grabbed my attention. The style, the story and the voice of the narrator fits perfectly like a well conducted orchestra.



If this is the one perfect future, then I bet all Malaysian will rather live as rebellions. The freedom to speak is so important and so well symbolized in One Future. I hope you'll all enjoy this stop-motion video as much as I did. And I hope all Malaysian will stand tough. Deny our colour, religion, and ideology.
Tell the world that we're One.
More importantly?
Tell ourselves that we're indeed One.


Watch more of 15Malaysia video at http://15malaysia.com/

NGV eXpLosiOn iN MeLaKa

I was hanging out with my friends when my sister sent me a SMS that sounds like this:

Dun go Taman Merdeka pump gas. Today dun pump. Taman Merdeka gas explode. Dad say de.

For your information, currently i’m driving my dad’s 1999 Proton Wira 1.5 that runs on NGV (and petrol, of course). NGV is good lah, since I can save more on fuel. If I pump full tank only RM7 or RM8 plus max. With a full tank, I can go around 120km, sometimes 130km. That’s approximately 6 cent per kilometre. However, refilling NGV can be a headache since 120km is actually very little if you travel a lot. Not to mention you have to wait behind the long queue line of cabs.

Eh, babbling away pulak. Back to the text message my sister sent me. When she said gas explode, I thought there were a technical error at the gas station that causes the explosion. But it was nothing like that. The next morning, my dad told me that the explosion was caused by irresponsible modification to a vehicle using a LPG gas tank (the ones we use for cooking). According to him, the owner of the exploded vehicle passed away in the accident, after the explosion ripped open his stomach. Due to my curiosity, I purposely drive by the Petronas station to peek at the accident spot (damn it, without my camera).

But what I saw there was only a cleared up scene. No more glasses or metals on the floor. But I did saw a white van that totally looked like the exploded vehicle. I went home, feeling even more curious. So I Googled ‘Taman Merdeka NGV accident’. This is what i found:

The white van that exploded while refuelling NGV.

That’s the white van I saw! After I found the pictures, I go on reading the text that accompanied the graphics. Let me summarize what I read:

• The incident happened at Petronas Taman Merdeka, Batu Berendam on 8.30pm Friday night (7th Nov).
• 3 people arrived with the van (Toyota Lite Ace).
• The vehicle was refilling NGV as usual, when the vehicle suddenly explode.

• One Two people is injured and two one people have died. (updated)

• A taxi driver got injured on his face.
• LPG cooking cylinder is found.
• A box with Pelmag NGV components are there, but never used.
• NO NGV cylinder was installed in the vehicle.
• The owner probably had personally install the LPG cooking cylinder under the seat of the van.

Aiyo, the main reason why we use NGV is to save on fuel mah! If we get to save but in return we have to sacrifice our life, what’s the point? Please! No NGV cylinder was found? That’s really very serious leh! How can one simply replace a high pressure NGV gas tank with a regular cooking gas tank? When refuelling NGV, the gas tank will heat up. If you’re using NGV gas tanks, you would not face any problems since the tanks were built to sustain the heat from the refilling heating. However, if you use cooking gas tanks, you risked to be barbecued. The regular LPG tanks cannot sustain heat.

The exploded LPG tank.

Think twice before installing tanks like this in your vehicle. It might go 'Kaboom!!'

The natural gas is a sensitive fuel, so if you planned to use it, you have to install the whole system correctly. Follow the safety regulations issued by JPJ. Go to an authorized and recognized NGV installer instead of D.I.Y. experimenting at home. Dangerous lah kawan. Even if you don’t appreciate your own life, think about others! Don’t put other people in danger. For heaven’s sake, the whole petrol station might blow up because of your stupidity creativity. Petrol stations are high risk areas lah!

Ingatlah orang yang tersayang.
Photos credits: http://www.ngvlocator.com/ngvlocator/menu/index.html

Let's pray for the deceased and hope no more accidents like this happen in the future.

AmeriCan vErSus MaLaySiaN

Congratulations to new elected Mr President Barrack Obama. He’s the living proof that nothing is impossible. I never had thought I would have the chance to live in the same era with the first black American president. All I knew about black American president are they only exist in fictions. Not anymore.

When I read about Senator President Elect Barrack Obama victory over rival Senator Mc Cain in the recent Presidency Election, I was totally stunned. Of course I was hoping that he would win and did also expect his victory, it doesn’t make it easier to digest that Americans can actually accept changes. And then I was thinking, if Americans can do it, so can we Malaysian! Malaysia Boleh spirit mah! (Sorry if there’re any American readers, but I remember reading something about Americans being the most stubborn people in the whole wide world).

But then again, no lah, it’s impossible lah. Barrack Obama will be the 44^th President of the United States, but Malaysia only had 5 Prime Ministers so far. Aiyoyo, so I think, there’s still long journey for we Malaysian to go before we can accept any changes.

Then I read this article at The Star Online that reported our PM congratulating Obama and state that anyone from the minority ethnic group can be the nation’s leader even in such a small country such as Malaysia. We can now start waiting until the 44^th Prime Minister of Malaysia until a huge change can actually occur.

Barrack Obama truly had inspired me. He carries the tagline: "Imposible is Nothing" .

Obama truly deserve to be Nike Adidas’ new ambassador.