raye raye
29 September, 2008
akhirnya, syawal bakal menjelma semula. tibalah masanya untuk kita umat islam seantero dunia menyambut hari kemenangan, setelah sebulan lamanya menjalani ibadah puasa.. ke korang tak puase?
di sini, aku ingin menuruti tradisi mengucapkan selamat hari raya pada semua. aku menyusun sepuluh jari memohon keampunan zahir dan batin kalau2 ade tersilap kata dan terkasar bahasa.
semoga bergembira menyambut syawal, tak kira di mana anda berada.
Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 2:56 AM 8 comments
salah siapa?
20 September, 2008
pagi tadi aku sibuk mengecat belakang rumah. janji dah lame dah nak cat rumah, sejak habis exam lagi. namun banyak alasan dilontarkan, banyak berdolak-dalih untuk mengelak meletihkan diri. akhirnye, dah tak dapat nak mengelak lagi, semua barang dah dibeli. mahu tak mahu, terpakse buat juga.
sedang aku mengagahkan diri mengecat sambil kulit dibakar sinaran terik mentari, aku terdengar suare2 anak kecil yang duduk di rumah belakang. sungguh seronok sekali kedengaran suare mereka, menyanyikan sebuah lagu yang popular. mungkin juge mereka sedang menari2 di dalam rumah.
aku bukanlah hendak mengkritik nyanyian mereka, sama ade pitching mereka tepat atau tidak itu bukanlah urusan aku. cuma sedikit terkejut kerana dalam banyak2 lagu yg ade di dunia ini, lagu agnes monica juga yg dinyanyikan mereka. fasih pula tu. lancar nyanyian mereka, tanpa perlu berhenti mengambil nafas pun.
sebenarnye benda ini bukannye baru. kalau rakan2 sekalian biase menonton rancangan kanak2 di tv, ala, macam tomtom bak tu, mmg korang akan berpeluang melihat anak2 kecil 'menyerlahkan bakat' mereka. kecil sahaja badan mereka, tapi gaya bila di atas pentas, kalah artis popular.
sesekali bile aku melihat perkare ini, aku berfikir "anak siape la ni". kecil2 lagi dah macam ni. besar nanti entah macam mane la. bukankah mereka lebih baik kalau diajar mengenal tuhan, mengenal rasul, takpun diajar membaca dan mengira, supaya bila sekolah kelak tidak ketinggalan. sepatutnye didendangkan kepade mereka nasyid dan bacaan al-quran, supaya besar kelak menjadi pemuda pemudi yg cintakan agamanya, dan akan membela nasib umat islam sedunia.
ini tidak. mungkin sudah trend sekarang, ibubapa berlumba2 mendidik anak mereka supaya menjadi glamor. dari kecil sudah diajar berpakaian seksi, digalakkkan mereka supaya belajar menyanyi dan menari. dididik mereka supaya pandai bergaya seperti seperti artis, barulah glamor kate mereka. didengarkan di telinga lagu2 artis popular, disuruh hafal lagu2 ini, nnt boleh masuk tv. nanti bolehlah mak dgn abah berlagak dengan makcik sebelah rumah tu, kata mereka.
barangkali ibubapa ini sudah lupa yg anak2 ini ibarat kain putih, kalau dicelupnye ke dalam acuan agnes monica, maka agnes monicala hasilnye. itulah yg kite saksikan sekarang, lambakan anak2 muda kite membanjiri ujibakat mane2 pertandingan realiti. kalau tak berjaya dalam pertandingan ini seumpama gagal dalam hidup. kalau nak berjaya mesti glamor. kalau gagal belajar tak ape, yg penting mesti glamor.
yg pilunya ibubapa mereka masih terus menyokong di belakang mereka, masih tak sedar2 lagi. bile ditemuramah mereka mengatakan yg mereka berbangga dengan anak mereka, ada bakat(kononnye), ade masa depan yg cerah. lebih sedih lagi apabila anak orang2 kenamaan pun ade.ketika mereka patut menjadi contoh cara mendidik anak2 kepada orang ramai, mereka pun turut same dalam kekecohan ini, seolah2 mengiyakan kepalsuan ini.
lalu, ketika bangsa2 lain terus melahirkan cendekiawan, usahawan dan tokoh2 dalam pelbagai bidang lain, bangsa kite berbangga dengan lahirnye seorang lg bintang 'realiti'. ketika bangsa lain terus-terusan memperbodohkan bangsa kita, kita terus bersorak gembira dalam fantasi ciptaan sendiri.
salah siapa?
Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 6:23 PM 6 comments
ugh..
14 September, 2008
wtf. this is it. if city won tonight, i am considering to start supporting them, the newly rich and arab owned neighbour of the devils.
ok. i might overreact there. but their performances were very poor, below their usual standard. liverpool was playing the elegant, sleek, sexy football that belongs to us, and we just watched with envy, unable to conjure anything similar. haiyaa, what happened?
on paper, it should be a walk in the park. the scousers was playing with their two best players on the bench. on our side, we have berbatov, eager to impress on his debut and wayne rooney who just started scoring again. meanwhile, liverpool got keane and kuyt, two strikers that just couldn't score. we had most of our first team players available, apart from the ronaldo scum, of course. we should have won this, easily.
yupp, we played good early on. we got on the scoresheet first. after then, it was all liverpool. they attacked, they attacked and they attacked, then poor ol' VDS made a silly mistake and liverpool scored their first goal against us since what, 2006? gosh, it was that long?
halftime whistle was blown, and fergie made a change at restart, bringing ol' giggs for carrick. a silly move. he should have bring hargreaves on. yes, he just recovered from injury, but then, i'm not sure a fit giggs would have been better. besides, hargreaves went on anyway, later in the game.
then, it happened again. giggs was the culprit this time around, refusing to clear the ball for a corner kick. instead, he tried to win a goalkick. bad choice, uncle. a fitter arbeloa stole the ball, then the ball went from kuyt to babel.. goal. 2-1 for liverpool, and my dad celebrated, much to my dismay.
to make it worse, vidic made stupid challenges, twice in a row, and got sent off. ugh, i sensed trouble. the defence are severely depleted, with fergie selling almost everyone to rivals, and now vidic are suspended.great.
still, there's no reason to panic. we were poor last season at this stage, and we still do the double! all we need to do is just to win our next games, that would be against, err.. villareal in the ucl and chelsea, AWAY. they have never lost at home in what, four years? nice, just what we needed, a tough opponent.
wtf. i really feel like supporting city now.
Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 12:40 AM 3 comments
Paul Okon
08 September, 2008
not many footie fans have ever heard of paul okon, despite having played for as roma and leeds united during his heyday, winning 37 caps for australian national team and famously led the aussies to a memorable win over sven goran eriksson's england team in 2003.
so, after a colourful career that took him to italy, england and belgium, he decided to called it a day, after a brief stint with australian a-league side newcstle jets in june 2007.
however, he was convinced by tom beris, a fan and a park side footballer, to came out of the retirement, and join fellow former internationals to play for west ryde rovers in an over-35 competition. the team quickly became the talk of the town and powered through the division, despite at times being short of numbers due to other commitments.
yet, tragedy strucked when beris was diagnosed with cancer at the end of 2007. beris was a passionate football player, always the first to training and matches. even after he was diagnosed with cancer, he still attended the matches, lending the team his support when in truth he was the one who needed it.he passed away at the age of 44.
the living memory of beris in their minds spurred okon and his teammates as they finished the season undefeated, and in the process booked a date with epping eastwood in the grand final.
at the christie park, watched by hundreds of supporters on a freezing winter evening, okon came out lively, rallied his team with passes from the midfield, as his class shone throughout the match.
however, despite his courageous efforts, the team came up short, and were duly beaten 3-1. they had failed to deliver what could have been an excellent and fitting tribute to beris. sadness shrouded the team as they leave the field, obscured to the fans by the sights of the opposition celebrating their triumph.
dejected, okon walked slowly out of the pitch and shaked his opposition hands along the way. and as he make his way out, he almost certainly had whispered his goodbye to the beautiful game.
Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 3:54 AM 2 comments
aduh..
01 September, 2008
aduh. baru sahaja nak meraikan hari merdeka dengan ceria bersame rakan2, ditimpa musibah pula. kehilangan phone kali kedua dalam setahun memang tamparan besar buat aku. alahai..
phone hilang masa nakberebut2 masuk tren masa nak ke mid. aku pun tak berape ingat sangat, tp sangat yakin yg aku dah masukkan phone aku dalam poket jeans. tak lama lepas tu, tren dtg, semua org berebut2 nak masuk, sedar2 dah hilang. bila call dah masuk mailbox. sah, kene rembat.
huh.. beberape ketika lepas tu, aku jd gile sekejap. rase nak pukul je semua org dekat mid tu. jd lost sekejap. taktau macamane nak menghubungi rakan2, aku termanggu-manggu keseorangan. terpinga2, taktau nak buat ape.
nasib baik, aku terjumpe beberape rakan2 lain. ade la org untuk aku cerite masalah aku. sudahnye aku melepak dengan diorg pulak. hehehe. still, sempat jumpa org2 yg asal. nnt die kate aku tk dtg pulak.
oleh yg demikian, pade rakan2 semua, berhati2lah tak kira dimane jua. musibah menimpa tak kira tempat, sentiasa bersedia, dan jaga keselamatan diri dan brg2 masing. jgnla jdi macam aku, hilang phone 2 kali dah. aduhh..
selamat berpuase.
Posted bySyafiq Ridhwan at 2:11 AM 7 comments
