After visiting the graveyard and the Raya prayers at the Al Syakirin mosque in Bandar Utama, the family made way to Pak Lang Zaidi's house for Raya visit and to see their datuk Abd Razak.
Seen here from right is Kak Wok, Naim, Shirene, Rubita, Eusoff, Argus Salim, Akmal, Mimi, Mysa, Bahir, Afiq and Aman. The Pak Lang and Mak Lang served Beriani Rice and kuih muih.
After that the family congregated at the Pak and Mak Uda's house in Tropicana. After the nasi beriani, no one thought they can eat anymore, but the Mak Uda's sphagetti, pulut kuning (yellow rice) and the hot dogs was too nice to give it a miss. And everybody ate again and fill full up.
Seen here is Akmal Ariff, Najwa, Mysa, Naim, Athirah and Afiq.
Seen here Naim with Mysa and Musa Zaidee and the picture below is Afiq (happy and smiling).
Afiq has every reason to be happy and smiling because today is the first of Syawal and he is with his family members celebrating Raya after one month of fasting. All the family members were clad in beautiful clothes and the atmosphere was joyful and full of happiness. This is because as of now Malaysia is peaceful and people are free to go about doing their business without fear and in full sense of security. Other places in the world, people there are not so fortunate. Some are under seige, some cannot even perform their religious duties, some are under tight security and their movements are restricted, some do not have enough food to eat, while some are facing floods and the threat of typhoons and tornadoes, in some parts of Iraq, India and Afghanistan people have to be wary of where they move because at anytime they might get affected by suicidal bombers and they may loose their lives.
Alhamdullillah syukur, thank GOD, in Malaysia we are living peacefully together even though we come from different ethnic backgrounds, religion, culture and skin colour. The danger is we are more and more taking these for granted. There are voices from certain quarters of abolishing the ISA (Internal Security Act). Whilst we have enjoyed peace and harmony because we know that irresponsible elements will be caught and kept behind bars and locked up for the safety of the many rather than the interest of a smaller group. Now suddenly we want to be civil, we want to do away with tools that have successfully guarded the sancrosynct of the majority. We want to be first class citizens of the world, we want to be free to do what we want to do even though sometimes this will touch on sensitive racial issues. Yes, I agree that the ISA was for the communists then, but now it is good for those who want to incite racial hatred, for those people who want to say what they want to say, accuses and alleges, but do not back their allegations with any sound proof and facts. Quoting reliable sources and the souces were never ever revealed on the pretext it will endanger their safety.These irresponsible people should be stopped immediately and there is no other instrument that deals with this as best as the ISA.
The American Government never agreed with us on the ISA, but after the September 11 fiasco, the ISA was also relevant and pertinent in the United States of America. As for America, "sudah terantuk baru nak tengadah". There is no harm in keeping these irresponsible elements in under lock and key for awhile. If they are not so harmful and will not affect our peace and harmony, let them go. But it will be too late if we do not take any action and their activities can harm a lot of people. Yes, I agree. In executing these powers, due care and deligence have to be exercised. If one or two or even ten mistakes were made in implementing it, there are ten times more that have been correct and accurate and that had saved the peace and harmony. Malaysians should not worry because the Internal Security Act is more good than harm.
We not only want Afiq to continue smiling and be happy, we also want his future generation to be living peacefully and in harmony.
Selamat hari raya aidilfitri. Maaf zahir dan batin.
