Festivals

Stating the obvious, the Chinese New Year festival was a blast. Reunion dinners, ang pows , and of course the booze and gambling. Funny thing though, all that would have been better if I actually celebrated it personally. Those are just my friends brief descriptions of what my friend actually did for his Chinese New year celebration. However I am here to share an experience of festivals. Not just one but a few which have become festivals because people made it one. Happy people, celebration, music, smiles, to me that’s a festival not just religious beliefs but instead anything that could make someone celebrate and have a good time.




Scary? Where am I
Arrived in front of a warehouse, first thing that caught ones mind would be “where the hell am I.” First off all it was not a nice looking warehouse looked pretty rundown. However what made me feel at ease was the existence of cars and people queuing by the dozens. Skipping all the boring details we got into the warehouse, I asked my friend why did he drag me all the way to a warehouse god knows where claiming just to go out for a drink. So we walked through a tunnel and all a sudden BOOM!!!!!!! The music was loud and pumping and it was crazyyyyyy in there. There were floating skeletons, graveyards, and Captain America???? Shouting at my friend (it was too loud inside, so yes shouting!!) What is all this?? He just goes “Halloween bro Halloween”. I am not ignorant I know what Halloween is; it’s just that I never celebrated it. So words of advice to my fellow readers go for Halloween parties it’s the only time where u can dress up and you don’t get frowned upon. By the way that night, I actually had to explain why I was dressed up normally. My verdict of that night would be awesome simply awesome. I had a great time, the music was good and it was funny to see Madonna make out with superman.




Lights + Lasers + Music + DJ = Euphoric People
If my eardrums had a mouth they would be begging for mercy. The lights are crazy the lasers are awesome and the music….. BANGING! Not talking about the average loudness of music, but have you ever experienced music so soo SOO loud that your heart feels like jumping out of your body. Even if you actually stood still you somehow magically move just from the vibrations of the sound. Imagine you had a bomb, take some glue, and stick it to your ears light that bomb up and tadaaaa you get the idea. Most people call this festival a rave festival. It’s when a group of Dj’s come down play some music and people appreciate the sound it’s that simple. The best part is sometimes there is no real reason to have a rave and because of that, I love this festival.

CLICK LINK TO SEE:
RAVE FESTIVAL VIDEO






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If you actually had to wink you would miss what passed by…..Formula 1 is here!!!! ( F1 for short). F1 is one of the biggest race festivals known to the world. Beautiful pit girls posing beside exotic cars….It feel as though I died and went to heaven. The awesome part of this festival is of course the actual race. Cars that accelerate 0 – 100kmh in 2 seconds!!! God damn that’s like going 1…2… and zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzznggg you are at the end of a football field. That’s its pure simplicity, girls, fast cars and isn’t that the perfect heaven for must guys?

CLICK LINK TO WATCH F1 VIDEO
F1 RACE
(Take note that the safety car which is the silver mercedes in the front of the other F1 cars was out, the cars were actually going slower due to that reason.)



In conclusion to me anything can be a festival, it just depends what the occasion is and what you make out of it. The above are just some of my personal experiences with festivals, but just as long as you are having a good time thats what matters most.
Till then my fellow readers have a lil bit of fiz.

Animal Rights Part 2 – Are we Human? Or are We Monsters?

(Pic from www.thailandunique.com)

Just to be special,
We are consumed as a meal,
Why such an appeal,


(pic from http://www.life.com)

Its cold and I wait,
For a man to consume me,
Take away the pain,


(pic from http://maxent.org)

We call them human
But monsters is what they are
such pain for a meal.


Written By Muhammad Hafiz

Looking at these pictures bring such horrors to my mind. Hence the title “Are We Human? Or are we monsters? We call ourselves the superior race; we say that humans can feel remorse and pity. However is that really true? Just to look better then another human we are willing to be cruel. Without noticing our greed and ignorance, we have brought ourselves to become monsters. How can we actually call ourselves humans anymore when we are willing to kill for our own self satisfaction instead of survival?

We all eat other animals, and other animals eat other animals. It’s the normal circle of life and we can accept that. We farm animals and then we consume them as meat such as poultry and beef. We could excuse ourselves for doing that because we do need to consume to survive. Also most of the animals would be slaughtered accordingly. Even in some religions we were thought to slaughter them before consuming them. However can we excuse ourselves when we choose to be cruel just because we think something tastes better?


Do we actually need to eat something while it’s still alive? I believe that some people choose to actually be cruel. These people have the need and want to believe that they are better then animals and other human beings. I say this because they have already made a decision in their own minds that they are above everything. Therefore I think people who just consume animals with such carnage and cruelty are no better then monsters.


(pic from www.furisdead.com)

How about the people who live for fashion? Fashion to me has its good and it’s bad. When we get to look good sometimes it gives us confidence. We only need clothes to protect us from the elements; however fashion does help us look good. Although fashion in the end is decided by us, to me beauty is in the eye of the beholder and if you feel good, you look good. However that would be my own opinion, everyone in the end has their own. Take a moment and think; do we need to look good in animal fur? Fashion is governed by us we control fashion and because of that we actually have no excuse to wear fur. We already live in buildings hence we are already sheltered from the elements. Apart from that we also have so many alternatives to fur. So the big question is, we control fashion, we created fashion, we are sheltered from the elements, but there are still monsters wearing fur.


(pic from www.furisdead.com)

Why why why why why! These monsters have no respect for other creatures; their vanity and ego are just too big. These monsters need to realize that we share this planet with animals. The funny solution would be to make such a fashion hype to wear human skin on top one’s own skin. Would another human then be so cruel to actually wear another person’s skin on another? I don’t believe that we would, therefore the solution is to believe and know that animals do have rights. They are nearly the same as us, they have children, they feel pain, and they get scared. Remember don’t treat other’s they way you don’t want to be treated and that goes for animals as well.

Animal Rights Part 1 – The little Ray of Light

A ray of sunlight touched my skin, I felt the warmth and slowly woke up from my sleep. It was such a pleasant surprise to feel that warmth after spending a whole night in a dark damp room. Alas that is actually the highlight of the day for me; it saddens me to know I have nothing else to look forward to in the day. My name? I never had one, neither have I ever felt the love of a mother. I only like to think that the others that live here with me are my brothers and sisters. However its only safe to assume that even thought we look alike we are not from the same mother. I hear that usual sound of something scratching on the roof of my house and chirping. Curiosity always got me; I always wondered what made that sound just a few feet above my head. All a sudden without a warning I got bitten by one of my brothers. This is not unusual to me especially when were not even a foot a way from each other. To make matters worse he was nearly twice my size and I know for a fact he has not had his lunch. I just had to ask him why the aggression.Just for the sake of convenience his name is Jack.

Me: Okay Jack what's the problem??

Jack: what's the problem??
i haven't got a problem,
I've got fxxxxg problems
Plural!! wanna hear??

Me: Sure

Jack: well most recently there's a scary Mexican gangster dude poking his finger in my chest.
There’s his hooligan kids’ snapping their fingers at me.
There’s putrid rotting corps of a dead rabbit stuffed in the springs of the bed
There are rooms blazing of fire...
There’s a big fat needle from god-knows-where stuck in my leg infecting me with god-knows-what...
And finally, there's me, walking out the door, right fxxxxxg now.....adios!


Welcome to my world, never a hint of love but all the hate. My purpose to live was to die for human vanity. However I was not going to walk that path, no way will I die without a purpose. That day was the day when it started off with a ray of sunlight, and ending with my freedom. All this was made possible when I followed jack right out the door he made secretly.

Before we left I managed to take some pictures of Jack and the place I used to live in:

(pic from http://janheera-tumblr.com)

This would be Jack ever so brave, though looking behind those eyes i felt his fear of the Gangster dude.




(Pic from www.furisdead.com)

Jack and myself actually used to live here. Looking back in the past i cant believe that we lived in such conditions.




(http://advocacy.britannica.com/blog/advocacy/2008/08/rabbits-the-poster-child-for-animal-rights)

"There’s putrid rotting corps of a dead rabbit stuffed in the springs of the bed" as mentioned by Jack.


Now thinking back again and again. I felt that it was unfair that i was treated as such. Was it really fair for me to live in those conditions only to die for Human Vanity? If it was a human in the cage would they so willingly die for another's vanity? I felt i did the right thing for myself when i escaped. MY OWN FREEDOM! MY OWN LIBERATION! I am not an item, I have my rights! I am a Mink and i have ANIMAL RIGHTS!

Racial Harmony Part 2

Back again, this time with the second part of my views on racial harmony in our beloved country Malaysia and the world. I mentioned previously one of the important ingredients to achieve racial harmony would be tolerance amongst the races. Reason being is because we will be able to learn more from each other. Rather then discriminating each other we should learn to accept our differences and views. As quoted by Martin Luther King “Lukewarm acceptance is more bewildering than outright rejection”.

And by successfully doing all that, Malaysia has managed to achieve racial harmony. Here are some experiences I have of it:


Back in the past there have been schools which segregate each race from another. Not to say it does not exist anymore, it’s just that its evident, more institutes nowadays caters for all races. Also it is common to see another race in another race’s school nowadays. Take note however, that even though a school targeted for a specific race exists; it is not because of racism. The reason is simply because they would probably be teaching with another races mother tongue.



With racial harmony it is now common to see the younger generation socializing with multiple races. Unlike in the past there could have been a high chance that most parents would have condemned it.



The way we think on sports even has changed due to racial harmony. The best example to me personally would be when bobsledding was a white mans sport. Until 1988 when the first Jamaican bobsled team made their debut. This shows that sports has also evolved and learnt to accept other races. Not just in Malaysia of course but the whole world.




Last but not least it is now ever so common to have a best friend who’s not of the same color or race. That was made possible just by accepting each other as people. Rather then looking at someone’s skin color and criticizing their differences, we learn that skin deep we are all the same and we have so much to offer each other.


This is a short video i made which consists of Racial Harmony in Malaysia:
Racial Harmony Video

Racial Harmony

(Pic of Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia)


Racial Harmony in Malaysia is really something to behold. Especially when given the examples how we celebrate each races celebrations with unity. Exclusively to Malaysia would be the subject of open houses. Whether we would be celebrating Hari Raya (for the Malays), Chinese New Year (for the Chinese of course), Deepavali (For the Indians) or be it any other festivity, open houses will be held. What makes it more interesting is that sometimes these festivals actually are celebrated during the same date. This is interesting as I have only experienced this phenomenon in Malaysia where celebrations get united together.

Example

: Chinese New Years + Hari Raya = Gong XI Raya

:Deepavali + Hari Raya = Deeparaya

The reason why this could happen is because the muslims don’t follow the standard calendars like the other celebrations. That’s why sometimes the dates would clash to make a united celebration.

Since Malaysia is a country of many races, this also means that each of them would embrace different religions. Some of which would be Christianity, Islam, Hinduism , Buddhism just to name a few; and as a result of all this , racial unity prevails through all the celebrated festivities.

For that reason, it is common to see citizens of different races and religions under on roof enjoying each others company without any discrimination towards one another. Also what I personally find interesting is how each race in Malaysia has shared so many things with each other. Food is the best example; the varieties of foods are endless in Malaysia since there are so many races. What makes Malaysia out of the ordinary is the fact that each race has a personal favorite of another races food.




I have a friend whom is Chinese and his grown to love the Malays delicacy which is “Nasi Lemak”. I myself have fallen in love with the all time Chinese delicacy which is “Dim Sum”(Nasi Lemak Left Dim Sum Right)


So how does Malaysia manage to grow Racial Harmony between its many races? To me one of the important ingredients to achieve that would be tolerance amongst the races. That of course, would be mentioned in my next entry.

Till then, Have a lil bit of Fiz