UNLOCKING THE VAULT

approximately over a week ago, all Muslims entered the new year of 1430 Hijrah from our lunar calendar and in the next few days, all people in the world will celebrate the coming of 2010 AD year from our solar calendar... and perhaps this post will be my last post for the year 2009... from the solar calendar, we are about to enter the 11th year in the new millennium and what a decade it has been for all of us... the last ten years maybe one of the most turbulent decades we have seen... it started with the Y2K phenomenon which was not as destructive as it was predicted... then a year later, we were shocked by the utmost incident that much caused the huge change all over the world and redefined paranoia to the next level... the terrorist attack on the WTC New York in 2001... since then the world is not the same where Islam has been prejudiced and blamed and being accused as a religion that promotes violence... Muslims who live in Europe. America or any non-Muslim countries are threatened and treated with no respect... hate crime is on the rise and to me this is the new form of Holocaust only that it abuses the mental and psychology of the Muslim people and not genocide as what happened to the Jews during the Third Reich... then there was a tragedy that really touched the heart of all mankind, a tragedy so disastrous that it still leaves a huge scar until today for the victims and no one wants to remember it... the tsunami of 2004 that claimed 300, 000 lives and instantly in seconds destroyed the land of Acheh... a year later, the arrogant America came to Iraq and invade the country in the name of justice or whatever they presumed claiming that the Iraqis were developing nuclear weapons and they were a threat to the world peace and they came as the world police and dethroned Saddam Hussein but in the end they havent found any solid or concrete evidence that proves Iraq were developing such weapons... until now, the Iraq nation is still in unrest and chaos is everywhere and there are no signs of stability for the next few years for the Iraqis... the conflicts in the Holy Land in the Middle East is yet to find a solution and i expect that they wont find any in the near future... as for Malaysia, the past ten years, nothing much has changed only that the political situations are the one that get the most highlights these days and im kinda sick of Malaysian politics...

speaking of the coming of new year, there is one thing that people always do... which is making new hopes and resolutions... in general, maybe it looked like a good thing but to me, resolutions are such a lame excuse... does it necessary to make resolution? and does it necessary to come up with it every time when a new year is coming? even last year's resolution or last 5 years resolution were not successfully achieved so making a new resolution will erase the obligation to fulfill last year's resolution? i bet most people dont even remember what were their resolution for last year... hurm, i even want to bet that they make new resolutions on the new year's eve but 12 hours later when they wake up in the morning of the new year, they will forget what were their resolutions a night before... so in the end, resolution is just a resolution and no action taken to fulfill it... in malay, we like to describe it as 'hangat hangat tahi ayam'... that is why i said that resolution is a lame excuse... new year does not bring hope or good luck to any of us... it is us who must create chances for ourselves and strive forward whenever time gives us... we dont have to wait until new year and we dont have to wait for tomorrow what we can achieve today... if we just sit there making resolutions and hoping the changes will fall onto your lap, then you will keep on scratching your head why is that year by year has gone but the outcomes are still the same as before...

now what will happen for the next ten years? nobody knows... but it is certain that some huge events will take place and we cannot promise that we will be ready to embrace it because these things can catch us by surprise anytime even we think we are ready for it... but before we think of that, first we need to pray to Allah that He still gives us the opportunity to live and survive through the 365 days of 2010 and healthy enough to see the start of the new year of 2011... so to all my friends and family and all the people out there, i wish all of you a HAPPY NEW YEAR and may Allah bless you all... until we meet again next year with new posts from my vault... bye2 2009 and welcome 2010...