Caffeinees, Jalan Kampung Pandan

My Pink

bought this when i was shopping alone. i was bored. 

i dont know which wire of mine screwed up and made this decision to purchase this sexy piece of toy...

i was torn between the mini and this. decided to go for this instead cos it has everything. why buy additional flash later on with even more expensive price? 

current film i have. :D

i snapped some. and then i havent finish snapping. left it at home and have not made it a habit to bring it out everywhere i go. it is actually DAMN light that i dont mind bringing with me wherever i go. :P

Mr Pink

bought this when i was shopping alone. i was bored. 

i dont know which wire of mine screwed up and made this decision to purchase this sexy piece of toy...

i was torn between the mini and this. decided to go for this instead cos it has everything. why buy additional flash later on with even more expensive price? 

current film i have. :D

i snapped some. and then i havent finish snapping. left it at home and have not made it a habit to bring it out everywhere i go. it is actually DAMN light that i dont mind bringing with me wherever i go. :P

Lights

lights never fail to make me go in awe. 

even on a highway, i always look forward going to the higher part of the highway and look down so that i can see a stretch of street lights beautifully lit up. 

2 spots i love to view night views. 

somewhere in puchong. 

somewhere along MRR2. 

which i think that explains why i lala-fied my car with lots of LED lights. :P

i dont know why am i blogging about lights but i came across some pictures i took. with lights of cos. :P

oasis square

went over to smoke a few times. once to have supper. by the road side, cos there is nothing opened there yet except for maybank and tutti fruitti. 

singapore

i went there once around xmas season. and... omg... orchard road. the lights... i was facsinated... actually nothing to shout about la. but cos it is lights...! damn a lot of decorative lights!! :D

and also the marina barrage. so nice and windy~ 

Borders outraged by victimisation of its staff

Statement by the COO of Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd - Yau Su Peng

In view of the reports in the press today about an employee of Borders being charged in the Syariah Court for violation of Syariah laws, Borders is compelled to issue the following statement.

The management of Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd, which owns and operates the Borders bookstore chain in Malaysia, is very disappointed that our store manager Nik Raina Nik Abdul Aziz has today been charged by Jabatan Agama Wilayah Persekutuan (Jawi) in the Kuala Lumpur Syariah Court for distributing a book by Canadian author Irshad Manji deemed to be against the Islamic Law (Hukum Syarak) and banned in Malaysia.

The charge was brought under Section 13(1) of the Syariah Criminal Offences (Federal Territories) Act 1997.

Nik Raina was accused by Jawi of contravening the Hukum Syarak by distributing or selling Irshad Manji’s book entitled “Allah, Liberty and Love”. If convicted Nik Raina faces a RM3,000 fine or a maximum of two years’ jail or both.

The charge follows a raid on the Borders bookstore at The Gardens Mall in Mid Valley City on May 23, 2012 by Jawi (a unit of the Prime Minister’s Department), which saw the seizure of books by Irshad Manji that, at that time, had not been banned by the Home Affairs Ministry (“KDN”).

There was also no fatwa or any form of notification issued by Jawi to Borders. There was no way for Borders to know that Jawi considered the books to be objectionable.

We understand that the Home Affairs Ministry only gazetted the banning of the Irshad Manji books on May 29, 2012 and that fact was published on June 14, 2012.

Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd has at all times co-operated fully with the authorities and has instructed its employees, both Muslim and non-Muslim, to assist Jawi with its investigations, despite the company not being subject to the jurisdiction of Jawi as it is a non-Muslim entity.

On June 5, 2012, Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd wrote to both the minister for Home Affairs, Datuk Seri Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein, and Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Islamic Affairs, Senator Mejar General Datuk Seri Jamil Khir bin Haji Baharom, seeking their assistance and intervention with regards to Jawi’s action but has yet to receive any reply from either minister to date.

The management of Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd fully supports our employee Nik Raina, who has done no more than to perform her duties as a store manager.

As store manager, she does not have influence or control over the selection of books in Borders. The seized books were not, at the time of seizure, declared to be banned by KDN. Neither did Jawi notify Berjaya Books concerning the seized books.

The day after the raid, Jawi came with members of the media to the Borders store in Bangsar Village 2 to interrogate another Muslim female employee.

When informed by her that the books had been taken off the shelf as directed and returned to the company’s head office, she was accused of lying.

They proceeded to do a physical search of the premises, which did not turn up any of Irshad Manji’s books.

In full co-operation and compliance with all directives by Jawi, Nik Raina also attended an investigation on May 30, 2012 with two other colleagues and accompanied by a Borders’ appointed lawyer.

Instead, they were treated roughly by Jawi personnel and were issued an arrest warrant.

Jawi also refused to allow legal representation to Nik Raina. We view this as outright victimisation and violation of the constitutional and legal rights of our employees.

In the same vein, the management of Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd fully supports and will continue to support our employees, who may be subject to persecution while performing their assigned duties.

This support was demonstrated by the presence of the management team of Borders at the Syariah Court today.

The actions of Jawi upon Berjaya Books employees may influence the considerations of corporations when hiring Muslim employees.

Berjaya Books Sdn Bhd has on June 18, 2012 also applied to the High Court of Malaya for a judicial review of the actions of Jawi.

The Minister of Home Affairs and the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for Islamic Affairs have also been named as respondents in the application for judicial review.

*copied from The Malaysia Insider
*original copy from Borders

Did you know...?

... that Kim Gary, Sunway Pyramid provides a plate as an ashtray?

and we placed the ciggie butts like this. :D