JAKIM and Outer Space

I was back from tarawih a bit late yesterday, paying zakat before it is too late and looking at the receipts collected I reckoned it will be some Raya celebration for the collector (amir).

Browsing through the channels I stopped at 101(wonder why astro change it to 3 digits instead of simple two). Countdown to ISS exploration, talk show with tremendous set-up crowded with large photos of outer space all over the studio. Sitting on the guess chair was somebody from JAKIM who was invited to talk about the pocket size book “Guidelines on performing Islam while living on the outer space”. In producing that they organized seminar and invited one astronaut from Spain obviously exposing the lavish irresponsible spending. After days of brainstorming they came up with the guideline.

Call me liberal but I did laughed so very hard all the way, it was a long way watching and listening to such jokes. One of the funniest interviews, funny it was to those who’s wise enough to think.

Please tell me, how many of you would be going to outer space in your lifetime? In the era where Muslims being associated with terrorism and fanatics, Lina Joy is fighting hard to get out from the holy religion, Mat Rempit producing homemade porn videos one after another, the poorest begging week in week out in ‘Bersamamu’, and many more; they (JAKIM) dare to spend handsomely on seminars discussing the tiny bit instead of the real issues. No wonder they lost counted the number of piggy in Malacca.

That is only the tip of the iceberg, days to come will be even worse, maybe there will guidelines on ‘the Muslims way of welcoming an astronaut with details on what to wear complete with hand clapping procedures’.

The ticket priced at 26 million USD but the total amount spent on leaflet, seminars, diners, datins, datoks, homecoming cakes, homecoming celebrations, buttons, cards, cameramen, pembaca doa and sundry can easily be triple if not more of that 26 million USD. Ask Dr Syeikh, what that amount money can do to the hospital he used to work in about a year ago.

‘Bior Pape Asay Begaye’, ask any Perakian if you can’t figure that out. Rent a Mercedes with all your savings and show it off to your neighbors in Kampung Ulu Temiang before making a trip to KL, they(the neighbors) would pretend like they are impress but deep inside they are laughing at your stupidity. Let us celebrates our achievement, we have our own space flight participant… oppss… astronaut.

The food was nice….

I had a chance to be at the Rebong yesterday courtesy of my brother in law, Boy. “One for the big boys!!” said him.

The food was nice and Chef Ismail was an entertainer, jokes after jokes, food after food, drinks after drinks with some singing in between.

A tribute to the Malay guy who made local food taste international.