Visa plan for 'risky' visitors

I read this article from BBC News website just now and I am quite unpleasant to know that Malaysian will need visas to visit the U.K even for short stay in early 2009. As we know, now Malaysian can enter Britain without visas for maximum of 6 months of duration stay but recently, because of a Home Office report identifies fake passports, criminal acts and terrorism as possible risks posed by visitors so that U.K government might be started the new visa requirements become law by early 2009.

There is only one way to avoid this enforcement law or 'no need' to introduce a visa regime which is Malaysia has to show an evidence that all those criminals are not as worse as been reported. Nowadays, many foreigners are able to purchase fake Malaysian passport easily to enter the UK. I reckon it is alright for the UK to take precaution in case this holding fake Malaysian passport or genuine Malaysian is a terrorist. Malaysian should blame the government for not curbing the Malaysian passport scams effectively and thoroughly.

Besides that, when we dealt with Malaysia Embassy during Belgium visa application in London , there was one incident happened that lead us to file a complaint about inefficiency services and incompetence people that worked in the Embassy. Apparently, our complaint was answered nicely by one of the person in consular division. He told us that all of inefficiency services aren't because they haven't done their jobs properly but the main reason is because they have to deal with more important matters such as illegal imigrants, criminal charges , court cases that had been done by Malaysian. He said that almost 50 percent of Malaysian involved in this criminals. Well, as a Malaysian proverb said 'Because of a drop of blue dye, a whole pot of milk is contaminated' that means, just because of a person's fault, the whole community/group related to the person gets a bad reputation.

The ministers and authorities inefficiency in solving passport scam have lead to UK's intention to impose VISA rules.Can the authority arrest the bloody person behind passport and mykad scam quickly to void UK VISA rules?... They can't?...Why? Well, if the new visa regime has become a new law I guess we as a Malaysian will think thrice if we want to visit the U.K..apa nak jadi pada negaraku ni oii...


Petikan dr BBC News

The government has warned 11 countries that their citizens will need visas to visit the UK unless they "significantly reduce" the risk they pose. Listed are Brazil, Namibia, South Africa, Malaysia, Venezuela, Bolivia, Botswana, Lesotho, Mauritius, Swaziland, and Trinidad and Tobago. A Home Office report identifies bogus passports, criminal acts and terrorism as possible risks posed by visitors. It says the new visa requirements could become law by early 2009. The new countries on the visa list have a combined population of more than 300 million - nearly 5% of the world's population. We need to decide how to widen the visa net. We cannot and will not shy away from going wider Liam Byrne, immigration minister If visas are imposed on them, 80% of the world's population will be subject to visa entry requirements in order to visit the UK. Because Britain is a member of the EU, citizens of European countries do not need visas to visit the UK. Border and Immigration Minister Liam Byrne said: "We need to decide how to widen the visa net. "We cannot and will not shy away from going wider and will, whenever we think there is a risk to the UK." 'Evidence of change' He said the government will now "work with" the countries over the next six months in an effort to reduce the risks. "If they are able to show evidence of change then there will be no need to introduce a visa regime," said Mr Byrne. The criteria for the Home Office's Visa Waiver Test included looking at passport security and integrity; the degree of co-operation over deportation or the removal of a country's nationals from the UK. Levels of illegal working in the UK and other immigration abuses, levels of crime and the risk of a visitor committing a terrorist act were also considered. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7499713.stm

Last day in Manchester

Today is our last day in Manchester..Tomorrow morning at 7.30 am we are moving out from our house and off to the airport..we will arrive at brussel at 12.35p.m ( belgium time) which is one hour earlier than the U.k time..so good bye manchester..InsyaAllah we will come here again in no time...a lot of memories i've had here...tatattt

spring has far yet to sprung??

I thought spring is in the air..but guess what? a week before spring officially come, again we was showering with heavy ..so what does it mean?should be the answer is spring has far yet to sprung..such an unpredictable weather in here..or maybe it is the way Manchester says good bye to us...hehehhee...so,those pics has been taken in the early morning around 6a.m...ciao!!

Landlord

We call our Landlord as Mr.Br or Mr.Birchlane.This nickname has been given by us since we rent one of his house located at the street called Birchlane in Longsight. Talks about Mr.Br, actually he is a nice guy but sometimes I can't stand him in some matters ,as example, right on cue he came to collect the rent since yesterday was a collection day ( opss...he refused earlier in agreement to receive monthly payment via bank transfer, should be because he wanted to avoid from paid a huge amount of tax to Inland Revenue..i should report him..just kidding).

I asked Mr.Br either we still need to pay the last rent since we are moving out not later than mid March..the earlier the better..or just deducted from our deposit..Guess what??he insisted us to pay the rent.Huh!!Does he ever think that in this case,at the end he has to return the deposit + 1/2 month rent instead of the deposit only?reluctantly, we paid the rent since he seemed out of sorts..whatever but for me he such a jerk this time!

When there is weakness, there must be kindliness (or the other way round). The best thing about him is everytime he accepts the new tenant, He won't mind to do the refurbishment by himself to ensure the house condition in good nick and state and up to the mark. Furthermore, in this country fully furnish houses are seem to be part of the condition that all tenant are looking for when they consider to rent a house or flat. In truth, when the first time i stepped my feet in this house last one and half years, everything was newly looked and equipped in term of furniture, and all the walls and ceilings were newly painted. Everything was nice indeed.

To Mr. Br...I hope you'll be more practical with ur new tenant..ops...do not forget to buy a new fridge before put the house on the advertisement...ciao!!

p/s :- for my rememberance when i look back in the future, we paid the rent (GBP 360/month),excluded all bills.Rent since October 2006 to March 2008.

Mother's Day-UK Celebration on 2nd March 2008.

Every year there is one day that the world has defined as Mother's Day.. Mother's Day is a time of commemoration and celebration for Mom. It is a time of breakfast in bed, family gatherings, and crayon scribbled "I Love You's." the day where we celebrate and dedicate for all mums. In the U.K we will be celebrated Mother's Day on 2nd March 2008 not similar with the U.S and Malaysia which is celebrated on 11th May.

I was closed to become a mum before, but unfortunately out of the blue before the best moment arrives in my life i misscarried.Only GOD knows what my feeling was that time..but it's ok for me everything happened must be a reason.The truth is, even i had the chance only for 6 weeks to feel the feeling but affirmatively, I can tell how much and fast the feeling grows naturally in my heart.

Despite being less appreciate of my mother's love before ( i think so )but trust me that I really am now. The thousand miles distance between us make me realize how deep is my love and in fact I miss her so much.I even can burst into tears everytime we talk over the phone, and guess what?likewise to my mum.It might be a bit cliché but I still want to keep telling you mum that I hope you know that I love u so much no matter what and thanks for being with me all the time during ups and downs and thanks for having me in ur life.Thankx for being subtle of me ...Happy mother's Day to you Mum and to all mums in the world.

Poem that i think i wanna share with and might be better to paste it here...

"Anakku,…
Bila ibu boleh memilih
Apakah ibu berbadan langsing atau berbadan besar karena mengandungmu
Maka ibu akan memilih mengandungmu…
Karena dalam mengandungmu ibu merasakan keajaiban dan kebesaran Allah

Sembilan bulan nak,… engkau hidup di perut ibu
Engkau ikut kemanapun ibu pergi
Engkau ikut merasakan ketika jantung ibu berdetak karena kebahagiaan
Engkau menendang rahim ibu ketika engkau merasa tidak nyaman, karena ibu kecewa dan berurai air mata…

Anakku,…
Bila ibu boleh memilih apakah ibu harus operasi caesar, atau ibu harus berjuang melahirkanmu
Maka ibu memilih berjuang melahirkanmu
Karena menunggu dari jam ke jam, menit ke menit kelahiranmu
Adalah seperti menunggu antrian memasuki salah satu pintu surga
Karena kedahsyatan perjuanganmu untuk mencari jalan ke luar ke dunia sangat ibu rasakan
Dan saat itulah kebesaran Allah menyelimuti kita berdua
Malaikat tersenyum diantara peluh dan erangan rasa sakit,
Yang tak pernah bisa ibu ceritakan kepada siapapun

Dan ketika engkau hadir, tangismu memecah dunia
Saat itulah… saat paling membahagiakan
Segala sakit & derita sirna melihat dirimu yang merah,
Mendengarkan ayahmu mengumandangkan adzan,
Kalimat syahadat kebesaran Allah dan penetapan hati tentang junjungan kita Rasulullah di telinga mungilmu

Anakku,…
Bila ibu boleh memilih apakah ibu berdada indah, atau harus bangun tengah malam untuk menyusuimu,
Maka ibu memilih menyusuimu,
Karena dengan menyusuimu ibu telah membekali hidupmu dengan tetesan-tetesan dan tegukan tegukan yang sangat berharga
Merasakan kehangatan bibir dan badanmu didada ibu dalam kantuk ibu,
Adalah sebuah rasa luar biasa yang orang lain tidak bisa rasakan

Anakku,…
Bila ibu boleh memilih duduk berlama-lama di ruang rapat
Atau duduk di lantai menemanimu menempelkan puzzle
Maka ibu memilih bermain puzzle denganmu

Tetapi anakku…
Hidup memang pilihan…
Jika dengan pilihan ibu, engkau merasa sepi dan merana
Maka maafkanlah nak…
Maafkan ibu…
Maafkan ibu…
Percayalah nak, ibu sedang menyempurnakan puzzle kehidupan kita,
Agar tidak ada satu kepingpun bagian puzzle kehidupan kita yang hilang
Percayalah nak…
Sepi dan ranamu adalah sebagian duka ibu
Percayalah nak…
Engkau adalah selalu menjadi belahan nyawa ibu…

countdown to eid cum my birthday...

hehehhe..since are-t contdown the eid..so i will countdown the eid cum my birthday..first day ever in my life my birthday in the same day with eid...so my buddies friends...ingat raya..ingat birthday aku..bole???kikikikii..i am preparing nothing for this coming eid..but i am planning to celebrate eid in Leeds at Che Nad's house...i'm looking forward to it since she told me how merrier it was during the eid in the previous years...so we might be there a day before eid or first day of eid...whatever it is i miss eid in malaysia..my family, friends..huaaaaaaaaaa..dengar lagu raya lagi la menambah derita..huaaaaaaaa...bestnya as dah balik...isk isk..isk..ok la nanti akan diceritakan lagi kes sambutan raya ni...

Map of Great Britain

The map of Great Britain that i've pasted in this entry is the marking places that i've already visited and the places that i am planning to visit in the future.

1. The red colour is a Scotland map and had been visited last 2 months.

2. The purple colour is England map that i've already visited as well.

(klik kat pic to enlarge)

3. The yellow colour is England as well and i am planning to visit all the places may be in October or November this year ( if possible before we move to Belgium, kalau jadi ) kalau tak jadi pindah maybe early nexyt year.

4. The green colour is wales. Definately will go there as well, insyaallah.

5. The brown colour is Ireland, insyaallah soon ( actually the next trip after Paris).

After complete all those places to visit, insyaallah if i have an extra money i will plan for europe as well. Selagi tak habis berjalan tak senang duduk..heheheh and the most important thing is tak boleh nak menyimpan sebab otak asyik fikir nak berjalan..al maklumlah..jauh berjalan luas pandangan..kikikiki..amin..semoga cita2 aku tercapai..

Lesson in class

Today in class we had learnt about to sell a product. We had instructed to choose one product and try to promote and found a customer. I choosed a laptop. I definately gamble the brand of the laptop which is samsung R40 X 0000.When i had to get the customer to buy what i was selling, i said that my product was selling in the market for ages, well known in the market and the price is affordable and of course the speciification is the latest technology. What i said why my product is good? wekekke..i said that the quality of course very high, the specification is cutting edge technology, it looks awesome, compact and light weight and the best part was i stated that my product won consecutived 3 years for the best product of the years.When they asked me why my product is the best compare to other.I said that the battery last longer than the other brand, the image is sharper than other and the price of course is cheaper even had been provided with the latest technology.When they asked me is it my product on special offer? so i said..of course, the warranty is 5 years, our customer service are really helpful and 24/7 standby, the price is 10% if you buy online and limited stock only.
The conclusion for what we had learnt in class today is i'm happy to learn selling and services things, and i am definately will enroll for the NVQ course to get an experience moreover during the course hey will send us to get a practical maybe in charity shop and etc..
That's all for my lesson in class today..

When in Rome, do as the Romans...

After I've been in UK for almost 6 months..I started to realize that if I keep telling to myself that "UK? ..bored", "don't know what to do here", "I've got no frenz here"..and all negative thought..surely at the end I've got nothing to learn when I've been here,InsyaAllah for almost 3 years....One day when I woke up from my slept, I've changed my mind set to a positive things..I've been thought that I will waste my time if I do nothing...I've got to try and follows their cultures, customs and practices without forget my own cultures and all. From that time I had started to find a frenz with joined whatever a free classes that had been offered here just simply to find a frenz and gained my knowledge..Thanks God ..now I've got a lot of friends from my classes and from different country that I attended to.When we were visited a different places or cultures we should appreciate them..not keep telling others how was great the country or cultures you have been before.Sometimes people getting bored to hear your nagged about a new place compared to your previous place you've been before.It's not a fault to keep telling others but ...Do we realize why we have been at this place if this is not our choice...so "When in Rome, do as the Romans"....