Weird, I don’t even think about him these days and yet he suddenly appears in my dream on last night. He came over to my place and after I greet him by kissing his cheeks, he decided to sleep in my place. He slept on the floor.
I don’t know the interpretation of this dream though. Still waiting for the answer from my FB friend who lives in London.
Who is he? Sayyed Murtadha Shirazi (hf), son of Sayyed Muhammad and nephew of Sayyed Sadiq.
A man asked Imam Ali (as) what is the difference between a brother & a friend. He said “a brother is like gold & a friend is like a diamond”
So the man asked “why are you giving more value to the friend?”
The Imam replied “If gold cracks you can melt it and make it just like it was before but if a diamond cracks, it can never be like it was before.”
I don’t give a fuck about what happening in Syria because the struggle of Bahrainis are more important and pure. They did not using any weapon, they are unarmed, they are peaceful demonstrator. Unlike the so called Syrian liberation army who using the violence and provoking the government by killing innocent peoples with the weapon funded by the Western countries. The Syrian protesters are not peaceful protesters, rather they are armed terrorists. This does not mean I support Bashar Assad, he is an unjust leader – I admit it. But what happened in Syria is totally wrong and the people have been portrayed with wrong impression.
I am with Bahrainis. They deserved what they supposed to get. The ruler of Bahrain is really a dictator and unjust, moreover with the intervention with Saudi Arabia. Both Saudi Arabia and Bahrain rulers are U.S.A dogs. Shame on those who suporting the so called revolution in Syria but remain silent when it comes to the Bahrain. Bahrain will be free, God willing. Fuck to discrimination.
Believe it or not, your body is virtually paralyzed during your sleep – most likely to prevent your body from acting out aspects of your dreams. Glands begin to secrete a hormone that helps induce sleep and neurons send signals to the spinal cord which cause the body to relax and later become essentially paralyzed.
Sleep Paralysis is thought to be demons or ghosts sitting on ones chest, while the sleeper is aware of what is happening. Here are some of the symptoms of Sleep Paralysis:
Buzzing in ears
Unable to move or call out
Hallucinations
Sense of danger
Pressure on chest or face
During an episode, the sleeper can see everything in the room but some things my look distorted. Sometimes the victim will feel a presence or even see a figure in your room and begin to panic. These are very frightening and I even experienced a few.
Sometimes it is associated with a few sleep disorders. Here is a list of factors that can cause such an episode:
Sleeping on your back
Irregular sleeping patterns
Stress
Depression
Anxiety
Lucid dreaming
Have you ever experienced this “Old Hag Syndrome?”
As I watching a historical Korean drama on TV, I felt so proud of Korean King, Sejong The Great for his effort in creating easier alphabet for his people. He wanted all of Joseon’s people are able to read and write.
As we know, Korean dynasty is influenced by Chinese culture – one of them is writing system. Since the Chinese characters have thousand of alphabet and quite difficult, most of Korean are illiterate. Furthermore, writing and reading skills are mostly being mastered by the aristocrat.
Eventually, King Sejong created a simple 28 words called Hangeul for the sake of his people, although it has been opposed by most aristocrat.
Then I was thinking about my own nation identity. Many people said that our original writing is Jawi. But it has been abolished in 1960′s and substituted by Romanization writing. All of country matters, including education system are writing in Roman ever since. Even if it was Jawi, I don’t think that is our identity (I am Malaysian). Because Jawi script is based on Arabic words, which is imported from Middle East – during the spreading of Islam in our land by the Middle-Eastern merchant.
After seeking the information on net, I found that our earlier writing was Rencong Alphabet. But still, it was not originally from our land. It’s origin was from India. Now, does my nation really have no writing identity? Should I proud of it, after widely known that our language had loaned many words from foreign language? Plus, we have Arabic influence on our names, words, particular dressing and so on. Yes, majority of Malay are Muslim, but it doesn’t mean we have to be Arab. Let Malay be Malay, let Arab be Arab. Arab is race, Islam is religion – and this religion is not belongs to Arab – but Islam is for all.
Back to the writing, nowadays most of us are using Roman words in daily writing. Jawi script has been forgotten by this generation. Only minority of Malay know how to read and write in Jawi. Including me. Luckily I mastered it when in Primary school (equivalent with Elementary school).
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