Boycott or not to boycott???

As a consumer, I do not want my money to be used to fuel wars, environmental destruction and human-rights violations. Due to these, I am willing to boycott America’s products. Don’t get me wrong, this boycott is not an anti-American, it is pro-UN and pro-international laws though. The boycott is not against the American people but against the Bush administration and its unfair policies.

Some people say the boycott will hurt the economy and the working class. Actually, not at all because to be logic and lucid, it is the current US policy which is destabilizing the economy and causing job loss in the United States. If you want to know, many of the targeted US companies endanger the environment, disrespect human rights, and many also contribute to the weakening or collapse of local markets. With people choosing to buy local or fair trade products, the boycott might therefore help to put money again into local and fair economies, where it will bring greater yields to workers. And finally, if the US would invest fewer resources to the military, it could put these resources towards job creation in other vital social sectors (health care, education, culture, etc...).

We Malaysians can implement this boycotting by stop buying things that are identifiable as the listed products. There are plenty local and other alternatives. For example, if you stop consuming food or drink produced by US multinationals, and switch to products produced by other companies, you will be sending a powerful message to the White House that consumers do not want a war against Iraq. We just to have to make the effort to change our daily habits, but that’s for a very good reason. Each time we don’t buy a US product and go for an alternative, means we are saying NO to the US foreign policies.

There are many reasons why we should boycott. If you switch from smoking Marlboro, you will be contributing to stopping the war against Iraq. By the way, think again, if you still smoking, you will be putting your own health and also the health of people round you in danger, and contributing to deforestation and pollution caused by tobacco production. Coca-Cola is one of the sponsors of Bush. From 2000 till now, Coca-Cola have given US$1,060,000 to the Republican Party. PepsiCo is abusing animals. They have in-house animal-testing facilities, where it conducts nutritional studies on laboratory rats. McDonald's spend over two billion dollars each year on advertising its junk food - high in fat, sugar and salt, and low in fiber and vitamins. A diet of this type is linked with a greater risk of heart disease, cancer, diabetes and other diseases. The menus of McDonald's are based on the torture and murder of millions of animals.

The main reason why I boycott US products is because they US disobey Kyoto Protocol! US boycott Kyoto, so we boycott US...Fair enough! With 5% of the world’s population, the US is responsible for emitting 25% of the main greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide. It is time to support Asians' poducts. Buy Anna Sui instead of L'oreal..hehehs..

~The Moon~

After all these confusing day,

I go off to see the moon in the pines.

Far in the woods I sit down against a pine.

The moon has her porches turned to face the light,

But the deep part of her house is in the darkness..

By~ Robert Bly

Happy Eid Mubarak! [2008]

This year we celebrated at our house. When i came back to my home, during Ramadhan, my brother and his wife came to our house to break fast with us. After that, we went to masjid to pray solat Tarawikh. Later when we came back from tarawikh, my siblings and I played mercun and thunderclap. Including my eldest brother too! My sister-in-law just laughed at my brother..lol..it went on until the end of Ramadhan.. We really enjoyed every single day of Ramadhan! But i have a little problem.. my cat afraid of the sound of mercun! everytime it hears it, it will ran into the house and hide under the stairs! it's really cute to watched it ran like maniac (hey, i'm a cat lover..).

Then, came the day what i call 'income day'..really..and that day is Hari Raya Aidilfitri..heheh..i got duit raya from my parents..and how much? It's top secret, i can't tell u lot. What made me felt more happy is that my brother and his wife gave me duit raya too! i just can't actually believe it! after the 'emotional session', we went to visit my uncle's grave. He was a funny man..After that, we went to visit my father's side because almost all of them live in Shah Alam and KL..and will you believe it, i got duit raya from them too! I looked puzzled because hey, im 18 now! then my uncle told me university students really can't live without money..actually, i wanted to tell him that i didn't need that much money..but i just kept my mouth shut because like old folks said 'rezeki jangan ditolak'.. eheheheh..

Yeah, of course i gained weight at that time.. i mean, how can i resist lontong, ketupat and lots more? kuih raya too..(really bloated) That night, before I went to sleep, i was thinking about how other country celebrated Eid..especially Palastine, Afghanistan..and Iran.. i kept thinking about the children there..what did they eat? I am really grateful to have this life..

My experience of being a UiTM student for 1 month

My experience of being a UiTM student for approximately one month is so confusing. Why? Well, i tell you why. First of all, i find it hard (untill now) to communicate with some people here in UiTM Dungun because majority of the students here is from East Coast and I am from West Coast. So you can understand how I felt right? I know some people from my place understand the slang, not me though!

I remember my first day here, i felt so excited because I managed to find new friends but on the same time it made my head spinning! I cannot catched up with their slang! You know what, the funny thing was some of them also did not understand what i was talking about..you know, like a duck talking to a chicken! They said i talked too fast..well..no comment..;p

My first day staying in 'my second home', that is college Redang, i felt really uncomfortable. I could not stand the heat in the room, i could not accept the fact that i have to share the WASH ROOM with more than 20 girls at the same time..but now (heheh..), i can accept it..because it is a reality, and i must learn how to adapt with a new place..Talking about walking to the class, oh my..i cannot accept this! I wish i have a car, then i don't have to walk under the hot sun.

I know you will think i was facing a bad experience.. but behind all these things, i think i had manage to find my inner self. I can now manage to survive alone, without my parent's help.

I think i have wrote enough about my experience here..i have to stop typing now...since i came to cyber cafe with a bicycle and it's going to rain, i'm better off now..auf wedersehein to you readers!

~Welcome~

~Hi, welcome to my page! My name is Afiffah Fathiyyah Bt Mohd Yusof, i am 18 this year (2008). I have 5 siblings and i am the youngest( i am not a spoil brat though..). Just to let you know that i love cats! My favourite movies are Harry Potter and The Lord of The Rings. Oh yeah, i live in Shah Alam, Selangor. Well, enough about me now..later~