Amused by the News
Browsed through the news this morning and a few articles gave me some form of amusement before I begin my preparations for tomorrow's paper.
"Malaysians can look forward to another 15 sen cut in fuel price by the end of the month, bringing pump prices to a two-year low of RM1.85 per litre.
The lowest price the people paid for fuel prior to the recent escalating global oil prices was RM1.92 per litre in March 2006 before it was increased to RM2.70 per litre on June 5, this year."
Wow, really? They just dropped the price by 15 cents a week ago. 85 cents drop in less than 6 months, impressive. Oil price is so unstable now.
"Nicol David is just a match away from clinching her 10th consecutive title of the year.
The Penangite stormed into the final of the Hong Kong Open with a hard-fought 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 win over fourth seed Natalie Grainger of the US in 39 minutes at the Hong Kong Squash Centre yesterday.
Nicol, who has been unbeaten in 52 matches since last November, will face third seed Rachael Grinham of Australia in the final."
Going for a 10th consecutive title? Talk about consistency. I dare say her achievements are unrivalled in M'sia. World No. 1 for 2 years, only 25, 10 finals in a year. Well done, Nicol or shall I say Datuk Nicol. (She was recently conferred a Datukship, making her the youngest ever Datuk in Penang). It's just a shame that Squash is not receiving as much world recognition as other sports like Tennis.
"Arsenal’s woes worsened yesterday as they blew their chance to close the gap on English Premier League leaders Chelsea and Liverpool, who were held to goalless draws at home.
The imploding Gunners slumped to their worst result of the season, losing 3-0 at Manchester City as top club Chelsea were pinned back by Newcastle and Liverpool were held by Fulham."
Liverpool and Chelsea, both drew blanks and the score 0-0 for both matches. Arsenal lost 3-0 and in a later match Man U drew 0-0 as well. What a day. You'll rarely find this combination in the EPL.
"The National Fatwa Council has declared that yoga isharam (prohibited) in Islam and Muslims are banned from practising it.
Its chairman Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin said yoga had been practised by the Hindu community for thousands of years and incorporated physical movements, religious elements together with chants and worshipping, with the aim of “being one with God”.
“Because of this, we believe that it is inappropriate for Muslims to do yoga. The council is declaring that practising yoga, when it comes together with the three elements, is haram,” he told a press conference here yesterday.
He noted that while merely doing the physical movements of yoga without the worshipping and chanting might not be against religious beliefs, Muslims should avoid practising it altogether as “doing one part of yoga would lead to another”.
Muslims, he said, were discouraged from practising yoga even as a form of exercise as it would ultimately lead to worshipping and chanting, which is against Islam.
“Malaysia is not the only country which prohibits Muslims from doing yoga. Singapore and Egypt have come out with the same edict,” he pointed out."
This is news of the day for me. Yoga is out for Muslims. But they can still perform the physical movements without the chanting, though that as well is not encouraged. This certainly raised my brows but I've gotta talk to my Muslim friends to ask what they think. And Singapore has come out with this edict too? Further investigation necessary.
"Malaysians can look forward to another 15 sen cut in fuel price by the end of the month, bringing pump prices to a two-year low of RM1.85 per litre.
The lowest price the people paid for fuel prior to the recent escalating global oil prices was RM1.92 per litre in March 2006 before it was increased to RM2.70 per litre on June 5, this year."
Wow, really? They just dropped the price by 15 cents a week ago. 85 cents drop in less than 6 months, impressive. Oil price is so unstable now.
"Nicol David is just a match away from clinching her 10th consecutive title of the year.
The Penangite stormed into the final of the Hong Kong Open with a hard-fought 11-8, 11-9, 11-5 win over fourth seed Natalie Grainger of the US in 39 minutes at the Hong Kong Squash Centre yesterday.
Nicol, who has been unbeaten in 52 matches since last November, will face third seed Rachael Grinham of Australia in the final."
Going for a 10th consecutive title? Talk about consistency. I dare say her achievements are unrivalled in M'sia. World No. 1 for 2 years, only 25, 10 finals in a year. Well done, Nicol or shall I say Datuk Nicol. (She was recently conferred a Datukship, making her the youngest ever Datuk in Penang). It's just a shame that Squash is not receiving as much world recognition as other sports like Tennis.
"Arsenal’s woes worsened yesterday as they blew their chance to close the gap on English Premier League leaders Chelsea and Liverpool, who were held to goalless draws at home.
The imploding Gunners slumped to their worst result of the season, losing 3-0 at Manchester City as top club Chelsea were pinned back by Newcastle and Liverpool were held by Fulham."
Liverpool and Chelsea, both drew blanks and the score 0-0 for both matches. Arsenal lost 3-0 and in a later match Man U drew 0-0 as well. What a day. You'll rarely find this combination in the EPL.
"The National Fatwa Council has declared that yoga isharam (prohibited) in Islam and Muslims are banned from practising it.
Its chairman Datuk Dr Abdul Shukor Husin said yoga had been practised by the Hindu community for thousands of years and incorporated physical movements, religious elements together with chants and worshipping, with the aim of “being one with God”.
“Because of this, we believe that it is inappropriate for Muslims to do yoga. The council is declaring that practising yoga, when it comes together with the three elements, is haram,” he told a press conference here yesterday.
He noted that while merely doing the physical movements of yoga without the worshipping and chanting might not be against religious beliefs, Muslims should avoid practising it altogether as “doing one part of yoga would lead to another”.
Muslims, he said, were discouraged from practising yoga even as a form of exercise as it would ultimately lead to worshipping and chanting, which is against Islam.
“Malaysia is not the only country which prohibits Muslims from doing yoga. Singapore and Egypt have come out with the same edict,” he pointed out."
This is news of the day for me. Yoga is out for Muslims. But they can still perform the physical movements without the chanting, though that as well is not encouraged. This certainly raised my brows but I've gotta talk to my Muslim friends to ask what they think. And Singapore has come out with this edict too? Further investigation necessary.
posted by JV | 10:40 AM
2 Comments:
haha.. yea!!
MALAYSIA BOLEH!!!
All the Best!
TeamNDOnline
you forgot about michael jackson becoming a muslim too!
haha..
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