bloodless thoughts

2010-02-14T01:17:00.000-08:00

Man,I have quite alot to say..

First and foremost I would love to thank those who have bought flowers from me this valentine's.Sleepless nights have been worthwhile to see their faces happy with the arrangements.It was startling to some of the friends who have never even thought that I did those,of course with the help of my gf and also faris who,too,did not have prior experience doing flowers.People on the streetswere nice to stop buy and some even bought.The experience of sales wasn't as easy as i thought it would be.Under the hot sun,I came to see Orchard road in another different perspective.Ive tried even selling flowers at Little India!

This was the entire experience
Friday-
1)rushed from school to get flowers from supplier
2)Flowers were sold at skyrocketing prices(almost gave up)
3)get the basins,cutters and getting creative for the first time in my life!
4)done with arrangements and on to taking pictures to upload to facebook till 4am

Saturday
1)6:00am-got up to rush home(johor) to take my things and the car.
2)9:00am-got home,the jam was very bad.was in the bus for slightly above an hour,standing.
3)10:00-got back into sgp to deliver our first flower.
4)12:30pm-set up at orchard road
5)1:30pm-first customer
6)2:00pm-2nd,3rd,4th,5th,6th..................customer
7)4:30pm-close shop
8)8:30pm-sending orders here and there
9)10:00pm-done for the day

Sunday
1)10:00am-first order
2)12:00noon-head to little india to sell at the back of the car
3)1:00pm-went to orchad cineleisure(nobody)
4)1:30pm-set up at lucky plaza
unexpected sales-1 escalator,1 shaw lido,1 tangs,1 pakcik kapal who was searching for girls at lucky plaza,1 starbucks....all this were done while walking!
5)last order 9:00pm

All in all it was an enriching experience.Putting into practice what ive always knew and learnt.
People tell you that you cant do it (because there's not gonna be a crowd due to chinese new year),you do it.People cant do things themselves and they come telling you that you cant do it.

I prove them wrong.I made profits.I hit breakeven point on the third hour.

It was just by smiling.

And Ive been smiling all day.

And the irony is,I dont celebrate Valentines day..........

2010-01-10T07:20:00.000-08:00

I'm proud of you Natalia

2010-01-03T21:40:00.000-08:00

2010 will be a year full of expectations,challenges and dreams for me.The greatest hope that I have is to pursue my dream and achieve what ive set to achieve in the coming year.

I wanna make things happen.period.

2009-12-07T07:43:00.000-08:00

the printer,the cabinet,the files..

darkness

and a glimmer of white light

emerging from what seemed a hole too narrow..

Delight!

2009-12-01T06:04:00.000-08:00

you argue with a fool and you'll see two fools

2009-11-24T05:14:00.000-08:00

It's difficult to make decisions when they're matters of the heart that has to be considered.

Nevertheless,a decision remains a decision.I cannot forgo an ambition so fluidly flowing in every artery of mine.An ambition that has sometimes brought me to moments of madness..

3 yrs....

three years..

36 months...

It makes alot of difference to my future.And im excited..

Forgive me...,

for my first love is flying

2009-11-09T07:37:00.000-08:00

Poly life is soon coming to a close..and ive never regretted going back taking that choice in life.To me,by far,the wisest choice ive made since puberty..hahah

I know have the freedom of choice,to go where i want.My future was gloomy when i entered NS.But now it's turning for the better.Priorities remain priorities,although it changes from time to time.And no matter what im about to do next,i know i need that freedom...that freedom that makes me happy..that freedom that allows me to see what others cant..that freedom to see the world in different angles...that freedom to be alone..

That freedom is called FLYING...

2009-10-26T02:54:00.000-07:00

sometimes in life you just have to knocked upon hard for you to realise what you have done wrong.unfortunately for me,it was very hard.

2009-08-19T19:18:00.000-07:00

what i'm feeling right now might just be the result of overthinking..but i can't stop myself from thinking that maybe i had made the wrong decision..a decision that may change the course of my life or the perspective ive always had on life itself.

im confused,at the same time secure..for once,i dont know what i want..i hate being here..i hate the feeling of jeopardy..is it a risk worth taking?..i certainly hope so..sometimes its ecstatic,sometimes just plain hatred..

should i look for the answers soonest?or let the confusion fade with security?

i just dont know..

MY 23RD

2009-08-18T01:05:00.000-07:00

Natalia,

To list the things you have done for me would be endless
And im not sure if I could recall everything because there's too many of them
But one thing im certain is that i really appreciate what you have done especially for my 23rd.

From the hotel to the double dinner at Sofra and Alaturka,you're simply the best.
Im lost for words.
The gifts you've given me..
It is not a measure of your love to me but they're really very nice..
I may not have said many things when i received them
Because i was awed and shocked by them
Never in my life had I felt this way
And I want to thank you for giving me the chance to..

Nobody knows me like you do..
That is something im certain of
Not even the closest or longest of friends
Because when im with you,im really myself..
I know you're confused why the friends are looking at me in a certain way
Just keep it that way..

You are always there when I needed you..
Going through thick and thin with me
A fact that ive began to notice about you
There's so many girls out there who wants the result
But you cared more about the journey
Even through the darkest of times,you're with me
And i do have a knack for detecting insincerity
To the deepest core of it
Natalia,you have been sincere in this relationship

There isnt a doubt
There isnt a moment of thought
There isnt even the slightest idea that i defer from what im going to say to you
And that is
To the truest definition of the word,
I LOVE YOU

Natalia,
This Birthday has been a memorable one for me..
One that i'll never forget..
One that i'll always cherish
The times that we spent together
And the kisses that go with it

I have no idea how i want to end this becase there's so many things to say
Just before I forget
...
....
You're the most interesting,astounding and the greatest woman ive ever known in my life
THANK YOU
NATALIA

Love,
Your Boyfriend

2009-07-14T22:21:00.000-07:00

your past is me..

2009-07-06T23:43:00.000-07:00

The king is dead..To be a fan of him since I was a little child has brought me to question his real value to us before his death.I for the record never believed that he was a paedophile..he was a child-lover..people relate to him as childish for his failure to act as an adult numerous times in his illustrious career and the fact that his voice never really change as he grew older..he told the press once,I remembered.."im not childish,im child-like"..

Men criticised him for talking like a woman.When his single 'You Rock My World' came forth in an attempt to blow the stage once again,people wrote him off saying he's not sought after anymore.His music was termed 'obsolete' and not progressive.People got tired of his 'uuhs' and 'ahhs'..

Not many came forth to show sympathy and compassion when he was charged for numerous criminal offences which mainly involved his affability towards children.No one wants to listen to him anymore.

I remembered going to his concert when I was 7 back in 1993..He literally made women faint.A feat only the likes of Elvis and The Beatles has ever accomplished.He reached out to a larger mass.I have this way to say whether a personality is really popular-if my grandmother knows him,he is popular.Indeed she knew him.Not Justin Timberlake or Usher for that matter.

Seeing him doing a moonwalk in front of my eyes is something that I feel I should treasure.Not everyone can say they have seen a moonwalk,live.Because he is the only entertainer who could make a whole crowd shout,scream,sing and laugh without having any backup dancers behind him....

For now,
the King is dead..
People are starting to notice him more..but why?

don't bother playing his songs again..

2009-06-18T06:13:00.000-07:00

Fuhh..the last week was crazy!...but fun!

This was what happened

thursday,friday and sunday working
saturday(a full day out with my cliques to my place in johor)
monday to wednesday(tioman island)

For the record,it was indeed the best week of my life,and got to spend most of it with my ever sweet girlfriend.This is not the most accurate account of what exactly happened..becos there were preparations to be done before my friends come over to johor and te worst was the last minute shopping that we had to do before tioman..

Tioman was the peak of all happiness and excitement.we went snorkelling till my lungs went crazy due to my inability to be comfortable with the life vest..hahah..we were on a very budgeted trip(if there was even such a word)..burger ramly was the best in Paya beach Resort.I couldnt explain more..people were so nice and friendly..I couldnt wait to go again..

The rest of the memories,I would not share..

2009-06-06T00:01:00.000-07:00

been working regularly at hyatt lately and gosh does it make me feel damn tired!worked five days straight last week and it was plain crazy...im not proud to say that i only have three hours of sleep everyday..for life is getting more demanding as we grow older.

and to break the boredom and monotony of school and work,im rewarding myself for a 3d2n snorkelling trip to Tioman.For shit and giggles,i really need a break..

there's one more thing that i really need to do which has taken abit of a layoff...I'm getting the side effects now already...I_need_to_fly

2009-05-26T06:43:00.000-07:00

ive been battling with flu and fever for the past few days and it was horrendous!been quite some time since I fell ill..best part was i get to spread my flu to other people..yeay!..syaswine is coming for you!!!!!!!...

so eat ur pills before it catches your bills..

2009-05-26T06:36:00.000-07:00

the girl with the broken smile...

that cheeky grin..
that "heheh" here and "heheh" there..
that "heyyy" here and "heyyy" there..
that sheepish look everytime ure kissed

makes the fluffy wanna love the buffy(vampire slayer)

HEHEH

2009-05-25T18:56:00.000-07:00

looking forward to the weeks of june..let me break it down
13th-su and company coming over to johor!
14th-sister's bday
15th to 17th-TIOMAN!
junebreakjunebreak

NAT AND ME
six months and counting...there's no reason to stop because there's every reason to continue..to ask for more would be too much..to be contented with less has become second nature..guess we'll play in the middle..hope i wont be malcolm

2009-05-12T06:53:00.000-07:00

the final year is finally here..!Actually I didnt quite realise that fact till only a month after school started.very well syafiq,very well..

Final year project is a pain in the ass and speaking of it,I hate extra-ultra kanchong spiders who gets overly enthusiastic or worried(most of the time the former)about submitting things on time.Singaporeans just need to relax a little.We have been brought up in a way that we're afraid of failure.Im guilty of that too but at least,I get things done straight and not waste so much energy and time on presenting how planning is done..

who cares what you plan...it's what you deliver at the end of the day..

that's something almost all of us are guilty of-planning but no execution..hahah

2009-05-05T05:32:00.000-07:00

what a fruitful weekend i had..going to ubin with my significant other was indeed a eye-opening experience.i just have to clear this off my mind.."she cut me off on an uphill slope!"...i thoroughly didnt expect that!..we had loads of fun..enuff said.

watched wolverine yesterday and i find it very satisfying.it definitely deserves all the hype that has been on it since.i was awed when the movie was over..but somehow Hugh Jackman gave me a striking revelation that has been bugging me since god knows when-that it is fine to have hair on your chest,and still look sexy and cool..Phew!(man...,i should be studying and not bicker about something like this!)

2009-04-20T05:19:00.000-07:00

Im not running as often as i should..I guess its the only way that keeps me healthy..i should be making my way to the running lab soon!

2009-04-19T07:32:00.000-07:00

The very day that i set my eyes upon you...i havent looked back since..

Nothing can beat what we had yesterday..my time spent with you is time filled with pure happiness..I dont carve nice words nor do I make it so sweet that it seems untrue..But I guess u know me the most..that i express better personally..telling me ur weakness does not make me feel stronger..sharing ur thoughts with me does not make me feel bored..Infact,having a conversation with you is the best thing that can ever happen between you and me...

Your faith in me..in standing up for me..will not be left unrewarded..for ive made the promise to you when we first started that ur love will never go to waste..

and i shall keep that promise..

A very GOOD FRIDAY

2009-04-13T05:02:00.000-07:00

I had an awesome weekend i must say..started off with going out with the girlfriend on friday evening and boy did we enjoy ourselves..had dinner at sham's..(im not a fan of spaghetti in general though)..drove to marina barrage..and unexpectedly there wasnt as many people as i would have expected.

It's a beautiful place though especially at night..the last time I set foot on it was when i ran the half marathon last year and even then the whole barrage wasn't really complete..truly enjoyed the evening(infact morning)..

Life just couldnt get any better with you around..

Saturday was no less great cause i get to sleep the whole freaking day without any alarm ringing in my ears..after a hectic week at work(and i mean real work cause it gets me perspiring the whole day!)

To top it off,on sunday..we had a family gathering where i got to meet my long,lost,dissappeared,escaped,exiled cousin..hahhah..and of course spending the last bits of the day with Natalia whom i have come to love..What a great weekend!

2009-04-11T06:40:00.000-07:00

decisions now involves not only the brain but the heart..

2009-04-04T04:50:00.000-07:00

It's been quite a while since i spend my time with my significant other.I have been seriously busy with attachment and school this few months and rarely do i get to spend time with her.It doesn't make it any better when my attchment company does not have a starhub reception..

For after so long,we got to spend time last night..One of the best nights of my life.I guess the simplest things in life will make you happy..we may be far apart,but our hearts are close..

Without any doubt or hesitation,and without any tinge of regret..i have to say this to you...I have not said this to other women in my life before...I Love You..

2009-04-01T07:15:00.000-07:00

for you,a thousand times over...

2009-02-14T06:41:00.000-08:00

come to me and i'll tell u how..i'm still waiting

2009-02-11T17:30:00.000-08:00

"syafiq,you look tired..".....precisely,that's because i have only three hours of sleep every goddamn day for a year..

2009-01-03T12:35:00.000-08:00

ive gotta push it..thats my job

2008-11-18T19:49:00.000-08:00

What the hell are you trying to do?...cos i dont believe in ur busy'ness'...it has always been an overstatement..

2008-10-08T05:43:00.000-07:00

Every broken ground....
reminds of the second time..
that i fall too hard..
showered me with love and blind

see u at the bitter end...

2008-09-25T01:04:00.000-07:00

I have an intuition about us...till when will all these lead to...is it sth diff?or is it just u?..will it take time..?...im seriously confused..

2008-09-14T05:53:00.000-07:00

I'm still contemplating whether I should be running the Stanchart marathon this december.Thing is,I haven't done much training lately,stuffing all the food in,thanks to the fasting month..And goodness Shima,the marathon is not as rosy as what I have told you..(most of the time i persuade people with great success to do crazy things with me)..

shima has been complaining how her legs and feet and what not are aching tremendously..guess that's what you get for having a female running with you..

How I wished..

2008-08-25T21:47:00.000-07:00

what a run!

2008-08-07T16:56:00.000-07:00

do not allow the decisions we make now be affected by the bad decisions we've made in the past..because bad decisions are only decisions made at the wrong place and time..sometimes the worst ideas could be the best..sometimes the most secured option could be the worst..if we're willing to take risks,risks has it's way of rewarding it's embracer..because it forces us out of our comfort zones..change is inevitable..

2008-07-30T09:35:00.000-07:00

It's been a while since my last post.Obviously I didn't make the time for blogging.Notice I didn't say "I didn't have time" but "I didn't make time".I read somewhere that there is no such thing as"i don't have the time"or"let's go there when we have the time!"..Chances are,you won't have the time because when someone says"when I have the time",he or she is not committed to it..

So,when there's no commitment,most of the time,it never gets done..(happens alot to me)

Now look back to the sentences you once said that ends with"when i have the time",you'll realise it never happens...

2008-06-30T02:47:00.000-07:00

You can either be a mamma's boy or a daddy's boy....One can never be both..

2008-06-23T02:36:00.000-07:00

The anklung happens to be the instrument that many know but little have actually come to appreciate..Only until recently,when aqasyah performed in a magnificent ensemble did I realise how ignorant I was about my own cultural instruments..I always have this perception that the angklung is not a versatile instrument only to realise lately that the fact was otherwise..

Listening to one of the best angklung ensembles in town was enough to make the audience stand on their feets and gave the longest round of applause I've ever heard in my entire life..The whole performance was so darn good that at that very moment,no one could be more proud of aqasyah but me..

Notwithstanding the awe that i felt after the performance,I was informed shortly after that the whole ensemble was invited to perform in surabaya!..What an honour!...

Well,to sum it all up..aqasyah brought home an angklung from surabaya..I made him promise..To teach me how to play it and in return,offered to help him in his mathematics....He obvously declined..

2008-06-21T13:02:00.000-07:00

Wakeboarding was fun!

2008-06-21T12:58:00.000-07:00

So many things clouding my mind,it hurts...

2008-06-20T21:59:00.000-07:00

There's so many things clouding my mind right now that it hurts..thinking about school that's going to start next week just give me the jitters...

2008-06-04T16:04:00.000-07:00

Emotional circuitry

2008-06-02T07:48:00.000-07:00

Sometimes I wonder who'll I get myself married to....

2008-05-29T21:02:00.000-07:00

I ran...I ran..I ran.

Get busy

2008-05-18T04:45:00.000-07:00

Everyone's busy nowadays...It's difficult for the band to meet up at times...For su,aida and me..we had to even postpone our movie watching to this tuesday..Just to accommodate to some of our life's commitments.However out of our busy schedules,the soccer team still managed to squeeze a match for us yesterday..Although the opponents were not at their best,we truly enjoyed our game..

Sleepless Nights

2008-05-14T01:26:00.000-07:00

Sleeping for me has been very much a priviledge lately..I just can't seem to have enough of it...Apart from revising my work and feeling pressurised to do well,ive got my training to do too..The pain on my knees is unbearable..I just need loads of rest after all these years..

Geez,i really need some sleep....

The morning after

2008-05-03T23:35:00.000-07:00

This is gonna be long...I have a whole story to tell..

I just couldn't explain how amazing it was to have my friends spending the night over at my house for the weekend...Mizi,Eysham and Alamin(initiated the whole idea) met me just right after our friday sermons and we headed for the causeway.It's funny sometimes how sham reacts to new environments...He pressed(inside joke)..Got to my house,with two full boxes of Dunkin' Donuts and a can of Livita..(that's so malaysian)..The moment we settled down at my house,Alamin asked me for the house phone..Guess what,he wants to call for a Pizza Hut delivery...We ate..

While waiting for the pizzas to come,I got my brother to get for us some banana fritters just a few steps away from the house..We ate...

Pizzas came and we ate..

In the evening,I brought the guys to see the shophouses near my house where food was in abundance...We settled down at a restaurant,ordered satay,ice kachang and fruit juices...Our stomaches were running full!..Mizi even complained of being dizzy due to the enormous amount of food that he hadn't ate for a very long time..

We took a stroll after dinner and bought some crackers and drinks to last the night(we were planning to watch dvd's throughout).We ate...

Come nightime,at around 11,my parents reached home..Little that they knew we had our stomaches stuffed after a whole day of eating..We were watching Bruce Lee's "Fist Of Fury",when my father,who haven't really ate for the whole day offered to buy some food for ourselves..We obviously declined(although there was a glimmer of hope on Sham's face showing he wouldnt mind another bite)...

The old man got out wondering why these guys never wanted to eat..It would be so funny if i were to describe his facial expressions at that moment..

It was past midnight and we were all "drunk" with food..we couldn't bare to keep our eyes open..we slept..Then came my old man at the door,waking me up...He brought Murtabak!!We ate...

And so we had our stomaches full again..we were so full,we couldn't sleep(I didn't know there's such a thing but it happened to us).

I guess you guys could just imagine what happened the morning after..

The Gathering

2008-04-23T23:20:00.000-07:00

Met most of my army friends in Sentosa yesterday...We had an awesome time playing volleyball..sun was soo scorching hot,it caused me to get burns on my body!..The best part was in del mar where we had a couple of drinks in the pool...God I miss these guys..

Stoned to Death

2008-04-18T23:07:00.000-07:00

"A 17-year-old girl has been stoned to death in Iraq because she loved a teenage boy of the wrong religion.Miss Aswad, a member of a minority Kurdish religious group called Yezidi, was condemned to death as an "honour killing" by other men in her family and hardline religious leaders because of her relationship with the Sunni Muslim boy.They said she had shamed herself and her family when she failed to return home one night. Some reports suggested she had converted to Islam to be closer to her boyfriend. Miss Aswad had taken shelter in the house of a Yezidi tribal leader in Bashika, a predominantly Kurdish town near the northern capital, Mosul (Outside Kurdistan region). A large crowd watched as eight or nine men stormed the house and dragged Miss Aswad into the street. There they hurled stones at her for half an hour until she was dead. The stoning happened last month, but only came to light yesterday with the release of the Internet video. "

excerpt from Daily Mail

What on earth are this people thinking?Stoning a girl and calling it honor killing?Geez..i cracked myself up..

Selfish-poreans

2008-04-13T20:47:00.000-07:00

Educated that they are....some singaporeans just do not understand the meaning of moving back so more people can board the bus..Took an early bus to school this morning(it's been awhile),only to realise how packed buses are in the morning rush hour...nevertheless,I managed to squeeze myself in so that i wont be late for school...What perturbs me the most was those who were already inside just refused to budge even a single inch so that we,who were boarding,could go onboard..There were tonnes of space in the middle and those around there just stared blankly into our faces...Call it ignorance,i seriously think it's a stellar display of classic self-centeredness some singaporeans could relate to very well...

School's starting soon

2008-04-11T17:23:00.000-07:00

I just can't imagine myself getting back to school...After so long not being in school,finally im back to track..The horrifying thing that's clouding my mind is that,me having to be in the same class as 16 yr olds..no offence but I'm 5-6 yrs older then them..God knows what will they perceive me as..This is what I think they will think of me the moment they saw me..

"Oh my God!Where's this guy going??Is he the new lecturer??"
"This guy seems too old to be 16..He must be married!"
"He must be the dropout that everybody's talking about"

Useless thoughts as they may seem..I just can't stop thinking about it.....

Step it up!

2008-04-05T17:20:00.000-07:00

Watching Step Up 2 yesterday just made me wanna dance..Although there were certain parts of the movie that tends to get boring...I would say that it's an average no-brainer movie that is just fun to watch...you dont have to understand much about the characters...just watching the moves is fulfilling enough though..

To seal the day,I met up with some of my fellow wingman's for supper at the Tanjong Pagar railway station(better known as the KTM)..We sat,talked,chat,laugh and do all the things like old times..It was very enjoyable being with them,as we havent met for years..If only the service was very good there,it would have sealed a very delightable nite's-out together..Sad to say,the service yesterday sucks!And it has to come from a malay stall...If i were to list out all the reasons for our complains,i would really need more than a day to explain...so it's better i just leave it as it is..

The service there,they just have to step it up man!!

Under my umbrella

2008-04-03T05:06:00.000-07:00

Jamming with the band was close to perfect yesterday evening,thanks to the blunders that I made playing drums...hahah...it was funny though...it has been a long time since we played Vanilla Sky's version of "umbrella"...and I kinda forgot how the beats were suppose to be...and I ended up hitting the snare abruptly and out of beat causing the whole band to laugh their lungs out..It was described as "beat cina mampus" according to them...But the rest of the repertoire went well I must say..

Just hope that this time round we will not break up as we once did...which reminds me of what The Eagles used to say after they haven't been out performing for so long...."we didnt break up,we just took a 14 year vacation"....and the acoustic version of hotel california strums...till date the best acoustic performance ive ever seen...I pray our band wont have to take a 14 year vacation..unless if we could come out with something better than the Eagles,then I won't mind...

The Great Divide

2008-04-02T16:02:00.000-07:00

"Fitna",the short film that has angered muslims worldwide....or so to speak..In fact,im not angry at all.To know the fact that Geert Wilders has painstakingly took the extra effort to translate for us the verses of the quran....only to translate it directly,without any hints of comprehending the deep literature that is in the quran...from which he is yet to discover...

It is very much unfair just to put all the blame on him.The excerpts from the film on the muslim religious leaders are not helping at all..They are promoting violence and jihad and every single thing possible, just to take over the world like muslims used to, hundreds of years ago..What were they thinking??

Muslims once ruled the world because they thrived in knowledge..the origins of medicine comes from muslims...the greatest architects at that time were muslims..guess what's the first university in the world??It's the Al-Azhar University in Egypt..enuff said..My point is that the only way a particular group can take over the world is through knowledge..If you cant conquer knowledge..how can you conquer the world?..Those radical muslim leaders have to wake their minds up and stop convincing other muslims to slit the throat off non-believers..It's painful to see how easy it is for those muslims who lived in poverty in the middle east get so easily influenced by those thoughts.The thoughts that make non-believers of Islam their enemies..

That aside,the affluent muslims on the other hand doees not take any stand on all these cut- throat believers..All they ever cared was how to make more money but at the same time letting themselves be exploited by China and the US...And they go around all boastful at how rich they are(i've met these ppl personally during my stint as a bellboy in grand hyatt)..They are just puppets of modernisation..Tell me one thing,if the arabs didnt have oil,would they be what they are now??I bet they would be worse off..not withstanding the fact that they are better knmown as the terror race..They themselves let non-muslims run their businesses and after that they fault them for not having respect for Islam..No offence for non- muslims but the middle east just could not get their thing together..

It is sad to see the divide between Islam itself..the radicals having a perpective of their own...it doesnt compliment the globalisation that is happening around them..Ignorants as they are,the least they could do is to tap on their knowledge and education and fight through that,...not slitting the throats off innocent journalists and reporters!..It becomes an even greater ridicule to know how orthodox muslims they claim to be, but at the same time not letting woman have driving license...Is that Islam to them..?To make matters worse,the westerners see these examples as a picture of the religion and thus resort to their own conclusions..I cant fault them for that,for it is the fault of the muslim world itself.Muslims who refuse to accept globalisation,refuse to be flexible and at the end of the day fault other people for denying them of their practices..it's not the problem of their practices but the problem with the approach itself.They refuse to explain what islam really is to the western world because they could not sit down and have intelligent conversations with others...why?..Because they lack knowledge,they lack skills,they lack the power of speech..What they turn to,to make their voices heard??....VIOLENCE...

Moderate muslims with non-muslims who understands the issue(living peacefullly with the muslims which is great)....and radical muslims with non-muslims who are oppressing them(viewing muslims as terrorists)....This is what I call the Great Divide..