Monday, March 29, 2010
SeronokNya...
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Biografi A. Samad Said
Abdul Samad bin Muhammad Said atau nama penanya A. Samad Said, Hilmy Isa, Isa Dahmuri, Jamil Kelana, Manja, Mesra, dan Shamsir dilahirkan pada 9 April 1935 di Kampung Belimbing Dalam, Durian Tunggal, Melaka. Semasa berumur enam bulan, A. Samad Said dibawa oleh keluarganya ke Singapura. A. Samad Said memperoleh pendidikan formal di Sekolah Melayu Kota Raja hingga lulus darjah IV (1940-1946). Kemudian A. Samad meneruskan pengajiannya dalam kelas petang di Victoria Institution hingga memperolehi sijil Senior Cambridge (1956).
Pengalaman kerjaya A. Samad Said bermula sebagai kerani, pengarang di Utusan Melayu, Berita Harian, Kumpulan The Straits Times, dan ketua pengarang akhbar Warta Teberau. Jawatan terakhir A. Samad Said ialah sebagai ketua pengembangan sastera dalam Kumpulan Akhbar The New Straits Times, Kuala Lumpur. Kini A. Samad Said menjadi penulis sepenuh masa yang aktif berkarya.
Sejak di bangku sekolah lagi minatnya terhadap sastera mula berputik apabila beliau berjinak membaca karya sastera dalam dan luar negera geperti karya Ajip Rosidi, Rendra, Pramoedya, Achdiat, Hamzah dan Wijaya Mala. Beliau juga membaca novel yang ditulis oleh Oliver Twist, Wuthering Height, dan Almayer’s Folly. Beliau juga menggunting dan menyimpan cerpen daripada akhbar tempatan dan mengkajinya sebelum menghasilkan cerpennya sendiri. Kegiatan menterjemah beberapa karya asing juga secaran tidak langsung memperkuatkan minatnya terhadap kesuasteraan
Bermula detik alam persekolahan hingga kini A. Samad Said tida jemu menghasilkan puluhan karya dalam genre novel, puisi, drama, cerpen, dan esei untuk mewarnakan dunia sastera di persada tanah air dan antarabangsa. Antara karya besar yang dihasilkan ialah Salina, Bulan Tak Bermadu di Fatehpur Sikri, Sungai Mengalir Lesu, Di Hadapan Pulau, Langit Petang, Daerah Zeni, Hujan Pagi, Lantai T Pinkie, Wira Bukit, Benih Harapan, Benih Semalu, Daun Semalu Pucuk Paku dan Warkah Eropah, AL-AMIN , Riwayat Hidup Rasululiah s.a.w dalam Puisi (1999) dan kumpulah puisi Suara Dari Dinding Dewan (2003) terbitan Utusan Publication & Distributors Sdn Bhd. Sentuhan karyanya yang terbaharu ialah novel Adik Datang, kumpulan puisi Dirgahayu Dr Mahathir dan kumpulan puisi kanak-kanak Rindu Ibu yang diterbitkan oleh Wira Bukit Sdn Bhd.Beberapa karyanya diadaptasi menjadi teater/drama pentas seperti Salina, Sungai Mengalir Lesu, Lantai T. Pinkie, dan Memori Di Hadapan Pulau
Pencapaian dan sumbangan A. Samad Said dalam memperkayakan dan memertabatkan kesusasteraan Melayu telah mendapat penghargaan kerajaan apabila beliau menerima pelbagai anugerah. Antaranya termasuklah Pejuang Sastera (1976), SEA Write Award (1979), Anugerah Sasterawan Negara (1985), dan Anugerah Sasterawan Nusantara (1999).
Selain pengiktirafan dalam bidang sastera, A.Samad Said juga telah dianugerahkan darjah kebesaran Negeri Melaka yang membawa gelaran Datuk dalam tahun 1997 oleh Yang Dipertua Negeri Melaka. (Dewan Sastera Ogos 2003)
Kerajinannya menghasilkan karya dan ketekunannya membaca karya-karya orang lain menjadi titik penentu A. Samad Said ditabalkan sebagai Sasterawan Negara yang versatil di ujana kesusasteraan tanah air. Dalam karya A. Samad Said, khalayak akan melihat ketelitian dan kecermatannya sebagai pengarang pengarang yang menuangkan nurani seninya. A. Samad Said berpendapat bahawa untuk melahirkan karya, karyawan tidak hanya bergantung pada bahan dan bakat serta kekuatan fikiran sahaja tetapi yang penting ialah pembacaan dan pengalaman yang luas.
Antara Hasil karya:
A Samad Said (Antologi Puisi)
Adik Datang
Bulan Tak Bermadu Di Fatehpur Sikri
Dirgahayu Dr. Mahathir
Dosa Pejuang
Lantai T. Pinkie
Rindu Ibu
Suara Dari Dinding Dewan
Sumber:
Ujanailmu
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Friday, March 26, 2010
HaPPy...
Ini je yang nak bagi tau... Bubye..
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
A Dog named Faith
He was born with 3 legs - 2 healthy hind legs and 1 abnormal front leg which needed to be amputated.
He of course could not walk when he was born. Even his mother did not want him.
He was rejected and scorned.
His first owner also did not think that he could survive. Therefore, he was thinking of putting him to sleep..
At this time, his present owner Jude Stringfellow came into his life and wanted to take care of him.
She was determined to teach and train this dog to walk by himself. She thought, all we need is a little faith.
Therefore she named him 'Faith.'
In the beginning, she put Faith on a surf board to let him feel the movements of the water. Later she used peanut butter on a spoon as a lure and to reward him for standing up and jumping around. Even the other dogs at home helped to encourage him to walk. Amazingly, after only 6 months, like a miracle, Faith learned
to balance on his 2 hind legs and jumped to move forward. After further training in the snow, he can now walk like a human being.
Faith loves to walk around now.
No matter where he goes, he just attracts all the people around him. He is now becoming famous on the international scene. He has appeared in various newspapers and TV shows. There is even one book entitled 'With a little faith' being published about him.
He was even considered to appear in one of Harry Potter movies.
His present owner Jude Stringfellow has given up her teaching job and plans to take him around the world to preach,
'that even without a perfect body, one can have a perfect soul.'
In life there are always undesirable things.
Perhaps a person who feels things are not going as well as they could will feel better if they change their point of view
and see things from another perspective.
Perhaps this message will bring fresh new ways of thinking to everyone.
Perhaps everyone can appreciate and
be thankful for each beautiful day that follows.
Life is the continual demonstration of the power of thinking positive and having faith.
