Doc Ahmad Hajiri

Bismillah. Today marks the Fifth Mindanao Bloggers' Summit 2011 (MBS 5)  spearheaded by Iligan Bloggers' Society (IBS) in Iligan City. I have planned to attend since the first day I heard about it; I saved some money for my transpo; planned the things to do before going to Iligan. I was supposed to attend the great event today, but time and a lot of circumstances that occurred along the way, made it all a failed attempt. Yes, I was sad. I was sad, because I really really wanted to attend and hear the their good speakers (the summit would focus on how to uphold Environmental Advocacy through blogging and a lot more discussions on how to Earn while blogging). I was sad, because it could have been another chance for me to meet a lot new faces, fellow bloggers around Mindanao. I was sad, because it could have been another avenue for me to improve myself in this world of Blogosphere. But again, things do not always go the way we want it to be. Maybe it's for my own ...

Ikaa-apat na parte ng di-ko-matukoy-kung-hanggang-ilang-parte-ito-pero-sige-nalang-at-ating-aalamin-sa-susunod -na-mga-kabanata ng seryeng "Limang Minuto".   Unang tanong sa akin ay 'Bakit Tagalog at hindi Englis o Taususg ang ginagamit ko dito?'.. hmm... nahirapan ako dun ah... sinabi ko kasi dati na kung maari lamang ay ayokong gamitin ang wikang Tagalog. Kung bakit? akin-akin na lang yun. balik tayo sa unang tanong. Eto po ang aking simpleng kasagutan... Ehem ehem: Nahirapan po ako naghanap ng titulo na aayun dito. Kung Englis ay "Five Minutes" (napakasosyal naman, ayoko nang ganun. Kung Tausug naman eh "Lima Minit", at ang salitang "minit" ay hindi Tausug, thus defeating the purpose of the title to be purely Tausug. (Ayan, napa-englis ako bigla.) Simulan na po natin ang kahibangang ito. Limang minuto ay magsisimuala na in 3...2..1... Sulat! ====== Tulala ang titulo na naisip ko sa kwan na to (post ba ang tawag? ewan...

Okay. Let us cool off a bit. If you happened to live in the same road as me, and might have talk with me for some year, you would know that one of my greatest dreams is to visit all the Muslim Provinces of ARMM. I love to travel. I always treasure the times I learn something new every time I go to other places: I learn about the people and their lives; I would be fascinated by the views (be it cool natural scenes or even the 'uncool' slums and ‘squatter’s areas’; There are things that I can only see and realize when I am outside travelling. I see how (still) fortunate I am compared to those who’re suffering in hunger.  I see how wonderful Allah is. And I would be reminded and be grateful to Him in one way or the other for all the blessings I had. And so I told myself: “I will travel throughout Mindanao, and I will visit all the major Muslim places and see how their people live differently (or similarly) from our people in Sulu. It was just a dream at first. I know I w...

Bismillah. The recent incident that took place in Basilan last October 18, 2011 is not a new issue to all of us. It had happened again and again before, and it can always happen again next time. Unless something (and this something is actually a load of things) is changed. Something must be changed, and someone must do it (and that someone is not just one man). Certainly, I was more disgusted by how the media portrayed the news to the common people. It was so much polarized, biased, misleading and a lot of twitched information was presented that made the people more confused than satisfied. And as how I expected it to be, the people are now divided. Those who were tricked and had fallen into the trap believed that proclaiming all-out-war is the solution. And those who knew what happened, were vigilant in voicing out what they know. Yet they were overpowered by the massive influence of media and they were outnumbered. Only a few would hear them. And a lot fewer would believe the...

Salamdua. iban Tagnaan natuh ha ngan sin mahasutsi Allah. Ha bahgu-bahgu ra yan jimatuh na isab in pag-atubang sin dua pihak (MILF iban AFP) nagbunuh ha Al-barka, Basilan sin Oct.18, 2011. Kaingatan natuh na unu na mayan in naghappen bang natuh bassahun in news, atawa ka bang kita niyu kumita na sin TV. In reports gimuwa, bahasa in mga Sundalu AFP awn liyalawag nila hambuuk tau (atawa group) daing ha mga AbuSayaf yaun ha Kampo sin mga MILF. Sakali nagbaak man sila, amuna in tiyagnaan sin Pagbunuh nila limughay 8 jaam. 19 sundalu in miyatay, iban mga 3 kadtu (Kitaa niyu mayan ha news) in nashaheed ha MILF. In depensa sin MILF, i-attack kunuh sila kanda sila isab imatu balik. Awn existing CEASEFIRE agreement ha time ini. so in pagbunuh sin dua, mabilang langgal sarah nag against ha Ceasefire. Sah hisiyu in Nagtagnah kaniya (sin pagbunuh)? didtu na nagTudluh2i na in mga tau. Kansa in kita isab nahilu na sambil. In landuh tuud makasusa mga taymanghud, landuh tuud...