All in a night's work.

Medan, Indonesia. Sept 2011

No iPad kids.

No iPad guys.

Trishaw guy.

Suspicious old lady.


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Throwback. Awana Kijal Resort. 1 Dec 2010

Throwback. Awana Kijal Resort. 1 Dec 10.

f/7.1

1/125sec

iso-100

canon 1000D

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Pakcik mail gila?

Wahai anakku, Di waktu kecilmu, pakcik Ismailmu pernah digelar seorang gila. Ada satu hari Ahad, pakcikmu tetiba ke masjid pada pukul 10 pagi. Tetiba pakcikmu melaungkan azan.

Azan di 10 pagi mengejutkan semua termasuk aku. Mengapa pakcikmu melakukan sedemikian? Seluruh penduduk kampung berkejar ke masjid untuk melihat apa yang terjadi. Setibanya di sana, Ketua Kampung terus menyelar pakcikmu, “Pukul 10 pagi, azan ini nak solat apa? Kamu gila ke?”

Wahai anakku, Pakcikmu gelak dan tersenyum. Aku gementar. Atukmu juga tidak kurang cemasnya. Apakah pakcikmu betul-betul dah gila?

Pakcikmu menjawab: “Tak jumpa kamu semua tadi masa solat subuh azan yang benar pukul 6 pagi. Pagi tadi cuma ada 5 orang. Aku ingat kamu semua terlupa panggilan Allah lalu aku sengaja mencuba di waktu yang lain sekadar untuk memastikan. Ini azan tersilap, sekampung datang ke masjid. Aku sendiri tak pasti siapa yang gila?”

Wahai anakku, Apabila kamu mendengar seseorang yang kamu sayangi memanggilmu, tentu kamu akan segera mendatanginya dengan penuh kasih sayang, cinta dan gembira. Tetapi apabila Allah memanggilmu (azan), bagaimana perasaanmu, apakah engkau segera datang atau engkau tidak mempedulikannya. Lalu kamu kata kamu mencintai Allah, kamu sebenarnya pembohong.

Senyum Sabtu.

Desa Dairy Farm

desa dairy farm. nice place

canon 1000D (je...), sigma 10-20mm f4-5.6


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The Effect of Information Technolgy On Malaysian Defenc Force

Technological development is so fast nowadays.  Scientists and explorers seem like in some kind of a race as new things being discovered and invented every day. Technology covers a wide range of disciplines such as aviation, marine, medication, plantation and automobile, just to name a few. It affects our daily lives and Malaysian Defence Force isn't excluded. One of the technology that has big impact on our defence force is Information Technology (IT); which is the application of computers and telecommunication equipment to transmit and manipulate data. IT applications influence Malaysian Defence Force in many ways such as speeding up communication and increasing management effectiveness. Nevertheless, it also has weaknesses.

Information Technology is all about communication speed. Communication is a vital key of success to any level of mission and operation; ;therefore ensuring communication efficiency and effectiveness using IT will give us an upper hand. In this globalisation era,  communication recognises no boundaries. Satellite communication devices has enabled our troop at the other side of the world to communicate with MINDEF personnel as if it is just next door. The use of email  gives us the capability to exchange information in short period of time. Nowadays, every service has their own websites so that anybody able to get information regarding Malaysian Defence Forces. Furthermore, website visitors can provide feedbacks or ask questions through feedback functions  indeed, IR does speed up communication without compromising effectiveness and efficiency.

Information Technology application also has increased management efficiency and effectiveness.  Malaysian Defence Force have been using several IT based management tools; for example, SPKB and P4 System. By using these systems, managing large number of assets, data and resources become easier compared to using papers. In addition, all these information are centralised and can be backed up in order to ensure stability and security. Moreover, the information could be accessed anywhere at any time. All in all, by using IT based management tools, management efficiency and effectiveness are increased, at the same time improves stability and security.

In spite of the advantages, IT has weaknesses too. The weaknesses have given Malaysian Defence Force hard times such as hackers attack, viruses and malicious softwares. There are also some military personnel sending classified documents using open emails and clouds; thus these practices compromises information security. To make things worse, some of them also post sensitive information on social sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube.  Thence, Malaysian Defence Force have to take serious action to prevent leakage of information by increasing security measures and controlling social sites activities.

To conclude, IT has been giving big impacts to Malaysian Defence Force either positively or negatively. In spite of its weaknesses, our armed forces must continue the good effort to equip us with IT and other field of technology. By strengthening ourselves with the latest technology, we will become a formidable force as well as respected by enemies and allies.

Capt Alias Mustapa RMAF
No 16 Squadron
Subang Airbase