Fourth today

“Z.S.J.P.”

-Huzaifah Khan

Songs of the moment:

Na Na and Love Jones-Chico De Barge.

Hey Boy Hey Girl-Chemical Brothers.

Until The Morning-Thievery Corporation f/ Emiliana Torrini

In my attempt to keep the readers happy with their first visit, this is my fourth post in nine or so hours. Im sure after this, or sometime after this, my posts will be less frequent. But then again, i am registering for streamyx broadband tomorrow.

Today I had my 2nd paper of my final exam. Women and the Law. The paper has taught me about, the feminist jurisprudence, feminist school of thought (radical, liberal, cultural, post modern), issues pertaining to women such as pregnancy, abortion, gender and sex issue, prostitution, discrimination, female genital mutilation, forced marriage, transexuals,violence against women, rape, commercial, labour, human rights, CEDAW, reproductive rights, etc. What made me take this elective paper, when i asked my course coordinator that im in to rights, human rights, government etc, she popped this course. Industrial Relations (labour law) might be interesting, but not enough to learn the big issues in one semester. Media law is related to intellectual property rights, but those rights issue, i assume cannot be as interesting as the women issue. This has resulted to many interruptions and debates between me and Pn Jashpal (the activist,the beast). While i do respect her, some of the stuff was very questionable and doubtful. For a womens rights activist, feminist, her bias is minimal. I must thank her for the knowledge.

My next paper is on friday morning. Constitutional law (Undang-Undang Perlembagaan), sounds familiar, rukun negara. Mind you, its a semester 2 paper, and im in semester four. I didnt extend. Amazingly,this is one of my favourite subjects, seriously. But i failed it, twice. There are many factors, reasons and excuses i could shoot to mitigate the rabakness of me failing the paper twice, i have come to accept that ultimately it is my fault and its God willing. Its got alot to do with human rights and the government as a whole. The courts the politicians the electorate the king the ppl. Most of the stuff you see in the papers during the anwar ibrahim fiasco, lina joy conversion, murthi (widow of everest climber), tun salleh abbas are in relation to this paper. This is the paper for you, core paper for me, is youre interested in knowing the good and dirty works of the government. Depends on whose side your on.

I love this subject, but im on strike two. Part of my assessment was a group assignment. Because i was the repeater of this subject and didnt really make much effort to make friends with the younger batch, tho they were nice and receptive, i had to do it on my own. The topic assigned to me was “The Article 11 Group and Its Progress.” I altered the assignment with “Article 11:An Interview with Malik Imtiaz Sarwar.” In given time, i shall publish excerpts of this assignment. This should be a good read for those who has been doing alot of talking about the issue of religion in malaysia of late. Malik Imtiaz Sarwar is a constitutional lawyer and the President for HAKAM. He did his degree in UIA, Masters in Hongkong and Masters in Oxford (human rights related). He has been involved in many of the constitutional cases in malaysia. Hes been getting death threats and his family has been harassed. I wont go too far by saying i agree with his views, but hes one intelligent chap.

Post Script 1, the Songs of the Moment is to share music. From noticing ppl’s nick on msn with what theyre currently listening to is how i discover music. What goes around comes around. If anyone has any music to vouch for, pls let me know. I need new stuff.

Post Script 2, the quotes part is something i think is a good dose. Its difficult to manage with a quote book. You get bored and its too long. However, only those who knows, will laugh at the acronym of today’s quote. I cant believe that quote still lives. Huzi nabey.