Lets move to Khartoum!

December 2012 was the final month for me been a career woman. I've submitted my resignation letter 2 months earlier to meet the 2 months notice period. Why???? First; because it is time.. and it genuinely came from the bottom of my heart. Second; my husband has been transferred to Khartoum for 3years and of course he needs his wife and kids to join him moving there!

Unfortunately, the plan changed.. my husband's relocation has been postponed for some reasons. But according to him, he will go there by hook or by crook but just not sure when is the new date. So he asked to wait dulu from applying any new job. Tunggu..punya tunggu..punya tunggu.. opsss I got pregnant! Then yang ditunggu datang menjengah..rupanya kena pergi bulan Jun.. disebabkan pregnant, aku dan anak2 pun tak ikut skali. Dia pergi sorang dulu. Aku and kids balik rumah parents aku and stay sampai bersalin and habis confinement. For him, since tak bawak family, dia boleh balik every 3 months. Means keje 3bulan, balik cuti sebulan.Begitulah seterusnya sampailah kami ke sana nanti.

Day after day, month after month... akhirnya aku bersalin and its a girl again!! yeahhh! Alhamdulillah.. :-)

After completing my confinement period, tibalah masa dia pulang bercuti dan cuti ini juga bermakna kami akan menyusulnya ke Khartoum. I've heard many things about life and the of living there from him. Deep in my heart I know the place is not for me hahaha! I can't imagine living in a place like a town in the dessert.. Hard to get many things especially food supplies and ... banyak lagi la. Susah aku nak cakap. Kadang benda ada kat sana tapi mahal gedabak! Contoh mcm sabun basuh baju yang cecair.. RM40/litter derr...

Ujian demi ujian datang. Makin hampir nak pergi makin hebat ujian. Sementara menunggu masa nak bersalin dan berangkat ke Sudan, aku sempat berniaga shawl online. Makin lama makin meluas pasaran dan makin ramai customer. Purata jualan sehari dah mencecah RM1000! Makin sayang aku nak let go bisnes ni. Aku cuba jugak la pujuk cik abang boleh tak kala aku tak ikut.. tp aku rasa jawapannya korang semua pun boleh agak..huhu

Finally, I let go the business to a lawyer.. ada sedikit agreement la tapi nampaknya..bukan rezeki dia untuk buat duit dengan bisnes aku ni. Memang tak jalan derrr..........

Dekat nak bersalin, datang lagi satu ujian.. headhunter call aku.Ada job offer and surprisingly it comes from my ex-client! It's a Japan Company - office in Cyberjaya. First call, memang aku nekad don't want to give a try but aku tolak cara elok la.. aku tak bagitau pulak nak migrate. Aku just cakap I'm not looking at the moment la..jawapan standard.. pastu dia call lagi aku tak angkat(tak sempat angkat).. Kali ke 3 call. Masih teguh dengan pendirian. Tapi dia pancing aku dengan reveal offered salary. RM15K uolls!! Tak termasuk pakej benefit lagi tu. Gaji basic je tu. Kalau ikutkan pengalaman aku kerja dengan international company selama 7thn as SAP Consultant ni.. benefit yang lain termasuklah cover parking, phone bills, broadband, tol.. semua company tanggung (dalam bentuk claim atau allowance). Kira gaji tu memang untuk makan pakai aku je le. Apa lagi..goyah jugak la iman aku.. "Terpaksa"la sekali lagi aku mencuba nasib tanya En Suami boleh tak kalau aku tak ikut.. namun jawapan tetap sama.. tapi dia tak la memaksa cuma dia lebih suka kalau isteri dan anak2 ada depan mata..dia jenis family man. Betul jugak.. aku pun lebih suka budak2 ni membesar dalam satu keluarga yang lengkap. Lagipun..betul cakap ayah aku.. tempat seorang isteri adalah di sisi suami.. (tak pasal2 aku kena lecture sekejap ngan ayah!)

Akhirnya aku beralah.. insyaAllah..tak dapat duit dan kebebasan didunia,sekurang2nya dapat saham akhirat yang jauh lebih bermanfaat..anak2 dan suami lebih memerlukan aku..sayang aku pada career dan kerja tak dapat mengatasi sayang aku pada Allah, Rasul, Suami, Ibu Bapa dan anak2. Kalau aku ingkar, setiap sorang dari lelaki dalam keluarga aku akan dapat habuan sket2 di akhirat esok2.

Persiapan pun dibuat.. Dekat RM10k aku berbelanja untuk buat stock ke sana. Untuk first time pergi, company bagi 1 kontena @ kargo (500kg) . So kalau by air kena not more than 500kg. Kalau lebih kena shipping la. Barang aku lebih, so ship la ke sana.. tak lama sangat, dalam sebulan lebih sampai lah. Syarikat yang bertanggungjawab datang packing dan bawak barang ke sana adalah Subalipack. Memang tip top keje derang ni. Barang kaca,perabot,cecair semua teliti dia pack. Alhamdulillah semua selamat sampai dalam keadaan elok.

Masa nak berangkat pun tak kurang banyak juga la barang.. bahan2 basah especially untuk memasak bawak masa nak berangkat. Masuk bagasi. Semua skali 5 bagasi besar!haha..

Tapi sebelum berangkat, sempat la berseronok 1 family ke Langkawi dulu.. 4hari 3mlm.. pastu balik rumah mertua di Johor, buat medical checkup and injection di KL...balik semula KB, pergi semula KL.. bla bla bla.. baru ke Khartoum. Panjang perjalanannya..huhu.. Tu nanti kita bukak lain topic. Dah lenguh nak menaip ni. Nak solat zohor dulu.. Kat sini dah pukul 2.35ptg. Malaysia malam la kot.. around 7.30 - 8mlm..

GST Oh GST!

Almost a month since GST officially implemented. There are various feedback we can see in the social media, newspaper, television etc.. but mostly... allow me.. NEGATIVE!

Speaking about this, I recall on the first day it was implemented.. I'm on my way to KL from Kota Bharu with my family. Our car was running out of gas so we stopped at a Gas Station somewhere in Kijal.

Great! My stomach was also bargaining for snacks and water. While my father was filling up the fuel tank.. I stepped out to the shop. When about to open the door, my eyes suddenly catch a note written on the A4 paper and fasten on the shop's glass door.

"CLOSED!"

What?!!! I didn't take any more minutes. Straight away to the counter and ask the cashier.

"Kak, kenapa tutup?"
Akak cashier yang cantik molek tu tersenyum.. "Sistem cash belum update gst dik.."
Haa?!! the given reason surprising me!
"Bila nak update kak?"
"Tah la dik.. tak pasti lagi"
My father came to pay for the gas. He then join the conversation.
"Kenapa?" My father asked.
"They close the shop because of gst haven't been updated in their cash system.."
My father laughed!
"Kak kalau jual macam biasa dulu tak leh ke?" I asked again.
She smiles and shake her head NO....
I felt like a big fire was burning me inside!! "Adoiiiii la...bengong menyusahkan betul la gst ni.." suddenly came out from my mouth!
My father laugh again and looked at the cashier.. "Tu la... pangkah dacing sangat.. orang suruh pangkah bulan dia gi pangkah dacing. Skang rasa la.. " he continued.

I don't care which party they're in, which party people were voting for but to the party which rules the government..please..please..please... jangan seksa rakyat yang mengangkat kamu sebagai pemimpin! Don't let rakyat bare the cost of your wasted cash flows! Don't miss-use the power and people's money! If I could listed out here.. there are so many DONTs and HOPEs but.. saya cuma rakyat marhaen yang mana suara saya tidak kedengaran di lautan kuasa pemimpin2 ini..

I think its too much now.. I can't see any bright future for Malaysia under current government.. Ringgit value is going downhill.. missing of billions for 1MDB.. skandal C4 pembunuhan wanita warga Mongolia yang dikatakan mempunyai kaitan dengan PM.. squeezing of jobs opportunity.. many more.. I can feel that our country is at crucial stage! May Allah bless us all.

Warm Up! Warm Up!

Fuhhhh... berkarat dah blog aku nih.. berkurun tak update!haha..

Well.. a lot of things happened, many things changed. I even add up another member in our family! haha.. another sweetie girl :-)

FYI, I'm now living in Khartoum, Sudan. No longer SAP Consultant. I am definitely a "house manager" a.k.a housewife. I moved to Khartoum following my husband; working as an Engineer in an Oil&Gas Company. He has been assigned here for 3 years.. So perhaps that's how long I will be holding the "housewife" title yo! :)

Hows life in Sudan??

hohohoho... cool guys.. calm down... I will share every moment here in Khartoum in coming postings don't worry.

I need to warm up first! come on!! warm up!!

warm up!!

warm up!!

warm up!!

They say : Kelantan After Dark

Semenjak issue yang dilaporkan sebuah akhbar tempatan; New Sunday Times dan TV3 beberapa hari lepas, jiwa dan fikiranku sedikit kacau. Berbaur rasa dihati. Marah,sedih,kesian..semuanya bercampur baur. Aku marah dengan kelantangan tuduhan yang menjatuhkan maruah setiap anak negeriku, aku sedih dengan setiap fitnah tanpa fakta jelas dan kukuh, aku kesian dengan kesungguhan yang sebenarnya menampakkan kebodohan setiap mereka. Kudiamkan diri seribu bahasa,tidak sedikit pun mengulas atau meluah..namun,atas dasar kejujuran dan tanggungjawabku utk membela negeriku yang dirobek maruahnya,maka aku coretkan isi hatiku di sini..

Yes, I was born in Kelantan. I grew up in an average family in Kota Bharu. Until now i always proud and bless to be born as Kelantanese. We are different. Until i entered a University in KL, i never put my feet in Cinema. Why? Because there is no Cinema in Kelantan. I never knew how a Disco looks like. Why? Because there is no Disco in Kelantan. I never see any wine or beer bottle. Why? None of them in public market. Only non-muslim restaurant can sell them and they can only sell them to non-muslim. I never knew how a live concert looks like. Why? Because in Kelantan, state government never approve any concerts. I know all of these things after i step into campus life in KL.

You think i will have a culture shock??? NO. Because in Kelantan, pendidikan agama sangat diutamakan. Bermula dari peringkat pentadbiran negeri sehingga ke peringkat persekolahan kanak-kanak. Sentiasa ada majlis2 ilmu terutama pada hari Jumaat. Alhamdulillah atas didikan begitu jugalah yang membuatkan aku tau membezakan mana yang baik dan mana yang buruk. Even until now selepas berumah tangga dan mempunyai 2 cahaya mata, aku tidak pernah sesekali menjejakkan kaki ke mana2 konsert,disco,kelab dan sebagainya. Bagiku, tempat begitulah yang boleh menjerumuskan manusia ke arah kelalaian dan kehancuran.

Sebagai anak Kelantan, kami juga kuat dengan semangat jati diri yang mana mereka menamakannya "semangat kenegerian". Kebanyakkan mereka tidak sukakannya padahal bagiku, semangat jati diri inilah yang patut ada dalam diri setiap warga Malaysia. Dengan semangat inilah kami berdiri teguh dibelakang satu sama lain. Apabila seorang dari kami dihina, yang lain akan bangkit membela. Jika seorang dari kami disakiti, yang lain akan berdiri melindungi. Apabila seorang dari kami memerlukan pertolongan, yang lain akan segera menghulurkan bantuan. Dan semua itu tanpa mengenal warna kulit, bangsa dan keturunan. Kami semua bercakap dalam hanya 1 bahasa iaitu bahasa dialek Kelantan :-) Inilah yang tidak aku temui sepanjang bergelar perantau di negeri orang. Mereka tidak sama. Dan aku sentiasa merindui waktu2 untuk pulang ke negeri tumpah darahku.

Kenapa kami begitu? Kerana kami sentiasa dipinggirkan dan dianak-tirikan. Maka jika tidak menongkat sesama sendiri, akan robohlah kami. Jika tidak bersandar satu sama lain, pada siapa lagi harus kami menumpang? Inilah faktor yang memudahkan jati diri dibentuk di kalangan kami.

Sebenarnya ini bukan pertama kali aku mendengar cemuhan dari mereka yang membenci anak negeri Kelantan. Sudah berkali-kali malah pernah juga ianya keluar dari mulut rakanku sendiri. Bagiku, mereka hanyalah insan yang diberi kekurangan dari segi pemikiran dan penilaian oleh Allah swt. Sekali sekala terdetik di hati, mungkinkah mereka menbenci kami atas faktor pengaruh politik? Kerana antara mereka yang aku dengar mengutuk negeri dan rakyat negeriku adalah dari sebuah parti yang memerintah seantero Malaya. Kalau itu sebabnya mereka membenci dan menabur fitnah, maka abaikanlah wahai rakyat kelantan. Mereka tak lain tak bukan hanyalah manusia dungu yang berhujah tidak menggunakan akal dan tidak berlandaskan ajaran islam. Hanya doa yang mampu kita panjatkan semoga Allah memberi petunjuk dan hidayah kepada mereka.

Kepada NST dan TV3, jika benar bagai dikata..maka dengan rendah dirinya saya sebagai salah seorang anak Kelantan memohon agar diberi bukti dan fakta yang jelas berkenaan gejala pelacuran dan sebagainya di negeri kami. Ini untuk memudahkan pihak berkuasa negeri mengambil tindakan sewajarnya kepada individu terlibat. Untuk makluman semua, kerajaan Kelantan tidak pernah mengeluarkan atau mengiktiraf mana2 lesen pusat2 hiburan, pelacuran, judi dan sebagainya.Berbeza dengan negeri lain yang mempunyai istilah judi haram dan judi berlesen, pusat hiburan haram dan berlesen, dan sebagainya. Bagi negeri kami, tidak ada istilah BERLESEN untuk kegiatan seperti ini.

Jika apa yang dikatakan itu adalah fitnah untuk kepentingan tertentu semata2, saya doakan semoga apa yang difitnah dan dikatakan itu akan dibalikkan oleh Allah kepada individu atau keluarga individu itu sendiri. Semoga mereka beroleh pengajaran yang berguna kelak.

Boycott issue - I've been attacked in Facebook

On November 16th, 2012.. i posted a status in my facebook wall :

"Celebrating Nestle 100 years???? Go to HELL!!"

It's a simple status, just to express out my feeling and depression of what was happening in Palestine and Israeli occupation in the land. By the time i posted it, i knew that i might receive a lot of negative and positive comments from fellow friends. So i just get myself ready and firm. I didn't ask people to follow what i believe, i was just sharing my thought. Nothing to be scared of.

Just within a day, i received few comments and the dominant was 'negative'. Most of them were giving so many excuses in supporting this issue :
1. "milo nestle, kene boikotlah milo"
2. "Tp best milo"
3. " bab boikot memboikot ni dah berpuluh tahun kot rakyat msia cuba, Takde effect pon. Kalau ada pon miniscule je, very insignificant."
4. "Protests or holding up banners mcm org umno suke buat tu pon takde maknanya"
5. "We need the UN to take action, impose sanctions or something"
6. "Stopping the war is better than fighting it"
7. "We need the world leaders to voice up and once and for all, tell them to STOP IT"

All those excuses...honestly just telling me one thing, FOOLISHNESS!
Here is my answer to them which i think good to share with others who are not in my facebook friend list :

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Yup true. People were talking about boycotting Israeli products since tens year ago. But we can’t see any difference. Instead they’re getting stronger and even more violent. We did ask for the world leaders to help stopping it through the Arab League, the OIC, and even street protests. This has been done for many years.. Unfortunately it was just like barking at statue. They won’t do anything and I bet they’re laughing behind us. Because of these, we’re now losing our confident in any action and just put a big hope on others to help and solve the problem while we just keep throwing the ideas and thoughts..

At the time I published this post, I will be expecting to receive opposition, dissent and expressions of discomfort from some of you. My fellow friends, I won’t blame you for that. I was like you until one man came into my life and changes my perception, helps me to build confidence in what i know and believe. When he told me that he and his family have been boycotting Israeli products, restaurants and anything that contributes to Israel, I quickly warned him. “I'm not like you. I didn’t grow up in that lifestyle. I feel pity and sympathy to those in Palestine but it doesn’t mean that I should boycott McDonalds or Milo or anything that I have used over the years. It’s ridiculous! Between, berapa sen je yang kurang kalau kita je yang boycott. Tak terjejas pun..even if there are thousands of people doing that, they’ll still earning billions of dollars”

I was actually just giving a common excuse. The main reason was because I use the products and I can’t imagine live without those. Yes, it is not easy to understand the situation until us ourselves trying to feel, find and learn deeper their history, humanity, dignity and even things,rules in our own religion. We can simply say “UN, you’re supposed to play your role, take action and stop the war!” .. “Hey Obama, please intervene in the issue of Palestine!”.. “Why laa they all gathered with all the banners, burning the flags and what not..wasted.. what? They think war will end by doing that??”..ada setengahnya plak ckp.. “stop the war is better than fighting”.. yup there’s nothing wrong with all those opinions.

I was like them and refused to boycott Israeli products; instead I keep on yelling and pointing to others to do something. I was right. Just that when I dig the hole deeper, I choose to boycott than asking this and that.. coz when I boycott, at least I myself do and contribute something to help Muslims who are oppressed. In Holy Quran and Hadith, mentioned that there will never be a peace in the Region until the Day of Resurrection dan akan sentiasa ada segolongan umat Nabi Muhammad saw yang akan bangkit menentang musuh2 Allah. Mereka ini berada di sekitar Baitulmaqdis. Memang jelas tidak akan ada perdamaian, pilihan kita cuma menentang musuh. That’s why Hamas tak nak rundingan damai. Jelas tidak akan berhasil.

UN?? PBB?? Tentera pengaman?? Forget it. Learn history and understand the situation first. Mereka tidak mengiktiraf Palestine di bawah Hamas. Mereka mengiktiraf PLO tetapi pilihanraya terbaru dimenangi Hamas. Bagi mereka, Hamas adalah terrorist. Jadi masihkah kita nak menaruh harapan kepada mereka?? Do you think they’ll listen to you??? Are you going to pick up the phone and give a call to Obama, UN?? And they’ll listen to you?? If yes, by all means please DO! I would be very happy.

Sape cakap berhimpun, berarak sambil mengangkat banner tu tak mendatangkan apa2? I’m not talking politics now I’m talking about Gaza and Palestine. Contoh paling mudah, selepas Mavi Marmara di tawan dan aktivis ditembak mati oleh tentera Israel, hampir seluruh penduduk serata dunia keluar berhimpun beramai-ramai di jalanan dengan sepanduk and so on sebagai menunjukkan ketidakpuasan mereka, membantah dan mengutuk serangan tersebut. Disebabkan itu juga, Israel meredakan sedikit serangan dan penindasan terhadap penduduk Palestine untuk seketika. Memang ia tidak mampu untuk menghentikan peperangan tetapi sekurang-kurangnya ia mampu memberikan tekanan kepada musuh. And this is much better than do nothing but just throwing thoughts..

Bercakap pasal boikot, teringat satu kisah di zaman Nabi Ibrahim AS dimana ketika Nabi Ibrahim dibakar oleh Namrud, ada seekor burung terbang berulang-alik membawa air diparuhnya cuba untuk memadamkan api.Ditanya makhluk lain kenapa nak tolong padam juga wpun tak memberi kesan pd api yg marak? Dijawabnya, sekurang2nya apabila ditanya Allah, burung dah berusaha untuk padam than do nothing.Sama seperti isu boikot, mmg kesannya mungkin miniscule and insignificant tp sekurang2nya apabila ditanya Allah,kita ada jawapannya. Allah swt Maha Mengetahui, mungkin Dia sudah tahu yang akan wujud segolongan manusia dalam situasi seperti ini suatu masa nnt,maka digerakkan hati burung tersebut untuk cuba memadamkan api wpun kesannya amatlah sedikit supaya kisah tersebut dapat dijadikan contoh teladan dan panduan.

It is my responsibility to ask people to do something which can help saudara seagama yg tertindas walau dengan apa cara sekali pun tetapi if you’re not agree please don’t tell something yang boleh membuatkan org lain berhenti untuk membantu saudara seagama mereka yg lain. If you think that you really need to use the product and tak bleh nak boycott, that’s fine. You can always use your own method to help them and fight with them. Don’t ask others to help, ask YOURSELF what YOU can do to help. Ia menjadi tanggungjawab kita untuk membantu saudara seagama yg tertindas.

For some of us, maybe it’s hard to live without a cup of Milo.. but do you know how difficult it is for Palestinians to get a drop of water? We can give thousands of reasons not to boycott, and sometimes these reasons reveal our foolishness and ignorance kepada saudara seagama kita. Petik daripada post saudara saya, “hati yang ikhlas tidak akan mencari alasan sebaliknya berusaha mencari jalan bagaimana untuk membantu.” Tepuk dada tanyalah iman. Wallahua’lam.."
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Saya juga tertarik dengan post Aqsa Syarif mengenai issue Palestine ini. Mungkin ada sesuatu yg boleh kita renungkan bersama :

"Isu Palestin:

1-Ada yang berdemo
2-Ada yang boikot
3-Ada yang bantu menyebarkan kesedaran dan kempen
4-Ada yang mengutip derma
5-Ada yang menadah tangan berdoa
6-Ada yang berkuasa, memberi ancaman dan amaran

Tapi ada juga, yang memperlekehkan semua perkara di atas. Isunya, bukan perkara apa yang dibuat, tapi bagaimana sensitifnya hati kita, tersentaknya jiwa apabila saudara kita dianiaya. Sifat
kemanusiaan dalam hati.

Buatlah apa nak dibuat, katalah apa yang nak dikata.

Yang pasti, suatu hari nanti, bila Allah bertanya pada kita,

"Apa yang kamu buat apabila saudara seagamamu dizalimi di Palestin?"

Setiap orang ada jawapan masing-masing. Cuma fikirkan, adakah kita memang punya jawapan sebagai pembela?- AQSA SYARIF "

Fikir-fikirkan wahai teman.. Free your mind and heart and think wisely deeply my friends... 

BOYCOTT ISRAELI PRODUCTS CAMPAIGN

An Appeal to all Citizens of the World

As citizens of our individual countries, we at times become extremely frustrated by the policies of our governments that we deem unjust. We oftentimes feel powerless to change them as more and more of the governments and the politicians who run them become increasingly subservient to global corporate and banking interests. There is, however, one powerful weapon that if utilized collectively can accomplish far greater positive change than marches, protests and demonstrations. The weapon is the boycott of well targeted products. Mexican-American labor leader Cesar Chavez utilized this weapon with great success against the greedy grape growers of Alta California and managed to win many concessions for the exploited farmworkers. The boycott of grapes would not have been successful, however, if the world community did not support it. Today, as the world community begins to see evidence of the barbaric massacre of Palestinians that took place in Jenin by the Butcher Ariel Sharon and his murderous Zionist Army, one is compelled to just and moral action. Here in Aztlan, we have become extremely frustrated at President George Bush and his inability or unwillingness to stop the horrible slaughter that is occurring in the Holy Land and that may culminate in the genocide of the Palestinian people. We individually have the power of choice to buy one product over another or to simply forgo a purchase entirely. If more and more people around the world do the same, the pressure will become powerful enough to force a positive change. We each can also help by asking our family members and friends to do the same. Below are products and brands of corporations and businesses that are helping Ariel Sharon and Zionist Israel to continue their racist apartheid policies and illegal occupation of Palestinian lands. We are asking you to boycott these products. The products and brands have been well researched. Each of the companies have ties to Israel and support their policies against the Palestinian people. As an example, Estée Lauder's chairman, Ronald Lauder, served as the Chairman of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations and is the current President of the Jewish National Fund (JNF) - a quasi-governmental agency whose main function is to legitimize Israeli occupation of Palestinian land. Ronald Lauder is a hardcore Zionist and his views are often more extreme then those of the Israeli government.

         Other examples are:

KIMBERLY-CLARK
In 1998 Mr. Robert P. Van der Merwe, chairman of Kimberly-Clark Europe received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy.

         COCA-COLA
         From 1966 onward Coca-Cola has been a staunch supporter of Israel. Recently the Government
         of Israel Economic Mission honored Coca-Cola at the Israel Trade Award Dinner for its continued
         support of Israel for the last 30 years and for refusing to abide by the Arab League boycott of Israel.

NESTLE
Swiss food giant Nestle will set up a global research and development center for snack foods next year in Sderot, a town in Israel's Negev desert, the Maariv newspaper reported on Sunday. Nestle owns 50.1 percent of Israeli food maker Osem Investments and the two together produce snack foods at a plant in Sderot.

INTEL
Intel is one of the biggest supporters of Israel. Their very first development center outside the US was opened in Haifa in 1974. Since then they have continued pouring investment in to Israel. By year 2000 they employed over 4000 Israelis. Exports from their Lachish-Qiryat Gat plant in israel total $3 million a day at peak capacity - approximately $ 1 billion a year. The Intel plant at "Qiryat Gat" is built on land Israel confiscated from the Palestinian villages of Iraq al Manshiya. Iraq al Manshiya was a village of 2000 people living in 300 houses with two mosques and one school. The original Palestinian inhabitants were terrorized out of the village and then the whole village was razed to the ground to prepare the way for the new Israeli settlement of Qiryat Gat. Today the remaining population from Iraq al Manshiya is still not allowed to return.

SARA LEE
In 1998, Mr. Lucien Nessim of Sara Lee Personal Products received the Jubilee Award by the Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu. This is the highest tribute ever awarded by the "State of Israel" in recognition of those individuals and organizations, that through their investments and trade relationships, have done the most to strengthen the Israeli economy

DISNEY
The Disney Company is owned by Jewish Mogul Michael Eisner. He owns a vast media empire that includes the ABC television network, numerous news dailies, national magazines, Hollywood film companies and a large number of radio stations. One radio station in Los Angeles, KABC 790 AM recently broadcast comments by Jewess Gloria Alred to the effect that the Islamic prisoners at Guantanamo should be tortured by having their "balls" extracted with pliers in order to make them talk. The news and commentaries made through Michael Eisner's media octopus are extremely Islamophobic and anti-Palestinian.

BRANDS & LABELS TO BOYCOTT