KUALA LUMPUR - Sukar untuk dibayangkan pemandu bas persiaran yang terlibat dalam kemalangan mengorbankan tujuh nyawa di Kilometer 36, Lebuh Raya Karak dekat Genting Sempah di sini kelmarin tiada lesen memandu.
Namun, itulah hakikat yang disahkan oleh Ketua Jabatan Trafik dan Ketenteraman Awam Selangor, Supritendan Che Hussin Omar.
Sebelum kemalangan kira-kira pukul 7.40 malam itu, dia dipercayai telah memandu sejauh lebih 400 kilometer dari Baling, Kedah ke Genting Highlands.
Menurut beliau, berikutan kemalangan itu lelaki berkenaan yang berusia lingkungan 40-an kini ditahan reman selama empat hari bagi membantu siasatan.
"Berdasarkan keterangan daripada penumpang, lelaki tersebut didakwa memandu bas ketika kejadian dan kita menahannya untuk siasatan lanjut.
"Setakat ini dia masih lagi menerima rawatan di Hospital Kuala Lumpur (HKL) kerana kakinya patah," katanya ketika dihubungi Kosmo! semalam.
KESUNGGUHAN para pemain untuk muncul juara dianggap jurulatih Kelantan, B. Sathianathan sebagai kunci utama kejayaan skuad Red Warriors itu menundukkan Negeri Sembilan 2-1 malam tadi.
Kata-kata Sathianathan di bilik persalinan ketika waktu rehat separuh masa pertama nyata membuatkan para pemain tidak patah semangat biarpun mereka ketinggalan 0-1 menerusi sepakan penalti Shahurain Abu Samah pada minit ke-13.
“Saya bangga dengan pemain kerana nak menang buat kali pertama bukan sesuatu yang mudah. Tapi semua pemain mahukan kemenangan pada perlawanan ini.
“Memang kami ketinggalan 0-1 tetapi gol Negeri Sembilan itu diperoleh terlalu awal dan masih ada masa untuk kami cari gol. Itu sebab kami tak berasa risau,” kata Sathianathan pada sidang media selepas perlawanan.
Biarpun berjaya membawa Kelantan muncul juara Piala Malaysia dan naib juara Liga Super musim ini, Sathianathan menyerahkan kepada pengurusan Persatuan Bola Sepak Kelantan (Kafa) sama ada mahu terus menggunakan khidmatnya bagi musim depan atau tidak.
Ini memandangkan dia masih berisiko untuk digantung enam bulan oleh Persatuan Bola Sepak Malaysia (FAM) andai rayuannya ditolak.
“Saya akan rehat dahulu dan bercuti. Terpulang kepada Tan Sri Annuar Musa (Presiden Kafa) untuk buat keputusan. Apa pun boleh jadi. Saya tak pasti lagi. Kena tunggulah dahulu keputusan FAM,” jelas Sathianathan.
Pada perlawanan akhir edisi ke-84 malam tadi, Kelantan bangkit dengan menghasilkan dua gol pada babak kedua menerusi tandukan Hairuddin Omar pada minit ke-56 dan rembatan Badhri Radzi pada minit ke-64 untuk memastikan kemenangan mutlak 2-1.
Sementara itu, jurulatih Negeri Sembilan, Wan Jamak Hassan pula menyifatkan ketiadaan kapten, Aidil Zafuan Radzak yang mengalami kecederaan pada awal babak kedua sebagai punca pertahanan mereka tiba-tiba rapuh.
YOGYAKARTA: Gunung berapi Merapi memuntahkan lahar buat kali pertama semalam selain meletus lima kali ketika Indonesia menghadapi kesukaran menghantar bantuan kemanusiaan kepada mangsa tsunami di Sumatera Barat.
Seramai 34 orang maut kerana letusan Merapi sejak Selasa lalu manakala angka kematian tsunami meningkat kepada 408 orang dan 303 lagi masih hilang.
Berpuluh-puluh mangsa terselamat daripada tsunami merana terbaring dalam hospital daif termasuk seorang bayi dua bulan yatim piatu ditemui dalam sebuah parit dipenuhi air.
Mereka yang cedera terbaring di atas tikar atau lantai ketika air hujan bocor di siling dan saluran intravena tergantung dari tali plastik yang diikat pada bumbung.
Bayi itu, paru-parunya dipenuhi cecair dan luka pada mukanya, tidur sambil matanya terkelip-kelip dalam buaian panas.
Pakar gunung berapi tempatan berkata, muntahan terbaru mungkin dapat menstabilkan lagi Merapi. “Ia memuntahkan asap setinggi 3.5 kilometer di sebelah tenggaranya diikuti hujan debu,” kata pakar itu, Heru Suparwoko.
Beliau berkata, debu panas itu memang mengancam penduduk yang enggan akur kepada arahan supaya berpindah selepas pulang untuk menjaga ternaman dan kediaman masing-masing.
Seramai 50,000 orang lari ke tempat perlindungan sementara tetapi ramai pula yang pulang meskipun ada ancaman terhadap mereka jika Merapi meletus lagi.
“Memang susah meyakinkan orang ramai bahawa ancaman gunung berapi itu serius,” kata Pegawai Pusat Krisis Kementerian Kesihatan, Mudjiharto.
Pihak berkuasa bertanggungjawab dalam bencana percaya bahawa angka kematian akibat ombak besar yang melanda pulau Mentawai di pantai barat Sumatera Isnin lalu boleh melebihi 600 orang dengan kebanyakan mangsa dihanyutkan ke laut.
Hampir 13,000 penduduk tinggal dalam khemah mudah alih di pulau terbabit selepas rumah mereka dihanyutkan ombak besar selepas gempa bumi kuat berukuran 7.7 skala Richter.
Mentawai yang terkenal sebagai destinasii peluncur asing menyaksikan banyak mayat yang tertimbus di pantai atau tersangkut di atas pokok.
Di Pagai Utara, usaha menghantar bantuan ke pulau pedalaman terus bermasalah disebabkan laut bergelora dan kekurangan bot.
Seorang koordinator bantuan mengakui semalam bahawa bantuan kini tergendala. Suryadi yang mengkoordinasikan maklum balas bantuan dari Sumatera Barat, berkata bertan-tan bantuan tiba di bandar utama pulau terjejas teruk itu menggunakan helikopter, selepas laut ganas menghalang bot tiba selama dua hari.
Bagaimanapun, pekerja penyelamat berkata mereka tidak dapat menghantar bantuan ke perkampungan tepi pantai yang jauh di pedalaman dan hanya boleh sampai jika berjalan kaki atau melalui laut kerana jalan raya terlalu usang atau rosak kerana dilalui trak besar.
“Kami memerlukan lebih banyak bot,” kata Suryadi. – AFP/AP
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The following three inspirations were adapted from A Daily Dose of Happiness, and they represent three key ways to increase our happiness.
1. FORGIVING FOR HAPPINESS We like to think we are better than our friends below us in the food chain, such as the octopus and the snail. After all, we have love. We feel happiness. We have empathy. We have a conscience. We can reason.We can also hold onto grudges.Grudges are, in fact, prickly little creatures that worm their way into our hearts. Holding onto them is a self-defeating exercise. Fortunately, forgiveness is also uniquely human. Forgiveness cleanses the spirit. Forgiveness let's us get on with enjoying our lives instead of being preoccupied with someone else's. Forgiveness opens the door to happiness.
2. SUPPORTING FOR HAPPINESS
When things seem to be very bleak, it does not take much to lift someone's spirits. Sometimes all it takes is to let somebody know they are not alone. That is why it is so important to smile at people, especially if they look down. And if you know what is weighing the person down, let them know they are not alone. Don't go burdening them with all your miseries, but let them know you have been there.Guess what? You will feel happiness for having helped them, too.
3. ACCEPTING FOR HAPPINESS
There is no such thing as happiness if you are not at peace with yourself. Too many people just don't know how to make peace with themselves. Peace begins with acceptance. Whether we agree with everything we do (like the environmentalist who sometimes throws out a recyclable container), it is important to accept what we do. Do we always make the best choices? No. But they are the choices we make.Do we always treat people with the most respect? No. But it is how we treat people.
Can we improve? Yes, and we should. But that is a project for the future. First we must accept who we are now, rather than condemning ourselves. Then we can move to improve the person we will be tomorrow. Both acceptance today and improvements tomorrow will increase our happiness. .
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