The Power of Internet

Nowadays with the power of internet, one could track the news back home through people’s blog much better than the normal media. That is great. Two things that dominate Bruneian blog scene – photography and food. There are lots of excellent photos to look at – really beautiful and spectacular shots. For me, I am not into it. I rarely use my SLR. A pocket camera is more often good enough for me. Although I did have a proper SLR (Minolta X-700) when I was 15. It was a top model at that time!

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minolta_X-700

It’s good to see people are really into internet although the penetration of users is still at a low level in Brunei. It’s also good that the country is starting into action in its e-Government initiative.

Anyway back to the power of internet, I came across a couple of occasions that people mentioned, mostly indirectly in their blogs, about the food and coupon clamour. I was reading about the Prophet’s journey or Isra Miraj.

“In the seventh heaven, Prophet Muhammad saw Sidrat al-Muntaha--a very big tree of sidr. Then the Prophet ascended to what is beyond the seven skies; he entered Paradise. He saw examples of the inhabitants of Paradise and how their situation would be. He saw most of the inhabitants of Paradise are the poor people”

Just as for my personal reflection, a lot of fingers and shame were pointed to those people in both incidents for their ‘indecent’ behaviours. Let’s step aback. Lets reflect to what the Prophet observed during the journey regarding the majority of inhabitants of Paradise. Are we all not guilty here by judging people unnecessarily?