The Parody of the Mistaken Father...

One day, a man came home from work and his children ran to him, calling out...

"Father, father...you're back!!"....

His neighbour who was working on the garden next door overheard this and got really upset...He spoke to the man..."Can you please tell your children to stop calling you "Father???"

Surprised, the man asked, "But why??"

The neighbour retorted, "Because my children calls me "Father" as well...They might get confused and mistaken you to be their father..."

If you're looking for more ridiculous laugh-lines, you might want to read this...

My motherland of stolen engines and missing truths...

If you noticed, I've not blogged much about Malaysia and its idiosyncratic government for quite a while now...If anything, I have successfully resisted from reading the daily newspaper, opting to do some research from good ol' www.google.com...and instead of indulging in nonsense of that sort and writing mournful posts that sometimes does sent me down in the dumps, I have chosen to occupy my time with things more worthwhile...it did work for a coupla months...

But I could not turn deaf ears on a recent article...well, not so recent, actually...it came out mid-December last year ('09)...I just got myself thinking about it these couple of days...Sherlock Holmes and Watson would have loved sniffing about this mystery...The case of the Missing Jet Engines...

Do allow me to outline the events that lead to this news...

• four F-5E Tiger II fighters and two RF-5E Tigereye reconnaissance jets were part of the air force's 12th Squadron's (Scorpion) fighter planes back at the Butterworth (Penang) air base...
• The still operational engines of these six 5Es were transported in military containers to Sungai Besi (Kuala Lumpur) for routine maintenance...Jet engines were stored in Sungai Besi warehouse, while service and maintenance records were kept in a safe in an office in the base...
  
• Year 2007 : TWO jet engines was discovered missing after an auditing was done...service and maintenance records can't be found...it is also reported that other equipments have gone astray the same year...
  
• Early 2008 : Police report was made...or so they say...
• Dec 2009 : Matter came to the attention of the media and public...

* Ah well, this is after all the average speed things run here in my motherland...2 YEARS...before an investigation is instigated...*

Sources are from Asiaone...

I'm sure every Malaysian citizen has several questions on their mind...

• Why no security checks, details and paperwork?
• How was the safe broken into?
• What are the 'other equipments' that are missing? Why aren't they brought to light?
• How were those two engines (collectively worth RM100 million/ USD30 million) stolen in broad day light and how did they get transported without getting noticed?
• If it was stolen, how come legal and official documents pertaining sales and shipping of engines are found?
• Does anyone else besides me that suspects a large cover-up/work of corruption?
  

....and the list never stops...

"It is not easy to just cart away [jet] engines without authorization and proper documents," so says Malaysia's Police Chief Musa Hassan...

Unfortunately, I think he is being contradicted by facts...

One being...our Police Chief announcing that three low-ranking airmen and a company agent were the ONLY ones involved...

Yeah, and you expect me to buy that...pitiful low-ranking men looking to make a penny or two more...puts its life on the line...wrap their ever-so-muscular arms around the engine...and waltzes away with it...AND...they succeed...not once...but TWICE...all these happening...under the watchful hawk-eyed high ranking officers...

Breathtaking, isn't it??...In fact, I would say that it is almost laughable...if it weren't such a serious matter...

Just in case you may not have an idea how the engines look like...here are some pictures of it...

And it doesn't help that our current PM Najib Razak claims that "there is no cover-up"...and that "the Defence Ministry and Royal Malaysia Air Force reported the theft to the police immediately after it was discovered"...

So..."no cover-up" + legal sales and purchase documents and shipping + 3 little green men and their green cards + 2 missing engines = ????????

You do the maths...

But wait...I think I am getting too caught up with these two engines...

I have another question for the RMAF (Royal Malaysian Air Force) and for our dearest PM as well...here goes...

~ There were originally six jet engines altogether...two were "accounted for" and labeled as missing...but what about the other FOUR jet engines??...Are they still safe in the warehouse??...or they have sold, but not brought to light?....

Knowing our current government and its reliability, I choose to believe in the later...I mean, four jet engines sold makes RM200 million/USD60 million more...and our nation's attention isn't on it!!

Is anyone else curious to know??...Hey, after all, they are taxpayer's money...

Erm, *grin*...I don't pay tax yet...so I am not feeling so much of the pinch...but I do feel for the people who does...

Note : Should you find me not putting up another post within this week, you might want to alert my mum and dad...I might be one of those unfortunate bloggers that are arrested for sedition over my opinion above...

The Malaysian Circus is now showing!!!...

So, hang on a minute....regarding my previous post...

the Malaysia Education policy goes as such..

• starting from year 2012, students who are studying primary Year 1 and 4, secondary Year 1 and 4...are required to study their Science and Maths subject in Bahasa Malaysia...those in vernacular schools are required to take theirs in their own mother tongue...

• BUT when it comes to the highest level, secondary Year 6 (or Form 6 as we know it)...and having to sit in one of the toughest exam (STPM) that determines our fate in public universities...we have got to revert back to Science and Maths in English...as that policy has not changed...
  

In conclusion...our future primary Year 1 and 4, secondary Year 1 and 4 would have to go through English education for another 2 years (2010-2012)...under the care of 'mad' teachers...having to take intensive English tuition classes to help cope with their studies...only to go through another bout of intensive Bahasa Malaysia tuition classes in year 2012 to adjust to the change that our clowns in the parliament chose to implement...

And those who are nearing secondary Year 6, would have to endure the painful switch once more to Science and Maths in English...while having to cram in 3 modules of Chemistry, Biology, etc...excruciating activities, tuition...all in a span of 18 months...

Those in secondary Year 4, would be able to adapt quite well, as they have to endure only 2 years of Science and Maths in Bahasa Malaysia, before returning to English...but man, my hearts go out to the primary Year 1 and 4 students...

The change of policy was made when apparently there was quite a number of people who requested it, so that the exam statistics would not look all that bad...and their child need not suffer countless hours of candle burning...well, now I'd like to see how they will endure Form 6...or A Levels for that matter!!...

Doing the Limbo...

Neil Armstrong phrase following his historical lunar landing "A Small Step for Man...larger step for Mankind"....

Well, after all the big mess, debates, sneering and polls about the decision of scrapping the idea of teaching Science and Maths in English...our Deputy Prime Minister (DPM) have certainly taken us 30 years backwards this afternoon...

So yes, those schools in urban areas can breathe easily...Chinese and Tamil medium schools can walk the corridors smiling and stressed free...now that DPM has reversed our policies after almost 6 years of implementing and emphasizing Science and Maths in English...

This is a nightmare...one that does not go away when the alarm clock is cranked up...one that will further compromise the future of our generation...

In a perfect world, students would be learning all subjects in the best language for them individually, and also learning Malay and English perfectly fine regardless...But there is no such thing as a perfect world...so we can only imagine what is best in the interest of our students, we would have a CONSISTENT policy and competent teachers able to implement this policy...

This being my country Malaysia, and our politics being nincompoop clown performers, what we got was a silly compromise that made nobody very happy, and a paralyzed bureaucracy uninterested in making this policy work...One of the most telling an article (which I have yet to link...can't find it at the moment), which shows only 20% and 10% of secondary and primary school science and maths teachers respectively scored 67 or higher on an evaluation of their English proficiency...

So, it goes to show that their 6 year policy (year 2003-2009) of Science and Maths in English failed...on the other hands, 6 years is barely enough to move mountains...but our DPM decided to steer the wheel the other direction and try a different approach to enhance English learning: English literature will be reintroduced as a subject, along with grammar and composition...(I wonder if that is a misquote by The Star, because that would make a total of four subjects for the English language alone.)...The Minister also said that they would rehire retirees and foreigners if necessary to supply more English teachers...

Maybe teaching science and maths in English is a fatally flawed idea, but we have no way of telling that from this six-year experiment, because the government so thoroughly messed up its implementation!!...(There is also the counter-argument that teaching these subjects in English worked perfectly fine for thousands of schoolkids before we switched to Malay as the national medium of instruction in the 1970s...)...Yes, we have been transiting from Malay to English language for a couple of times now...and still no progress...

So we had a whole generation of students undergoing this massive change, all for nothing...And now we will have another generation of pain as thousands of kids get stuck in educational limbo while the government phases out this failure of a policy...

All this was completely unnecessary...The government could have at least tried to make ETeMS ( English for Teaching Mathematics and Science) policy a success by not virtually sabotaging it, but they did not...they could have increased the allocation of time to English, refocus the curriculum, and hired professional English teachers six years ago, but they did not...

More importantly, the transition to teaching science and maths in English 6 years ago, would have been successful if only they had been patient and first prepared the teachers to use English in the classroom...But they did not...

In short, we spent six years spinning our wheels doing absolutely balls, and we have nothing to show for it...I feel infuriated...I was a victim of this non-policy (I completed my studies in Malay...didn't do all that well, due to rebellion of having to translate all my subjects to English for my understanding)...but to see our future generation going through this limbo game as well...infuriates me all the more...

My teacher taught me...

There was this dog, that was wandering outside of my house...well, there are dogs aplenty in the neighbourhood...the security guards in the guard house keeps them for company...but this dog caught my attention today...

It didn't look like much...a brown bitch...not of any special or famous breed...you can see that it wasn't in the healthiest condition...for one, it could sure use a bathe, and scrub for ticks...secondly, that wound on her shoulder, needs some attending to, though she doesn't seem to care...obviously, she got into a fight of some sort with her own kind...

She was scrambling through my neighbour's garbage today...looking for some food, I suspect...but its funny, though...the security guards here do feed them...not all the time, of course...but the stray dogs here rarely goes through any of our garbage...not in my street anyway...

I saw her, on my way out to collect some stuff from my car...she perked up at me...ears twitching, eyes alert...she didn't growl or anything...just checked me out for a moment...and went about her business while still keeping an eye on me...

Just as I was coming back, she scrambled off, with what I thought was food of some kind...I wondered if she was bringing her food to her young pups...I knew she gave birth to a few, just less than a month ago...I ran after her...I wanted to have a closer look at those cute pups...I have always watched them from a distance, playing while their mother was keeping a sharp look out for them...

I followed the dog, into the back of a house...true enough, I saw her young pups...but I saw more than that too...I saw two young kittens...who couldn't be more than a month old as well...the little kitten's mum must have gotten lost or something...probably ran over, which is the most common possibility...

The young pups rushed to their mother...cheekily pushing each other away, in their attempt to reach their food...I noticed that the kittens were no match for them...and they stood alone...completely abandoned for a while...

I then saw one of the most noble act, that will probably stay in my memory for a long time...the mother dog, dragged the plastic full of food scrapings, and placed them in front of the little kitties...obviously inviting the hungry ones to eat...

I stood there for a while...in both admiration...and humbleness...admiration, for the mother dog, who has chosen to care for the kittens, as her own...humbleness, watching her ignoring the fact that she already has so many mouth to feed...or the fact that she being a dog, and they, a cat...making them worlds apart...a mother's love, as Socrates has said...knows no bounds...

Makes me wonder why at times...we, the human race...are not able to accept one another as we are...

Here we boast, that we are the most intelligent species in the planet...yet, we have failed in providing the most basic need of a being...a need to be loved and accepted...no matter what the skin colour...no matter what the race...

In Malaysia, we have such people of the extreme...just a couple of days back, our newly chosen Deputy Prime Minister; Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has commented that the Chinese community has betrayed the government, by not appreciating the government's effort in building them vernacular school...and therefore are to be blamed for the fall-out from the tri-election this early April...when most of the Chinese votes fell to the opposition party...

This, I'll say...please...Enough of these racist remarks...Malaysia is made out of three main races and more...the Malays, Chinese and the Indians...without Malays; there won't be a Malaysia...but on the other hand, if Chinese or Indians are missing from the context, Malaysia would not have existed either...so quit barking up the tree, and get to work, will ya??...

If a stray dog I met today, could show a little kindness and love to another different being...why can't we do the same, to our own people??...

Man, sometimes I do wish that aliens would attempt to take over our planet Earth or a disaster of that equivalent..I am sure, we will then see the whole world unite together as one, regardless of race and skin colour, fighting for our rights to be free...

The Death of Democracy

Malaysia mourns today...at least, I did...

Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak was declared new UMNO president today...this would mean that he would be succeeding current Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi, and taking his place...Corridors of power opens, and nothing to hold him back...he is literally invincible...and above the law...

He has won his seat, not by election but at the expense of many other politicians who have been crucified on the alter of political sacrifice...Political heads that is deemed a threat to his hold in power, have been decapitated and outlawed...

This is truly a sad day, I feel...Don't get me wrong...I am not saying that Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi has done such a terrific post that he should stay and retain his post...Neither am I saying that we are to give Abdullah Badawi a chance to redeem himself...

I am saying...that I personally feel Abdullah Badawi is the lesser of two evils, compared to Najib Tun Razak...Abdullah Badawi may not be the most capable leader in Malaysian history...but his departure for Najib's grand entrance would make haste, for my country; the path to a swirling disaster...Many called for Abdullah's resignation, when the walls of Barisan National (BN) fell apart...they seek his blood for the humiliation that (BN) had to endure...but many also failed to forsee possible consequences of having his successee, Najib Razak take his place...

I am not at all excited for my country...and the new UMNO president and coming Prime Minister does NOT have my support, whatsoever...

Now that I am older...as I devote the same amount of attention to the ongoing politics, as I do to the growing pimples in my face...I learn to understand how important it is, for one's Prime Minister to have the trust of the majority to run the country...to cradle his nation in the palm of his hand...Hence, I would expect a Prime Minister to be of great integrity...not only in terms of character...but in handling his office...and personal life...

The way I look at it, Najib Tun Razak holds none of those...Without any intention to accuse Najib, he had his name tarnished...smeared beyond recognition...plenty of allegations to his name, which none of them were cleared...hence fuelling more doubt in the hearts of the nation...fuelling more fear too...

And this does help, especially when these allegations were not confronted, he remaining silent when being challenged...and to find the challenger being suspended from the office for a year, without giving the challenger an opportunity to defend himself...

This certainly is a Dark Age for us fellow Malaysians...Democracy has been buried, following the power grab of the Perak State by the BN...with all the seize power tactics, which includes disappearance of certain important politicians, money-politicking, blockading of assemblies by police...I can't help but wonder what kind of age and leadership is Najib going to bring our country to...

I don't think I can talk about this anymore...for once, I am truly depressed...truly sad...the days for our nation looks bleak...all I can do, is to have faith...and believe...not in Najib...but in our nation...that democracy will one day prevail...justice will be seen to....

If you don't mind, I think I will be dressing in black and white this entire week...and if I had a flag, I would hang it half-way down...

I believe in CHANGE...

To the leaders of Malaysia,

Last year, President of USA, Barack Obama made a moving speech, on the 'Change We Need'...Though I live at the other end of the world, I too, would echo his words, as I too believe in change...many will say that I am pretty naive and idealistic to even hope for one...some have even advised that "This is the reality of life...accept it...life will be less disappointing when you do"...well, I have not lived through life long enough to be broken-spirited (yet)...*fingers crossed*...so as long as there is still breath left in me, I will continue to hope...

I must confess, though...that there are many a times when things seemed all too depressing, and beyond help...makes me wonder, if hanging on to my stands and principles in life, were of any good...so far, they have brought me ridicule...of course, for my own self, I earned self-respect...but in general, it tested my faith...and I find myself standing on shaky ground...

Our beloved country is in crisis...the leadership transition has never been this crucial...whomever is chosen, will either lead us to great success...or drown us in a gut-wrenching sea of chaos...Democracy is hanging by a thread as it is...everyday, newspaper are filled with certain politicians being accused of money-politicking...bribery...all obvious moves to bring down one's opponent...to tear down the integrity of your fellow mate, whom you once called friend...

Its a jungle out there, in the political world...one that I would never comprehend, nor would I be interested to...but our land of glory needs a clear direction...she needs to hear the shouts of war...fighting to overcome the financial tsunami that has hit her fellow children...The recent economic depression has led to much social unrest...I do not think we need dosage of political adventure in our daily lives...watching you amuse yourself with petty arguments and differences when clearly, you should be looking out for common interest...and for your people who is in need of your help...

Hence, here is my plea...

We want to hear of concrete evidence and wise actions of our leaders on getting on top of the economic downturn...we want to be assured that we are able to fend of the effects...and survive the darkess hour...United, we stay strong...Divided, and we become weak...as we have yet to recover from the hit, dwelling on the past and dealing political cards for a win is hardly helpful...

So the UMNO presidential meeting would be coming up next week...but before any cabinet is established, whatsoever...it is in my opinion, that the government is in need of a good detoxification before it can function as one body...literally, an internal cleansing...starting from the top...

Yes, I am asking that the leaders of Malaysia hit a growth spurt, and start taking their jobs seriously...I would want to hear more about our economy, and less about the foolish pussies that has nothing to do, but to pick a racial card...and start throwing members out of the Parliament...

If I were to come clean, I will tell you that I am on the brink of slipping into skeptical hopelessness...as I watch tensely from the bench...I am constantly fighting the tempation within myself...the temptation to forgo all hope...and live a life void of all emotions...but as much as I may rant and complaint about my country...I am still willing to stand for Malaysia...and all that it represents...

A confession...finally...

Just a short post before heading to the gym...

This post came to my attention yesterday night...and I nearly fell out of my chair reading it...

'TEACHERS GOING MAD TEACHING SUBJECTS IN ENGLISH, SAYS REP'
- theStar newspaper

Excuse me, but at this moment, while our teachers are 'going mad', I am sure the parents of the future generation are already mad, so are our students...and I stand next in line...

Before I continue, do let me state clearly, that I am aware that I do have errors aplenty when it comes to usage of English grammar and wat-nots...To be completely honest, I never learned grammar back in school...I have no clue as to how adjective works, how verbs and nouns co-join to form a beautiful sentence, what are the difference between conjunctions and prepositions, etc...

I learned English through a lot of reading in the past...haha...I still remember, that as a child, while being potty-trained, my dad would stack up books after books for me to read...I ended up sitting in the freakin' potty for 3 hours!!...had a nice red circle mark on my bottom, and couldn't move for a while after that...lack of blood circulating my butt...*grin*...

So excuse me for all grammatical errors in my posts...but coming back to this issue...

How in the world, did teachers without a decent command of English, get hired to teach English subjects in the first place??...(I bet its just to fill the quota system...)

This really brings out the worse in me...why would our government be willing to gamble with our children's future, by offering this people jobs of this sort?...I feel as if we are bringing our future back to pre-historic years (excuse my extremism)...instead of bringing them a foot forward...tying a slab of concrete on the students' leg, pushing them of the boat and into the sea...waving goodbye while watching them sink...

It saddens me to see that it has become an accepted trend nowadays...for people to join the teaching profession...not out of passion...but due to lack of choice...some who is looking for an easy way out...some looking for a stable salary cum benefits from the government...

Teacher who were once seen as a beacon of light...deserving respect of the highest order...have dropped so many levels, thanks to uncommitted people of sorts...There are undeniably, many gems among the rocks...but they are now a rare find...and difficult to come across...

This is definitely a mortification and chagrin of our Malaysian Education system...to want to abolish teaching subjects in English, just because many of our teachers are unable to be proficient in English...and "it does not bring any success, thus its a loss for Malays"...some have even lowered the minimum passing mark of the subject, "to ensure a rosy picture is painted of the move"...*sigh*...the very words of our politicians...such mentality...

Oh, damn...I just got sparked off again...in times like these, I feel that no words came describe my feelings than a license to curse...why the h*ll would we want to look good in statistics...when the truth is, we all suck??!!...does it secure us a prominent career in future??...will it gain us the respect that we so hunger?...will our self-confidence be boosted up or torn down??...what the teachers and the government care about, are the good images on the outside...but I bet they have never given much thought about the substances on the inside...what quality of education are we providing our future generation??...

These scumbags of a government...still hiding behind a beautiful, yet worned out picture...those cowards...It really feels as if they have not matured and nor gone through puberty at all...I would understand if little children were to sweep issues underneath the carpet, to avoid being scolded by papa...but the people whom we trust to run the country, has got chicken guts to admit that somewhere in their education...something went wrong...is downright shameful...

I have to head for the gym now...with the fire fuming within me (not for the right reasons, though), its going to be a good workout for sure...

The Parody of A Royal High-Mess...

[ Legal Disclaimer : A long-winded post below...It started as a short one, but that was during the pre-heat...whatever that is written follows..is a 'once-in-a-while-brewing-steam' moment..if there is anything I wrote,that one may find offensive,or incorrect, I would appreciate it if you will let me know..if not, bear with me..]

I have not written much about my point of view as far as Malaysia's political turmoil is concern...

Reasons being :
1. I've not been following the political news of late for a few months now...therefore, I dare not write in detail nor comment any further, just in case I may have missed a bit of news, that could bring me into shame later on...

2. If you noticed, my rants about Malaysia politics are usually about the foolishness and stupidity of the politics...and sometimes the obviously biased rule/statement made...I rarely would complain about the changes made in the Malaysia's NEP (New Economic Policy), etc...being frank, I must confess that I can hardly remember nor understand fully the inner dealings of the government...whatever I know about the governmental policies, are either 'sped-read' in the newspaper, or hearsay...both, which I feel cannot be considered as factual...

Reasons for not following political news :
1. It sickens me to the guts to see how the operation works...the government intertwined and laced with very strong, arsenic hints of money exchange...

2. I've never heard of any positive news about the government's handling since last year's general election back in March...the politicians, I feel...has forgotten its people...they are just merely taking the seats for the power and integrity...hence, all the slandering, back-stabbing, name-callings...completely childish and immature...and if I may add...somewhat depressing...

3. News from other countries were more interesting, not to mention, inspiring...the heated election of the US presidency, for example...the historical moment...the Israel-Gaza war...not that it is inspiring, but it sparked off concerns of the heart...and distracted me from my country's state of wretchedness...
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I've always considered myself a Penang-nite...and yes, that was out of bias-ness...I was born in Penang, and raised in Penang throughout my childhood years...so the very making of me, started in Penang...for my brothers, it is a different story altogether...I was almost 12 years of age, when my dad shifted us to Ipoh...by then, while I was approaching juvenile age and tendencies, my brothers were merely micro-toddlers, good for sitting on...

But having said all that, I have spend all my teenage life in Ipoh, Perak...I have found in it, life-long friends to grow up with...good memories to keep, bad ones to toughen me up...the place was not all that great, in terms of food and government...but it was home...

Hence, I felt completely short-changed with the recent political scenario in Perak...

We were governed by the opposition, PKR (People's Justice Party) for almost 10 months now...sure, there were many issues of disagreement...of money laundering within a one or two members of the Parliament...while I'm sure nobody agrees to any of that act, we are willing to close an eye...as I believe we have one goal...as Barack Obama would say..."A Change We Need"...

We have been long under the hands of BN (Barisan National)...and we have seen little progress in Perak so far...it is still under-developed...and while our nature's beauty is still very much 'intact', we have been extremely side-lined when we come to the issue of economy...

On paper and report, Perak have been allocated gazillions of money...but as a fellow Perak, besides a conventional fly-over, over-loading of useless street decor over the past 8 years...I've yet to see how the money is spent...Oh ya, silly me...there is one ENORMOUS multi-million dollar building that was errected years back, to bring together all the government offices...it now sits as a white elephant...completely empty and abandoned...they have since shifted...a great display of how unorganized the previous Perak government was...

So, we wanted change...and in the latest election, the opposition won 31 seats in Perak (someone please correct me, if I'm mistaken)...and Barisan National won 28 seats... close competition, but a clear one nevertheless...

Note : for exact chronology of events, check out this site...

And just a few days ago, we lost it again...Jamaluddin and Osman, both PKR representative and members of the Parliament from Behrang and Changkat Jering respectively, went missing for a couple of days...before re-appearing to announce their intention of going solo independently...only to pledge loyalty to Barisan National several days later...

For your additional information, these two froggies, were facing 16 corruption charges worth RM180 million just last year itself...if you ask me, it is my wildest guess that Barisan National offered them complete pardon and million dollars more, if they were to hop over and belch/croak their loyalty to them...sounds completely familiar, doesn't it?...and it becomes even more convincing, now that they have done their disappearing act again...by not showing up for their trial today...probably in hiding, until the heat is over, and BN to erase their name of the black books?...(the latest news, just hot off the oven...the corruption case, which was scheduled three days from now has been postponed to June 15...haha...now am I right, or am I not??)

Anyway, one of our trusted politicians of Perak, have done her disappearing act too...I'm really ashamed to say, that Missing In Action, seems to be a common practice among people messing in the government...Ms. Hew Yit Foong, another PKR representative and exco could not be contacted, just after Chinese New Year, creating much speculation about her 'jumping ship' and joining the BN...for an extra sum of money, of course...The same old story...resigning with the 'sincerest' intention to become an independent...and was found happily shaking hands and sitting side by side with the BN...

Her action was the last straw, that caused our opposition government to topple and fall...in situations like these, one would have expected the Sultan to hold fresh state re-election once more...but much to our disappointment, we were dead wrong...Not only did our Sultan Azlan Shah refuse a state re-election, he gave consent and support to the formation of a new government by BN, when the existing government has not been resolved...to add insult to injury, a new state representative has been officially selected and sworned in (all in less than 12 hours) while the existing one is still in office!!...

This is a complete mockery to our intelligence, I tell ya!!...I have had Malaysian Studies during my college days, and I have learn that State Representatives can only be removed by State Assembly by a no-confidence vote or via the dissolution of the whole State Assembly...(man, hard to believe that all the countless hours wasted in the college lecture hall actually paid off!!..*grin*)...

BN, completely lacking in originality...is buying Anwar's (PKR opposition leader) previous idea, when he encouraged what I would call, 'political hopping'...only difference is, in their desperation, BN revised it a bit to make haste the 'hopping'...and introduced 'political buying' instead...I'm not a big fan of Anwar, if you'd ask me...but I am more inclined to see him as the lesser of two evils...If we are really honest, I'm sure you'll agree with me that political integrity is hard to find...In fact, it is almost impossible that the word 'political integrity' can co-exist together...with Anwar, openly ambitious and being so impatient to form the new government last year, we are now watching him being beaten in his own game...

Any attempt to save the current government has been faced with accusations of treason, revocation of honourary title, arrest and detention by the ISA...reasons being that we should honour and respect the Sultan's decision...if "we were to look at it from the point of royal customs", says a BN representative...*sigh*...I must say, they are completely re-writing the definition of a democratic institution!!!...

In my opinion, BN is on a self-destruction mode...making one mistake after another...if blatant corruption is not enough, slandering and empty promises is added to the pot...PKR has lost the battle...BN looks as if they have won...but I would consider this a victory that has forfeited itself of its honour...they may have come out 'triumphantly' in the battle, without much lost except in the finance department...yet the war has yet to be conquered...that is the trust of the whole nation, who is looking at this situation in disgust...I can't wait for the next election in year 2012...it will most certainly be an interesting watch...wouldn't you agree??

Original Malaysian Movie...

(updated 10th Feb : source from Mob's Crib)

I absolutely love this poster!!!...this 'movie' screened live all over the news in Malaysia, describes our current political scene and the chaos...

Stay tuned to see how much it cost, to buy people over...(at the average : RM30 million per pax...or so I have read)...man, I hope I am wrong...these money are of our tax-payers!!!...

Now how is THIS for sensitivity??

"....residents living in slope areas should be more sensitive to their environments as landslides can happen anywhere."

- Energy, Water and Communications Minister Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor
(report here)

That's the way, old dude...suddenly the victims play a role in causing the landslides of Bukit Antarabangsa...I bet the developers and local councils sits down at a corner...smiles and waves???

It is situations like these...that our frustration take its toll...
Avoidable landslides happen, politicians take their place...and says what needs to be said...political talk...
"More researches need to be made..."
"More task forces to be prepared..."
"More reviews of land to be done..."
"Construction permits to be frozen for now..."
"Will get to the bottom of this..."

"Stop hillside projects", says PM Abdullah Badawi...so the stop work will be effective for 1-2 months...till the noises are pianissimo...but in the 3rd month, you'll see contractors swarming the land again...not after having given some under-table money to respectable politicians...

Touch wood...but if one of their family members were to be a not-so-fortunate victim in this incident and having lost a life, I bet he would be saying things of these sort so calmly, that's for sure...

Oh, will you grow up??!!

I think its no big news to anyone, that USA has been suffering one of its worst economic downturn since the time of Depression back in 1929. While our Malaysia politicians can tell us otherwise, that we are not all that badly affect, yadaa, yadaa, yadaa...even I, an ignorant fool that is completely clueless about stock markets and wat nots...knows that as long as we depend on international trade which deals in US Dollars, we will definitely not be spared from the effects of this economic tsunami...that's for sure...

One would have thought that with USA slipping into recession, Singapore too...our politicians would have buckled up and unite for once, to evaluate the current market, and how to ride through this storm...but NNNOOOooooooo...our politicians still have the energy to call each other 'bastards' live on telly...and fighting for the UMNO president and vice president post...squabbling about 30% Malay bumiputra special rights under the New Economic Policy...and multi-lingual road-signs...

Yea, real neat, I tell ya...

Even private sectors have started practicing cost-cutting measures...less new recruits, retrenchment even...lower operating and transporting cost, no entertainment, less bonus, etc...why, even I have stopped going to fast food restaurants for my usual treats...no more massages...no more book-shopping...I mean, it doesn't take an economist to know that financial crisis as serious as this would not improve overnight...

At times like these, one would look to our politicians for leadership, direction and assurance...which in my country, I am afraid to confess...is extremely lacking...even to the point, that all they can say is "We are not affected by the economic downturn of USA"...I would say its a load of bull...

So far, I've been following the newspapers through and through...looking out for news that our politicians are actually preparing the nation for the economic crisis that will only get worse through year 2009...

And guess what our politicians are REALLY well-prepared for???

“I would like to assure the public that the authorities are well prepared should there be floods,” - Prime Minister-to-be, Najib Abdul Razak...(bold, mine)

Real classic...

Report here...

When trouble comes...

The police runs first...screw the civilians...

Am I the only one who is laughing my pants off this guy??....I guess not...

My apologies for not posting something for such a long time...I've just taken on a couple of projects...and it turned out to be more than I can actually chew... I couldn't convince myself to take time off, and post my thoughts up...though I do have tonnes to share...

But my heart is just itching right now to rant...no...to laugh HILARIOUSLY...no...to protest...ah...I can't decide...take your pick...

Honestly, someone should just shove a big boot into Home Minister Syed Hamid Albar's mouth once and for all!!!!...or just shoot him dead, I don't care...

First, was the approval for arrest of Sin Chew newspaper reporter under the ISA, for reporting a discriminating comment of his fellow friend and comrade Ahmad Ismail, arrest of Member of Parliament Theresa Kok, for "protesting to early Azan prayers" and arrest of Raja Petra, for writing an article "Let's Send Altantuya's Murderes to Hell"....

Then it was followed by the announcement of banning HINDRAF (Hindu Rights Action Force) for exploiting Indians and was deemed a clear and present danger to the national security...which naturally provoked many more protest from different political parties...

Now, the "laser-guided-missle" comes in a form of announcement by our Home Minister (again) to close down a police base in Chow Kit road (the red light district and black alley of Malaysia), as the "location was considered unsafe"...

I couldn't be more entertained and amused then I already am now...

Syed Hamid's explaination and justification to the situation :
(my thoughts and reply would be in italized red)

1. "beat base was located in a dirty area where there was a possibility of being exposed to contagious diseases."
Yea, "dirty"...how is pure dirt ever contagious in the first place??...contagious diseases...such as STD and AIDS, ain't that right? I mean, those are the ONLY contagious diseases that I know, that surrounds a red light district, so far...and besides, many germ diseases are NOT contagious...some "special method" of transmission is required...if you get my drift...Afraid that your croonies can't control their balls, are you?...if that is so, I think the term you're looking for, is "infectious" and NOT "contagious"...I'm sure you're aware...you can't get infected by just hanging around people who has HIV/AID, y'know....and if the area really is dirty (I gather that the word "dirty" doesn't mean literally, but nevertheless), get the DBKL (City Hall) to clean the place, you blardy moron!!!...what do we tax-payers pay the government for??...

2. "presence of criminals also posed a threat to the safety of police officers"
Are you freakin' kiddin' me??!!!...some trash shows up, and your croonies run with their tails between their legs, whimpering...those puppies...your police officers, who were supposed to have undergone YEARS of weapon and physical training in the police academy to stand up to these baddies...and you are tellin' me that THEY feel threatened??...what the h*ll are they wearing those badges for??!!!...how did they even get them in the first place??!!

3. "police were looking for a new location to build a police beat base that would be able to give “guaranteed and continued service to the public.” "
Chow Kit road, has been long famous for crimes, prostitution and drug dealings...your croonies have a base at the heart of all these brothel and drug activities...if there is any chance to launch an operation to fight the crooks...this is it...but NOOOoooooo...instead of folding up your sleeves and flexing your muscles, you guys have to flee like a whipped dog...and hide behind mama's apron...some guardian you guys are...

Its better to keep one's mouth shut, when you have nothing good to say...then to open your mouth, and faeces and poo over-flows...

It sure doesn't look like we can trust our cockle-doodle-doo police allies to do any form of protecting anytime soon!!!...or probably, we should just show up with our kitchen knives and ladles, and protect those babies...

Either way, I'm still stand ashamed...

Its a man eat man world out there after all...

You can say that I am an idealist...My dad said so anyway...and I'd agree to that...

My dreams may be at times impractical...and even conflicting with the real situation at hand...Which actually frustrates me even more at times...

In a way, I consider myself a grown-up...I pay my own bills, take responsibility for my own decisions, plan my own future...but on the other hand, I'm still very much a child...still choosing to hope that like your childhood friends, people will look out for you...just like a child, an argument is forgotten and the person forgiven...and then you head out to the playground to play...play with the person that you thought was your 'enemy' just a minute ago...

I'm still hating myself for doing a Don Quixote, choosing to hope, despite all the happenings around me...that there is some good in people...how impossibly naive...

My current mood is affected by the news of journalist and editor Malaysia Today (his blog), Raja Petra Kamaruddin being sent to detention for 2 years without trial...he starts his sentence today...

I may not know him by person, but my heart goes out to his family, two daughters and wife...Raja Petra was arrested by the ISA along with Theresa Kok and Tan Choon Heong...without any warrant...apparently ISA can do that, if the detainee were deemed a "threat to the national security"...

So what is this threat to the national security we are talking about?

Theresa Kok was arrested for allegedly (not even proven nor confirmed) telling mosque officials to tone down their morning call to prayer...this was later rebuked by the mosque committee themselves...

Tan Choon Heong was being arrested for reporting a racist remark by our fellow UMNO politician...real neat...Shoot the messenger, why don't you...

Raja Petra was for rocking the boat, "ridiculing Islam, insulting the Muslims and Prophet Mohammad himself", in additional to that, are articles that speaks against our Deputy Prime Minister, Datuk Najib...related to the Altantuya murder case...

How threatened is we as a nation by all of the above?...And if one ever dare comment that these arrests are justified, as these people are inciting racial and religious tensions...then I would like to raise this question...whatever happened to the racist comment by (now ex-)MP Ahmad Ismail just half a month ago?...

Everyone knows how he says that we Chinese are acting like Jews...and all that bull...how come he escapes with just a slap on the wrist, a 3 year suspension from the policital game? If you ask me, his statement created more uproar that Raja Petra would have had...and if I were the Prime Minister, and I had my way...I would have had him exiled...ah, that will be a different post altogether...

If you ask me, arresting and placing Raja Petra in detention without trial...is one of the government's big mistake...they are making a hero and marytr out of him...and themselves, that laughing stock, in the eyes of other countries...

Speak against your Deputy Prime Minister within the space of your own blog, and you get a 2 year detention...

I guess freedom of speech and writing never existed in the first place....and I probably should stop rekindling the hope that it would happen anytime soon...so much for the self-proclaimed democracy in Malaysia...

Like some would say...You either bite, or you'll get bitten...

The cherry on top...

There has been much ado about the recent uproar, when it was reported that a Malay UMNO politician has commented during the latest Permatang Pauh election that "Chinese were immigrants" who will never achieve the equal rights amongst races.

Many people have written on the blogs, to the newspaper, and even voiced out their discontentment through the media...I on the other hand, have turned completely numbed myself to to sexist and racist insults, the talk of Malay supremacy hurled by politicians...*sigh*...they do me no good...nor do I benefit from fuming over it...

So this post, isn't an expression of anger...but rather, disappointment that eats into one's guts...

Malaysia has always declared its ever tolerance on racism, and how this country of many races have managed to live in harmony...

But year 2008 have proved its real worth...

Thanks to this old man, and his megalomaniac ego...

A simple apology, mistake or not, would have soothed a raging tempest...yet, he managed to brew more wrath across the nation by remaining defiant and even tearing up a poster of a co-partner...an act utter disrespect, if you'd ask me...towards someone who once worked with him...

It was on August 23, when it was reported that Datuk Ahmad Ismail made those racist remarks...there was a complete silence from him, for a good 10 days before he appeared to make a statement...He says that he was in Thailand for a sports tournament, and could not be reached...his defense for his remark, was that he was making historical reference to pre-Melacca days...

Well, that isn't for me to judge if its right or wrong...what puzzles me, is that if his claim of the media "manipulating" his speech was really true, why did it take him 10 days to break his silence?...I mean, if I were to put myself in his shoes, I would come straight up to clear my name...after all, I have a reputation to bear...

Even assuming that his remarks were wrongly reported, his reaction and dealings with this whole issue would certainly not win him the Politician of The Year Award...why, he may even rank lower than Prime Minister Abdullah, or Deputy Prime Minister Najib...or even Samy Vellu for that matter!!!...(which reminds me, I've not ranted about Samy Vellu for a long time now...*sigh*...I kinda miss the drama he creates...)....

So yes, we Chinese are immigrants...Indians too...and so are all the people of the world...welcome to GLOBALIZATION, dude!!...borders are no longer closed...people no longer confined...and lets not forget, the Malays aren't exactly aborigines of this country too...if we were to remember correctly, the founder of Melacca which is to be the second sea-port after Singapore...was from Palembang, Indonesia...

And no, nobody can rebuke that...I studied it 10 years ago, but I still remember till now...I know my stuff too...

But that aside, nobody can deny that each race, has contributed to the growth of this country to a certain extend...I'm sure people would agree...that the Chinese are the pillar of Malaysia's economical growth, Indians give the hardest labour skills in construction and agriculture...which is also a large contribution to the economy...and the Malays, handle the political side of it...

Any of the races is singled out, and the foundation of one country collapses...I believe that this is the same for every country in this world...Nobody is more superior than another, though some may think that way...Hiding beneath the difference of skin colour, language, culture and religion...we are still the same...what makes us more different than the other??...besides the bias-ness and prejudice that we create in our minds?...

Malaysia is tired...and so am I...it has taken too many blows...this racial issue being one of its latest...and with September 16 drawing closer, I'm wondering if my country would be strong enough to walk through it...or will it be the last straw that throws us into greater turmoil and chaos...

I have a question...

So, it was during the Permatang Pauh election, on the 26th August 2008 (Tuesday), where Anwar Ibrahim, the supposedly 'Malaysian savior and hero' won hands down...

He returned to the Parliament, after 7 years of absence (due to sodomy charges) with 31,195 votes in hand...tearing down Barisan National representative Arif Shah with kitten claws...Just so you know, BN representative Arif Shah had 15,524 votes...

Some might say, that it is a clear sign that the citizens wanted a change in government...That is a natural analyzation...considering the fact that Anwar had two times Arif's votes...

But I was just wondering...

Permatang Pauh, has been Anwar's territory for more than two decades now, him holding the position of the Member of Parliament...During his 7 years of absence, (due to his arrest, sodomy and corruption charges), his wife succeeded him while patiently awaiting his return...In other words, for more than 20 years, Permatang Pauh has never left the hands of the Anwar tribe...

So yes, Anwar having two times Arif's votes, might indicate people's dissatisfaction towards the current government...that is people looking at a glass that is half full...

I on the other hand, am looking at this glass as half empty...

How come, after all these years, and despite all the horrible, deep skeletons that the current government has kept inside their closet...now exposed...there are still 1/3 citizens of Permatang Pauh, still voting for our shameful Barisan National government?...I mean, given 20 years sitting in the throne, I would have thought that Anwar had all the time in the world to convince the society that he was capable of such big responsibility...

Yet, there was 15,524 people who didn't agree..15,524 voters who would rather risk the continuous idiosyncrasies and non-stop corruption of our current government, then hand their OWN representative, Anwar Ibrahim the silver plate...15, 524 men, from his own territory alone opposing him...that has to count for something, doesn't it?...or am I wrong in thinking that?...

Hmmm...curious, isn't it?...

It just gets funnier...

I have been trying to restrain from posting up my opinion on the current political happenings...as I have not been religiously reading the newspaper online, this week...as I have been before...hence, I may not have a full picture of what is really going on... Yet I just thought I would share one of my thoughts on now-most-famous-issue of the Saiful and Anwar sodomy case...

Up to date...Saiful has accused Anwar of sodomizing him, in a hotel, sometime in June...and is seeking justice for such horror...

And it was only a few days ago, where a similar case of near sodomy happened...

A spunk kid of 12 years, managed to FIGHT OFF a young 27 year old teacher from molested and sodomizing him...and even had the courage, to DEMAND to be sent home...

But from this most famous 'sodomy' case, healthy 23 year old Saiful, was unable to fight back a 60 year old man with a bad back...

If you ask me...I'd say..."What a wuss"...

Let the Game Begin...

Top news of the week...

Prime Minister Abdullah + Deputy Minister Najib Tun Razak = corruption of highest order

For more information on this, click here.

[Note: for readers who do not understand Malay, I am really sorry to disappoint you, as there is no English version of this official letter, but I'd be most happy to summarize it for you]

A politician pro-government UMNO from Petaling Jaya has just filed an official letter accusing our Prime Minister Abdullah of making the greatest of offense, in terms of corruption, by offering his (Prime Minister) seat to our Deputy in year 2010.

The claim was that both Prime Minister and Deputy, has been trying to 'buy' their UMNO members, with luxurius gifts...in exchange that they are able to retain their positions despite their failure in the March 2008 elections...The luxurius gifts mentioned are travel overseas, free stay in prestigious hotels, extra allowances, etc. It is also said that these money comes from the finance resources of the government itself...in other words, the society's hard-earned income-turn-tax....

This politician is braving the deep sea currents by appealing that both the Prime Minister and Deputy be severely punished, in order to restore the credibility of UMNO government....

Now, comes my question...

The private investigator, Bala Subramaniam disappears, right after the day, he submits a statutory report that could put Deputy Najib behind bars...he is found in another country..."for a holiday"...

The private doctor, who has examined Saiful (the acclaimed sodomee) has written that the 'victim' was clearly NOT sodomised...he stands on his ground as to not change what he has written...and now, nobody can find him...nor track him down...

So, I'm just counting the days...as to when this oh-so-Brave-Knight UMNO politician will disappear...

Let the game begin...

more Aunties to come...

So...the price of petrol, has increased...purchase of rice and oil has gone up...nothing went down...except for my savings in the bank account...

But no worries, people!!...our Malaysian government has our welfare in mind!!...They increase our electricity charges, which leads to cement retail price raised, due to price increase in petrol (transportation) and electricity...They give us cash rebate of RM625 per renewal of road tax, as petrol pocket money...to help us cover the whopping RM7000 (estimated price) we have to fork out a year for petrol...not including car maintenance...nor outstation traveling...cost of rice has shot up too...from RM11 to RM40...good...LOCAL made rice, and the price almost quadrupled...

The Terengganu state forks out RM3.43 million to purchase 14 Mercedes E200 Compressor in exchange for the 16 local made car, Proton Perdana whom they claim cost them RM1.3 million a year, in repairs itself...All these
people, whom salaries and luxuries we citizens are paying...through our sorry arses and God knows what else...

Now, following the manufacturing of Proton Saga 20 years ago, (tin can design, with crappy 1970's Mitsubishi engine), Malaysia is now in the process of manufacturing our very own Malaysian made computer, MAK CIK, which will cost us no more than RM1000...cheap, you say??

Let me save you the hassle of clicking to the website, and just provide you with the specs here...taken from here, the official website...

• Touch Screen (No Keyboard, No Mouse)
• 16" wide screen with vivid colour
• Equipped with WiFi, Bluetooth, WiMax
• Work with any TV
• Built in flash memory
• Easy accessible
• Processor (Don’t know yet, top secret.)

What they never told you, is that there are NO HARD DISC, due to cost reduction...and the speed of their 'TOP SECRET' (so they claim) processor is only as fast as Intel Pentium 4...I was just wondering...when is it going to occur to them, that the most recent processor...is Quad-Core Processor...and Pentium 4 speed, that they have gloated about, is nothing impressive...

And to add salt into the wound...MAK CIK in Malay language, actually means Aunty in English...best of all, the government are actually aware of it!!...Apparently, this oh-so-colourful-product-name is suppose to appeal to all house-users, and older generation...Honestly, I am not at all turned on...in fact, I'm horrified, to the insides of my bone...why not create a cooler name, that will appeal to citizens of all ages, like MyPC, etc?...

What image do you think the name AUNTY will create?...I can't imagine any guys/uncles purchasing that, do you??...besides, aunites give the image of a sweet, yet old lady...dawdling around, cleaning the living room...and cooking in the kitchen...Can you just imagine for a second, how an AUNTY computer would be?...probably takes me 30 minutes to start, random tempers hurled around which will require me to reboot...and the damn computer will want to clean out the dirt (virus, spywares) every 2 hours!!...who will ever want to endure such unstability??

Like what Jeremy Clarkson from Top Gear would say...

"AMBITIOUS but utter RUBBISH!!"

Did I mention that MAK CIK is not even internationally recognized?

Someone's gotta say it...

(Note of caution : I am so steamed up...I am sure that there are tonnes of expletive profanities coming up...)

I can't take it anymore!!!...nor can I keep my mouth shut...I'm brewing with frustration...and every inch of my body yearns to scream out...

"JUST HOW STUPID DO YOU THINK WE CITIZENS ARE???"

All this crap about high maintenance of our Nation's baby, Proton (well, that car is crap too, by the way...a tin-can design, with a 1970's Mitsubishi engine...ah, you can't trust the government to come up with something original...)....

I'll have you know...that my Toyota Corona, is easily older than any of those blardy cars...why, it is even older than I am!!...but still...it never cost me so much as RM88,000 for fixtures!!!...

Which by the way, you Proton government people sent your cars to authorized Proton dealers for your upkeep...and I'm pretty sure that you guys are paying at a mugged down price...considering that, you would be using government/taxpayer's money to pay for the maintenance anyway...

I feel insulted...cause the way you tried to explain off the high expenses on your car...seems to insinuate that we are still monkeys from ice-age living off trees...don't you remember that half of us, travel all the time...therefore knows the market price of fixtures for car parts...me, for example...would have to know how much car servicing would be...or how much changing a carburetor cost...I have too!!...if not, there will be some stupid mechanic punk out there, who thinks we girls are dumb blonde and chop our finance in half!!...

I, for one...know that a gear box change, would cost approximately RM800 at max...at least, mine would...as my car is old...and spare parts are now hard to get...besides its a foreign car...so yes, it would be more costlier...

Now, you're telling me that you are sending your locally made Proton Perdana to an AUTHORIZED DEALER to change your gear box...for a f*cking RM15,000???!!!!...Its either you are SO DUMB, you forgot to do your research...or the authorized dealer just got the better of you...or wait...there is another option...you paid RM500 for that maintenance...and the RM14,500 went buried in your pocket...how about that, eh?...

Watch out...Here it comes...)(*$@#%^#&@^%$#*@#&^$&!!!!