Is there a major scandal brewing in the cyberspace and spilling into Malaysia soon?
Can someone out there cast some light to the latest highlight of the week at Gutter Uncensored ?
Can anyone tell me if Malaysians have double standard when the truth is uncovered?
YB Nazri Aziz, can you help to clear your good name before your enemies bury you forever. We are sadden that there are many who enjoy gutter politics. All is not lost as cyberspace is not void of the law. We believe you are a good man and a good muslim. For the sake of the nation's dignity, stand up and fight for the truth, we are with you.
GOD bless you for standing up for justice.
Friday, March 13, 2009
Monday, February 2, 2009
The 6th Prime Minister of Bolehland...I mean Malaysia?
Boleh ke? Is there gonna be a snap election again to reaffirm your worth?
Going going & gone? Going off in March 2009? Sure or not?"God willing" or there will be another political wayang kulit soon..
Wow..! Another 26 days it's gonna be March 2009. Do you think Malaysia is heading for another round of politicking after our 5th Prime Minister stepped down in March (if there are no more surprises for the rakyat in Bolehland???
Em, we will definitely watch this event unfold with our very eyes. Is Najib good enough to lead the way? To improve our nation's economy? Remove skepticism that he is not ready or good enough? Is he gonna convince us that ISA is good for the rakyat when we disagree with him or post negative comments about his government? Wah...so many unansweared questions that we need to ask him before he takes the helm of nation.
If you need to connect simple facts or evaluate if Najib is worthy to the the next PM, you need to do simple research on the internet and perhaps evaluate alternative news elsewhere besides those tightly controlled print media in Malaysia.
Check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najib_Razak to have a brief idea about our future leader to be.
Pray hard that our nation is in good hands comes March 2009.
Em, we will definitely watch this event unfold with our very eyes. Is Najib good enough to lead the way? To improve our nation's economy? Remove skepticism that he is not ready or good enough? Is he gonna convince us that ISA is good for the rakyat when we disagree with him or post negative comments about his government? Wah...so many unansweared questions that we need to ask him before he takes the helm of nation.
If you need to connect simple facts or evaluate if Najib is worthy to the the next PM, you need to do simple research on the internet and perhaps evaluate alternative news elsewhere besides those tightly controlled print media in Malaysia.
Check out en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Najib_Razak to have a brief idea about our future leader to be.
Pray hard that our nation is in good hands comes March 2009.
Moooooo.....The Year of BULLSHITTING
Happy New Year to all my readers and friends. Apology for the long absence because of my bz bz bz work schedule. It had been a good 2008 but it's now 2009, right?
It had been an exciting old year @ 2008 but what is gone is gone & no more looking back to say "I wish I could had done this and that...etc". So 2009 is a big year ahead of us. Huh? Hope it is a good year too, despite being in the unknown, with so much chaos around us these days.
Here we are, struggling to come to terms with the economic turmoils and we have the government of the day asking us to change our lifestyles, cut cost and etc, next thing we know, they are back to wasting public expectations doing what they are good at,..political stalemate.
Both the Pakatan Rakyat and the Barisan Nasional are both enticing the other sides of the politically divided to a crossover. At the end of the day, we the people on the streets are the biggest losers because we are getting nowhere to solving our economic problem.
In Kuala lumpur and anywhere in the country, you will encounter nothing but resignations about the poor economic status of the country. Almost everyone I met that's doing business will complain that their business had dipped betweeen 40% to 80%. You will also notice companies offering MML (multi level marketing) are doing brisk business with new members coming in. Somehow the conventional business opportunity is definately suffering.
So far most of us are still employed and able to dish out simple meals for our family and our government of the day is not collapsing anytime soon. however, we are a nation rich in natural resources and yet we are suffering due to the incompetence of our government... that's the fact.
The year of the OX is definately the best year for bullshits.
It had been an exciting old year @ 2008 but what is gone is gone & no more looking back to say "I wish I could had done this and that...etc". So 2009 is a big year ahead of us. Huh? Hope it is a good year too, despite being in the unknown, with so much chaos around us these days.
Here we are, struggling to come to terms with the economic turmoils and we have the government of the day asking us to change our lifestyles, cut cost and etc, next thing we know, they are back to wasting public expectations doing what they are good at,..political stalemate.
Both the Pakatan Rakyat and the Barisan Nasional are both enticing the other sides of the politically divided to a crossover. At the end of the day, we the people on the streets are the biggest losers because we are getting nowhere to solving our economic problem.
In Kuala lumpur and anywhere in the country, you will encounter nothing but resignations about the poor economic status of the country. Almost everyone I met that's doing business will complain that their business had dipped betweeen 40% to 80%. You will also notice companies offering MML (multi level marketing) are doing brisk business with new members coming in. Somehow the conventional business opportunity is definately suffering.
So far most of us are still employed and able to dish out simple meals for our family and our government of the day is not collapsing anytime soon. however, we are a nation rich in natural resources and yet we are suffering due to the incompetence of our government... that's the fact.
The year of the OX is definately the best year for bullshits.
Monday, November 24, 2008
Alien vs Predator.....Whoever wins... we lose
I happened to chanced across an article by Reme Ahmad today and I find it pretty witty of him to write about the UMNO party election this coming March 2009. The most talked about race of the year which is no other than....(circus drum sound effect please).
Rafidah vs Shahrizat
(Good thing the movie is not titled as The Ugly vs The Ugly)
Reme Ahmad wrote....
IN THE movie Alien vs Predator, the tagline was 'Whoever wins... we lose".
The 'we' refers to the human race, because whether the Aliens or the Predators won, they will next attack the human race.
I am not saying here at all that former International Trade minister Rafidah Aziz is an Alien that spews acid from her mouth. And neither is former Women Affairs minister Shahrizat Jalil the Predator with long braided hair, but minus the scarf.
They are expected to face off in the March Umno elections, which are held every three years.
But to be sure, a bitter fight for the post of Wanita Umno, or the Women's wing of Malaysia's biggest political party, will weaken the wing.
Whoever wins, the women's movement will lose. And it could weaken Umno significantly on the ground.
Let me explain.
Of the party's 3.2 million members, women leaders have often prided themselves that the women members are slightly more than the men, ie about 52 per cent to the men's 48 per cent.
And while the men leaders take up much of the media headlines, believe me, it is the women that keeps Umno supporters and sympathisers loyal on the ground.
The reason is simple.
The guys often meet and work out big strategies and plan big projects. But once things are agreed upon, the day-to-day running of an urban area, or a rural hamlet, is often times done by the network of women worker ants.
The men will gather at kopi tiams and coffeehouses, while the women (many of them housewives) will often gather in the kitchens of their homes to discuss family issues and the latest recipes. And in doing so, party bonds are tightened.
And then there are other ways in which they bond.
For example, there is a senior Umno chieftain in Cheras near my Kuala Lumpur home who organises 'kelas agama' (Islamic religious classes) every Friday evening.
This chieftain carries the title Puan Sri (her late husband was a Tan Sri, a big rank in title-mad Malaysia) and she invites womenfolk in her urban residential area to her bungalow house to this weekly Islam classes taught by a popular woman preacher.
Before, during or after the classes, no one mentions the word Umno at all and there is zero political speeches.
(I know because as a friend of her family, I have attended these classes, seated way at the back).
But come election time, no one will have any doubt about who has helped raise the Umno flag in the neighbourhood.
And come election time too, one will often notice that it is the womenfolk - from Umno and the other opposition parties - who will do more house to house visits to canvass for votes.
The reason, I was told, is simple enough. Even the most hostile voter, or a non-voter, would likely open the door of his or her house if a few women came a-knocking - especially in the rural Malay heartland.
Women, or even men, are less likely to open up their doors if a bunch of men knocked on doors!
And there is another clue of the importance of womenfolk in rural areas.
Both Umno and Parti Islam Semalaysia (PAS) have a system to monitor voter sentiment in EACH village.
Umno calls it Kumpulan 10 (Group of 10) and PAS calls its system Unit Peti Undi (Ballot Box Unit).
Basically, each party worker 'looks after' groups of 10 voters in her area. Since everyone knows everyone in these kampungs (villages), a worker will know whether the three family adult members of the Ahmad house next door, or the five voting members of the Sulaiman house nearby will likely vote for.
If they are not sure, the women workers will knock on their doors and ask, sometimes indirectly like 'What do you think of the government's Policy X?' or 'What do you think of Political Leader Z?'
From these grassroots tallying, the numbers are added up and top leaders (the men!) will know how well the party is doing.
And they will quickly know whether any major issue ("Anwar Ibrahim is accused of sodomy again!") will sway votes on the ground.
These worker ants are mostly women, and they make house visits even during non-election time.
And although the menfolk at the grassroots level of Umno politics (and PAS too) may not always appreciate them, without these women cooking and providing food and drinks during those long days and nights of campaigning, the battle could be lost.
It is with this in mind that I said above: Whoever wins in the looming battle, the Women's movement will lose.
A split at the top, will cleave the women supporters all the way to the bottom between Alien or Predator supporters ... err I mean, between Rafidah or Shahrizat supporters.
If that happens, an already weakened Umno, could only grow weaker.
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
Obama becomes first black president in landslide(Picture courtesy of Yahoo)
On 4th November 2008 - Barack Obama swept to victory as the nation's first black president on Tuesday night in an electoral college landslide that overcame racial barriers as old as America itself.
For many, including myself, Obama represents a new face to rise to the occasion to bridge a racially divided world. He won 51% of the popular vote from the people of America. This is an unbelievable occasion since the day of slavery (1607-1865) and Martin Luther king Jr. (1929 - 1968) to see a black American President as the 44th US President.
The people of Americans accept Obama as their 1st black and the 44th US president shows the their maturity that goes beyond race & religion.
We as Malaysians should congratulate Obama for rising to the occasion to show the world that if we dream and work on what we truly believe in, it is not impossible to see the reality come true in the future..
Is it time for us in Malaysia to dream & believe we can work together to make our country a better place? A place we can love and communicate beyond race and religion? If it is possible to dream the right dream, maybe in the next general election, we will be able to choose a leader we truly believe in and not someone selected by the elites who have been running our country like a family affair without a guilt.
Meanwhile, with the help of the internet and many more alternative news available to the common people on the street, we are able to evaluate for ourselves how we choose our leaders in future.
For me, it is better to hope than no hope. I believe we are the endless drop of water that forms the ocean that will rise to the occasion to change the political shore of Malaysia in the future..
For the people of Malaysia, hang on to your precious voice & let's hope for change that goes beyond race and religion.
Friday, October 31, 2008
Selamat Hari Deepavali to all of you..
To all my Hindu friends, I would like to wish all of you a very happy belated Deepavali.
I know, I know, I’m 4 days late and I am lousy at getting my greeting out on time. Anyway, it’s the thought that counts.
May your family & home light up with great happiness during this special celebration of light.
Em, to my regular newspaper agent whom my wife and I buy our daily newspaper from, thank you very much for the Deepavali cookies that comes with the Tuesday edition news (Yummy).
I will definitely get him something during this Christmas for a little THANK YOU gesture.
My personal hope is that we as Malaysians will continue to learn not just tolerate but to learn to accept one another more and see beyond the superficial differences. The world is changing and getting much smaller, so it would be great when all of us learn to depend on each other to grow as one nation.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
That's right, good bye to you too....Malaysia's 5th Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi will be stepping down in March 2009 after a humiliating election that saw the ruling party of 51 years losing their 2/3 majority in the recent 13th General Election.
Since the ruling party, the Barisan National only garner less than 50% of the total vote casted, I guess it will be a mixed feeling among Malaysians. I for one had placed high hope he will and can improve all malaysians regardless of race and religion after he took over from Dr. Mahathir Mohamad 5 years ago but he failed to deliver what he promised to do.
With the new era of internet news and blogging activities among the common people, Badawi failed to impress us any further via government owned media machineries and fancy government tagline minus the actual implementation of his promises.
From the government controlled media who portrayed him as Mr. Nice Guy, he was eventually labelled as Sleepy Dollah and other degorative names by bloggers and online commentors...sad but that's life in the fast and ever changing internet world.
As long as special rights of certain people are favored or protected, the people of Malaysia will no longer stand by and close an eye just to let things pass. People will expect prompt action against corruption, against lies and against broken promises. All we want is to be equal as Malaysians, not to be labeled as "Squatters" by some irresponsible politicians who think some races tho born and breed in Malaysia should not be entitled equal rights.
For more balance reading, it will be intresting to subscribe or log on to Malaysiakini, Lim Kit Siang's blog or any other alternative online news.
In five more months before Badawi steps down, will be remembered as a decent man or fail totally to deliver what he promised to do in his final hours as our prime minister? Your guess is as good as mine...
Since the ruling party, the Barisan National only garner less than 50% of the total vote casted, I guess it will be a mixed feeling among Malaysians. I for one had placed high hope he will and can improve all malaysians regardless of race and religion after he took over from Dr. Mahathir Mohamad 5 years ago but he failed to deliver what he promised to do.
With the new era of internet news and blogging activities among the common people, Badawi failed to impress us any further via government owned media machineries and fancy government tagline minus the actual implementation of his promises.
From the government controlled media who portrayed him as Mr. Nice Guy, he was eventually labelled as Sleepy Dollah and other degorative names by bloggers and online commentors...sad but that's life in the fast and ever changing internet world.
As long as special rights of certain people are favored or protected, the people of Malaysia will no longer stand by and close an eye just to let things pass. People will expect prompt action against corruption, against lies and against broken promises. All we want is to be equal as Malaysians, not to be labeled as "Squatters" by some irresponsible politicians who think some races tho born and breed in Malaysia should not be entitled equal rights.
For more balance reading, it will be intresting to subscribe or log on to Malaysiakini, Lim Kit Siang's blog or any other alternative online news.
In five more months before Badawi steps down, will be remembered as a decent man or fail totally to deliver what he promised to do in his final hours as our prime minister? Your guess is as good as mine...
Monday, August 11, 2008
Is this True Justice for All Malaysians??
300 protesters...On the morning on 9th of August, about 300 protesters gathered outside the Bar Council headquarters demanding that the lawyers group halt its controversial forum on ‘Conversion to Islam’.
The Bar Council today, adhering to the advice of the police - and an angry mob at its doorstep - wrapped up its half-day forum on 'Conversion to Islam' at 10am, an hour after it had started.
A leader of the protesters - PKR Kulim-Bandar Baharu parliamentarian Zulkifli Noordin - declared the abrupt end of the forum as a victory for them. By 10.40am, most of the protesters have dispersed.
About 15 police officers and an Federal Reserve Unit truck have been deployed to the area and the road leading to the Bar Council office where the forum is held has been closed.
The protesters, many of whom are from Muslim welfare organsation Perkida and Islamic party PAS, shouted, “Hancur Bar Council” (Crush Bar Council), “Hidup Islam” (Long Live Islam) and “Batal forum” (Cancel the forum).
They are carrying placards saying “Jangan cabar Islam” (Don’t challenge Islam) and “Bar Council, Don’t play with fire”.
"Don't play with fire..."Among the protest leaders seen in the crowd are PAS Youth chief Salahuddin Ayub and Zulkifli.
The protesters, many of whom came just before the forum began, later decided to sit down in front of the Bar Council building and vowed that they would not budge until the event had been canceled.
Some threatened to storm the building to physically stop the forum.
Among the speakers at the forum was a syariah lawyer Mohd Haniff Khatri Abdulla. Mohd Haniff represented the Federal Territory’s Islamic Religious Council in the case of R Subashini. K Shanmuga and Ravi Nekoo, who were counsel for Subashini and S Shamala, respectively, also spoke.
Personally I felt disappointed with Zulkifli Nordin from KeAdilan. He was voted by the people to represent all Malaysians, be it Muslims, Hindus, Christians or others.
The people voted for Pakatan Rakyat because they believe Malaysians have the chance to speak up and to be heard and not to be shut up by the ruling government of the day.
Non-muslims have the right to speak up as much as muslims do. What the Bar Council did for the open door forum is good for interfaith discussion, for openness and the healing process for all Malaysians.
It is the people who make & uphold the law and it's the people's right to hold a forum on it when it affects them. They did it openly and peacefully, anyone has the right to speak up but it is not right to threaten others to stop it with ISA and other abusive remarks.
If I am not incorrect, someone once told me in Islam, there is no compulsion in religion but I am seeing otherwise in the very country we live in.
What happened to acceptance and all the positive things we had in the early years of our nationhood? Is it a serious crime to hold a forum to discuss problem arising from conversion? If we cannot come and discuss openly, do you think it will be a better option to assume everyone is happy with the situation??
Lack of forum and frank discussion on sensitive issues will get the nation nowhere. I support transparency & accountability, but the way I view it, Zulkifli Noordin definitely need decide if he is fighting for all Malaysians, otherwise we will not go far to being truly a Bangsa Malaysia.
May god bless him with more patience and love for all Malaysians and for better foresights.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Lullaby for poor tired dad..
Going to bookstores can be fun. For a start, it's free and the place is always full of readers from all walks of life. Kids love going there to feast themselves with story books and you can just sit cross legged at any part of the bookstore.
Shelves full of books...
Is that a new trend of slumber party?
Poor daddy. Make sure you don't droll..
Poor daddy. Make sure you don't droll..
Another famous lullaby is "All the Pretty Little Horses"..
Hush-a-bye
Don't you cry
Go to sleep my little ba-by;
When you wake,
you shall have,
all the pretty little horses...
Shelves full of books...I came across one daddy taking a nap while his little girl immerse herself with reading. I thought that was pretty out of the ordinary and funny so I took a snap shot to this comical composition.
Is that a new trend of slumber party?
Poor daddy. Make sure you don't droll..
Poor daddy. Make sure you don't droll..
Another famous lullaby is "All the Pretty Little Horses"..Hush-a-bye
Don't you cry
Go to sleep my little ba-by;
When you wake,
you shall have,
all the pretty little horses...
Friday, July 11, 2008
Our "beloved" PM is stepping down in 2010??
Mr. Nice Guy?? Who gave him that dick name...Oops...I mean nickname. (sorry)
He was so called a better choice when Dr. Maharthir, the 4th PM announced he was planning to step down in 2002.
Anyway, to cut the story short & fast forward to the present. Honestly, I believe many honest Malaysians would be pretty relieve he is stepping down by just looking at the results of the 13th General election.
He sure gave us plenty of promises but the man on the street hardly feel the impact of it. From Mr. Nice Guy & Pak Lah, he was later addressed with more insulting & degrading nicknames like Sleepy Dollah, Pak Liar, Bodowi, father-in-law of Khairy and many others which you can find on online forums and blogs.
If you happen to walk the streets of KL, you are bound to hear lots of complains from the locals about the difficulty in making an honest living. Forget about reading the positive forecast by the mainstream medias, many partially linked by the ruling party. You will also hear negative comments on the inefficiency of the government in managing the national economy despite the fact we are a major crude oil exporter, rich in natural resources unlike the miserable red dot down south of Peninsular Malaysia!! We were also ONCE a leading & emerging developing country in South East Asia.
As for cost the of petrol, we have one of the highest rate for petrol, from RM1.37 per litre in 2004 to RM2.70 in 2008 (97%...wow). Please bear in mind we are nett exporter of crude oil.
If Pak Lah survives as PM till 2010, Malaysians will have to put up with his leadership for another 2 more years....which is consider a long time for most of us wanting a for the better.
Tak boleh tahan liao oh.... That's my point blank view of my beloved PM.
Tired ah? Please go home & sleep..
(Yawnnn)..... Again?
Looking down? Headache? Or just woke up...??
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