"Kita sendiri allergic bukan-bukan"

After reading Yasmin Ahmad's blog entry today, I think everybody should listen to this man. A religious man, but not one without compassion.(or common sense).

High Tech Siuuttt...

I BET, not a lot of you know that Malaysia is SO blardy high tech that we are the ONLY country in the world with a chip based passport(or if we are not, we are the pioneer)? And also the first country in the world to introduce a chip based credit card?(The Americans have no idea how to use it) And also identification cards which require your fingerprints to be verified for its authenticity? (Let us thank IRIS for all that)
(I know, all of you can gasp in disbelief, but Malaysia is WAY MORE HIGH TECH than Microsoft. TAKE THAT BILL GATES!)
(THIS is when I feel compelled to yell MALAYSIA BOLEH!)

The story is, whatshisname, oh yea ex-President Bush asked his Cabinet - "why is it that a small country like Malaysia can come up with such a FANTASTIC technology like the chip based passport, but we can't?" (this is a true story, cos I heard it from someone who is closely connected to IRIS)

So what is the use of this super high tech chip based passport? To make detecting people easier. The rumour is that eventually, the Government will make the chip on our identification cards GPS enabled. So that each and every person can be detected. (Privacy? Bah Humbug!) So, currently our passport is so blardy high tech, wherever we go, we realise that other countries are so low tech, we still have to line up to have the passport checked by a human being. Sheesh.

Anyway, the whole point of my rant is this.

Malaysia is so high tech. Passport high tech? Check. ID card high tech? Check. ATM card high tech? Check. Credit Card high tech? Check.

But, still we get this :-

"Helmi Malek, the former boyfriend of Selangor exco member Elizabeth Wong has yet to be traced, says Kuala Lumpur CID chief Datuk Ku Chin Wah"

Then what is all the use of the high tech things? when you cannot even trace a man who obviously will have to use his passport and his identity cards or even his ATM or Credit Cards to be running around wild in some other country.

Cheh.

Melayu Mudah Lupa

Indeed.

"By SEAN YOONG,Associated Press Writer AP - Thursday, April 16

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - A campaign by Malaysia's new prime minister to promote racial harmony received a jolt after a pro-ruling party newspaper Wednesday urged the Malay majority to "rise and unite" against demands by ethnic minorities.

In a front-page article, the Utusan Malaysia daily quoted several Malay politicians and activists as saying Malays should put aside their political differences so that they can jointly resist pressure from the ethnic Chinese and Indian minorities.

"The Malays must rise and unite in facing the demands of other races that are now seen as increasingly excessive," the article's opening paragraph said."

(all emphasis are my own)

UMNO has indeed forgotten that they do not run the country single handedly.

They forget that they campaign and "rule" under the BARISAN NASIONAL COALITION front .

Is it excessive for MIC to feel slighted in their representation in the Cabinet? Is it excessive for the Chinese to be upset that the DPM indicated that they were UNGRATEFUL for ALL that the government has given them?Is it beyond madness for the East Malaysians to feel excluded by us here in the West? Would Malays like it if the Chinese say they were arrogant and selfish? Or if Indians called them power crazy?

What is a coalition?

A coalition roughly translates into AN ALLIANCE.

An ALLIANCE is roughly presumed to mean one needs the other to survive. What was the whole point of asking MIC and MCA to join UMNO and form BN? Possibly to appeal to a larger part of society, to every race and to every religion. Albeit, on the surface it LOOKS as if BN may be protecting the interest of "ethnic minorities" (hereinafter referred to as EM) when in fact the politicians in there who are supposedly representing EM's interest are more gung ho about protecting their own pockets.

Anyway, I digress.

So, what is all this shit about ONE MALAYSIA?

From an excerpt from a press conference, PM Najib explains his version of ONE MALAYSIA:-

"Di bawah konsep Satu Malaysia ini bererti bahawa kita berdiri, kita berfikir dan bertindak sebagai bangsa Malaysia. One People. Dan kita mengambil tindakan-tindakan berdasarkan kehendak semua kumpulan etnik dalam negara kita.

- Ini bukan bererti kita mengenepikan dasar afirmatif, dasar untuk menolong kaum bumiputera asalkan dasar itu dilaksanakan dengan cara yang adil dan memberi pertimbangan kepada golongan bumiputera yang layak mendapat sesuatu pertimbangan daripada kerajaan."

Have you read more BS in your life?

Mengambil tindakan-tindakan berdasarkan kehendak SEMUA kumpulan etnik (all actions to be taken based on the needs of ALL ETHNIC groups)BUT tidak mengenepikan dasar afirmatif untuk menolong kaum bumiputera dengan cara adil ( not to put aside the affirmative foundation of helping the bumiputeras as long as it is fair).

How does one take action based on the needs of all ethnic groups IF there is a condition or a exclusionary clause of Bumiputera's taking first place? Or bumiputeras having the AFFIRMATIVE or guaranteed help from the Government as long as it is fair(I would love to know the concept of fair in the Government's books)?

Essentially the PM is saying this, "Look, under ONE MALAYSIA we as the government are saying that we will(try) to listen to all ethnic groups before we take any action BUT please be reminded, essentially, we care more abt the Bumiputeras and hence if it is fair to them (the definition and concept of fair is probably VERY VERY flagrant) their needs and their wants will be put above,before and beyond the rest of you (who probably do not matter)."

(concept of ONE MALAYSIA interpreted solely by me)

Come on, isn't the success of Malaysia a collective effort of all races? How did Malaya emerge from the Occupation? Or free themselves from the Japanese? The Malays did it themselves? The Indians or the Chinese did it themselves?

Enough of this segregation. Enough of this in fighting. It sickens the rakyat to the core to know that while the new PM seems to want a united Malaysia, essentially it is merely a sham. It is a sham when the people working for him spew out gems like "chinese are ungrateful" or that 'the malays should unite against ethnic minorities". And it is a bigger sham and shame when he does nothing to ask them to stop.

It is indeed a big big shame that with a new PM, we expected new beginnings and a new era. We were all hopeful. Grateful even for a change in leadership. But as usual, the higher your expectations, the greater the disappointment.

And today merely marks day 13th of his tenure. And already the shit has hit the fan.

Quote Unquote

Deputy PM Tan Sri Muhiyiddin Yassin:-

I DID NOT CALL CHINESE UNGRATEFUL

No siree.

He was and I quote "misquoted" and his statements were "twisted" and he had "only wanted to know why the Chinese community's confidence in BN was not reflected in the ballot box" unquote.

And what he truly meant was "why the Chinese voters looked as if they did not appreciate BN and voted for the ruling coalition in the recent Bukit Gantang by-election."

Did not appreciate DOES NOT mean ungrateful. When someone says you should learn to appreciate what your parents have done for you. If you do not, you're just ungrateful.

Oppps. That would be a misinterpretation.

Under the Malaysian Book of Made up Interpretations:-
Does not appreciate DOES NOT MEAN ungrateful.

So, Tan Sri has LASHED out at the irresponsible reporting.
Why would he say that the Chinese are ungrateful??

And to make sure that he eases everyone's concerns and to blunt the sharp responses from the Chinese Community, he has this to say :-

"IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THE MALAY LANGUAGE,THEN WE CAN SEND THEM BACK TO SCHOOL."

Ahhh..I feel so much better. That poor misquoted man.

Unpaid summonses does not equal negligence

You know what I do not get? I do not get why newspapers/blogs who report on accidents must make it a point to dig out how many traffic summonses the driver has.

The recent bus accident along the North South highway was no exception. ALL headlines must be such :-

"Double Decker bus overturns, DRIVER HAS 8 SUMMONSES"

Ok, so he has eight unpaid summonses and in fact some warrants of arrest were issued. (shows how efficient our police are- warrant of arrest issued but no arrests were made)

Does that automatically mean that he is a BAD driver? And that automatically means that the cause of the accident was the driver's negligence/recklessness or due to his bad driving?

Have none of you ever been issued a summons for the stupidest thing ever? Like the road that leads out of Hartamas where the policemen hide behind the bushes to catch us "speeding"? To me its termed "speeding" because the speed limit there is a god forsaken ancient Roman times speed of 60km per hour. And all you need to do is go a little beyond that and the police jump out of the bushes and catch you and issue you a summons. Or if you are on a highway and the speed is 110km p/hr, and you happen to go beyond that by a little, say, 120, and ta-da, you will receive a summons in your mail.

So, what if the very next day you are involved in an accident, which causes fatalities, would it be fair to you if the headlines read " WOMAN KILLED IN ROAD ACCIDENT, MANY UNPAID SUMMONSES?"

WTF? Just because you happen to say, speed along the highways or some roads with stupid speed limits, does not mean you are a bad driver or any accidents which involves you is definitely caused by negligence.
I have to agree with my father when he said that most accidents happen not because the driver was driving too fast, it was due to inexperience on the highways. Many of these drivers have not left their kampungs or hometowns before and so they either drive TOO slow, causing a traffic jam or drive too fast not knowing the bends or the slopes and donwhills on the highways.

So, a traffic summons does NOT, I repeat DOES NOT spell RECKLESSNESS. It may be ONE of the assumptions, but it does not ALWAYS spell recklessness.

Imagine you were the family of the bus driver and all headlines scream that your father/husband or son was the cause of the accident just because he has EIGHT UNPAID SUMMONSES, how would you feel?

I would feel like crap. Especially if I know, the summonses were stupid summonses which the traffic police are hell bent on giving in Malaysia. What if one of it was because he did not wear his rear seat belt?

Stupid isn't it?

Oh, the shame of it all!

This man said that the "emergency session" of the (Perak) state assembly, held under a tree, was to embarrass the nation in the eyes of the world.

"I don't want to speculate but we can see that they had prepared for the session, with some carrying posters that read 'The World is Watching'."

"It was as if the session was staged for the world to see."

Now I do not see how a constitutional and democratic act such as holding the emergency session, albeit under a tree, can be an embarrassment to the nation in the eyes of the world. Theoretically, should the State Legislative building burn down or be flooded due to the incessant rain which has been whiplashing us in Malaysia recently, does that mean Perak's administrative wheel stops turning while it awaits a new building to be built? Or wait for the water to recede? Rationally, it is not the PLACE that matters, it is the people who attend it, that does. Speaker? CHECK. Assembly men? CHECK. Suspended assembly men not present? CHECK.
Seems perfectly legitimate to me.

If I were the eyes of the world, I would think this :- "What brave men!" "Upholding their constitutional right and fighting for the interest of the Perak-ians."

That is what I would think. After all, the rest of the world have been quiet about this. No one has criticised the legitimate Perak government for upholding their rights.

So Mr. Zambry, let me show you what actually embarrasses the nation in the eyes of the world. It is this :-

KUALA LUMPUR (AFP) - - Amnesty International on Wednesday condemned Malaysia's move to charge eight people for insulting a sultan on the Internet, saying it was a serious blow to freedom of expression.

Amnesty urged the Malaysian government to drop all the charges, saying the move was a "very troubling step backward."

"This development is a serious blow to freedom of expression in Malaysia and has set a very dangerous precedent for people wishing to express their views on the Internet," Sam Zarifi, Amnesty's Asia-Pacific director, said in a statement.

"The Internet was one of the few venues available for Malaysians to express their views relatively freely, and now it looks like the government will extend its restrictions on free press to the web," he added.

I do not know about you Zambry, but I can feel my cheeks burning from the shame of it all.

Shame that the EYES OF THE WORLD see Malaysia, the so called MODEL ISLAMIC nation, taking a Major step back. Regressing. Going backwards.

That is shame to me. I am embarrassed by that. That stupidity manifests in all forms, shapes and sizes in our administration. That our government and law makers in addition to the act of stupidity and absurdity above also think that Karpal Singh ought to be hauled to court and charged under the Sedition Act for allegedly suggesting that the Sultan of Perak be sued for not dissolving the state assembly and declaring the unlawful grab (in Dr. M's own words) of power by the BN in Perak as legitimate.

My cheeks are burning, piping hot from the sheer embarrassment.

Bad DAP!

So today the headlines SCREAMED "UMNO YOUTH BLAMES DAP FOR PARLIAMENT FRACAS".

You see this UMNO youth mafia wannabe(its not their fault, DAP started it), just SO happened to be at the Parliament grounds and just SO happened met Karpal Singh and they just NICELY approached him to ask him about the incident where Karpal referred to them as "celaka".

Apparently they asked him nicely like this " APA PASAL YOU PANGGIL KITA CELAKA?" YOU CAKAP SEKALI LAGI!SAYA NAK DENGAR DENGAN TELINGA SAYA SENDIRI" "YOU TAK PAYAH PERGI PARLIMEN LA, BAWA MASALAH KEPADA NEGARA SAJA!"

The police are apparently investigating the matter but we know what the outcome will be. We are not born yesterday. We know whose side these people are.

You can view for yourselves who started what and who said what, nicely or otherwise, to whom.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKbcF_mUw4Y

I do not even need to take 5 minutes to "investigate" the matter, and here is a list of offences these UMNO Youth people can be charged with, if the police are as Mesra, Cekap and Betul as they claim themselves to be.

Section 339 Penal Code :-
Whoever voluntarily obstructs any person, so as to prevent that person from proceeding in any direction in which that person has a right to proceed, is said wrongfully to restrain that person.

The punishable section is Section 341 of the Penal Code:-
"...punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one month, or with fine which may extend to one thousand ringgit, or both."

Section 340 of the Penal Code:-
"Whoever wrongfully restrains any person in such a manner as to prevent that person from proceeding beyond certain circumscribing limits, is said to "wrongfully confine" that person."

Punishable section is Section 342:-
"...shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to two thousand ringgit, or with both."

And then there is Section 351 ASSAULT :-
Whoever makes any gesture or preparation, intending or knowing it to be likely that such gesture or preparation will cause any person present to apprehend that he who makes that gesture or preparation is about to use criminal force to that person, is said to commit an assault.

Section 355:-
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person intending thereby to dishonour that person, otherwise than on grave and sudden provocation given by that person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to two years, or with fine, or with both.

Section 357:-
Whoever assaults or uses criminal force to any person, in attempting wrongfully to confine that person, shall be punished with imprisonment for a term which may extend to one year, or with fine which may extend to two thousand ringgit, or with both.

So there PDRM, when will you finish investigating? Hey AG, what are you busy doing??

Religion reigns over humanity

A quick look at this picture and one would never assume he died a "NATURAL DEATH". However that is what the 10 policemen who arrested him and questioned him said.
"He suddenly collapsed after he drank some water."

And that is what the first post mortem said:- "fluid in his lungs".

However, from a second post mortem, it has been revealed that:-

"The UMMC pathologist declared, based on the post-mortem, that Kugan was beaten so badly that his tissues broke down and his kidneys failed, Surendran said.

The pathologist also found that Kugan had suffered hemorrhaging in his trachea, chest, spleen, stomach, the back of his neck and spine, and there were also signs of hemorrhaging in his heart.

The soles of his feet had many bruises caused by beatings and he also suffered blunt trauma to his skull."

Hence, this obviously means he did not just collapse and die. He was beaten to death.

Now, what the AG has done is to reclassify the case as MURDER.One would think that is the logical decision after being informed from the second post mortem that it was indeed the incessant beating that killed Kugan.

Well not for these two NGOs. The Islamic Missionaries and Welfare Malaysia(PEKIDA) and People's Action Front (Barisan Bertindak Rakyat).

PEKIDA:- Tujuan / Matlamat PEKIDA

1. Menegak dan memperjuangkan syiar Islam sesuai dengan ajaran Al-Quran dan Hadis.

2. Mengujudkan taat setia yang kukuh dan tidak berbelah bahagi kepada Kebawah Duli Yang Maha Mulia Yang Dipertua Agong, Sultan-Sultan, Dan Raja-Raja Melayu.Kerajaan dan Pemerintah dan mematuhi Perlembagaan dan Prinsip-Prinsip Rukun Negara.

3. Mengujudkan sumber kewangan masyarakat Islam dan menubuhkan Yayasan serta menggalakan ahli untuk bekerjasama memberi bantuan dan sokongan bagi meningkat dan meninggikan taraf kehidupan umat Islam di segala bidang serta mengadakan atau menebus harta, bangunan, dan lain-lain harta.

4. Menganjurkan kerja dan usaha amal kebajikan untuk faedah ahli-ahli.

5. Mempertahankan Negara dari ancaman musuh dan anasir jahat, komunis, dan golongan anti Islam.

6. Mendirikan institusi pendidikan dan menjadikan bidang pendidikan sebagai tugas penting dan utama yang perlu dilaksanakan untuk ahli, anak-anak mereka dan masyarakat umum. "

and Barisan Bertindak Rakyat:-

Objektif

1. Mempertahankan kedudukan Raja-raja Melayu dan hak istimewa orang Melayu dalam Perlembagaan Negara.
2. Menangani hambatan dan cabaran yang mengancam perpaduan Melayu.
3. Menggandakan tindakan ke arah kemajuan orang Melayu merangkumi aspek Duniawi dan Ukhrawi.
4. Meningkatkan kesedaran di kalangan pegawai-pegawai Melayu di dalam perkhidmatan kerajaan supaya mematuhi dan memelihara kepentingan agenda Melayu dalam pelaksanaan dasar-dasar kerajaan yang diamanahkan kepada mereka.


So, from a quick reading of their objectives, missions and er, aims, it does not involve standing up for anyone who is NOT MUSLIM. So hence, this the reason why they lodged a police report against the AG for classifying the investigation of Kugan's death under murder.The reason being the first post mortem said he died of fluid in his lunds. And hence, the AG's decision is against the medical expert's views.

SO, logically speaking, logic being the logic adopted by PEKIDA and BBR(I abbreviated it myself), just because ONE BIASED medical report said he died from fluid in his lungs it MUST mean that is the ONLY way he could have died and the massive injuries which is shown in pictures and on video is a fallacy. (He must have fallen and injured himself and perhaps he may have burnt himself with a iron rod too)

Now, I do not know much about PEKIDA or BBR, but to lodge a police report even though this man has been violently beaten and killed? A human being, a person's right to live violently snatched away? A parent's son murdered by people who are supposed to protect us from harm? And just because he is NOT MUSLIM they protest??? What if Kugan was a Muslim? Will Pekida and BBR challenge the AG's decision?

What type of a sick, perverted, selfish, irrational, inhumane type of organisation are those two? Where is your humanity?!

Does it not amaze you how many people put religion above humanity?

Are you a heretic?

I cannot ask for a better presentation of the words that so many of us want to say but have not had an audience who is worth speaking to, and who will listen to what we have to say. It is typical for the man to ask "ARE YOU A HERETIC?" Because that is always the answer to anyone who does not follow their words and their beliefs.


http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1296126090432829344


So the big brouhaha about the use of the word ALLAH. These people who yell and shout about the improper use of the word which they believe is exclusive to Islam and to Muslims who are Malay are uneducated. Like RPK said in his article, China was the first to embrace Islam. Chinese Muslims were way ahead of the Malay Muslims. And in Arab worlds, Allah is used to describe God.

They (being UMNO) ask why not use the word TUHAN? Which in Malay means God, but why should the Herald use TUHAN when ALLAH is the official word for GOD? It says so in the Arabic translation of the Bible. So, now these Malay Muslims are challenging the Arabs and their translation? Or you doubt the authenticity of the language of the Arabs? Who died and made you God of languages?

Even PAS, the party who is forefront in promoting Islam has come out to say that Non-Muslims can use the word Allah.

"KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - The leader of Malaysia's Islamic opposition party says non-Muslims should be allowed to use the word "Allah" to refer to God, questioning a government ban that has been criticized by Christians as a blow to freedom of religion.

Nik Aziz Nik Mat, the influential spiritual leader of the opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party, said that a verse in the Quran in which non-Muslims of Mecca call their God "Allah" supported his point."

Seriously, I do not understand the logic behind the ban on the use of the word "Allah". Apparently it will CONFUSE MUSLIMS. Hmm, lets say one day someone prints something and calls Buddha, say, LORD VISHNU. I will not suddenly have convulsions and break into cold sweat that the God, or the religion that I have grown up with or I have chosen to follow suddenly has a change of name and may actually be tied to Hinduism (though it is but that is another story altogether) and hence I will no longer understand what the heck Buddhism is all about and be blindly following Hinduism. Is that the type of confusion every one is talking about? Because I seriously do not know what other confusions there may be.

Why are Malay Muslims(mostly UMNO and some lost PAS and PKR ones) always so petrified of this so called dilution of their religion? One would think if you are strong enough in your belief, people can spit in your face and call you what ever names they can think of,and you will smile and say what you always LOVE to say when faced with damning evidence contrary to what you allege to be, which is "Only God can judge me".

So if you believe that Only God can judge you, then why force others to bend the way that you insist they do? Let God judge the others. Let God decide on who the so called heretics are because punishment in this earthly world is nothing if you go by the book of your religion, only judgment after death is what we should all be afraid of. This world that we are living in now, is merely temporary. Where we all strive to be the best that we can. And if others do not see what you see, or believe what you believe, Let GOD JUDGE THEM.

Do not place yourself in the shoes of someone you are not worthy to be and judge others.

“ We only jaga (look after) inside (Parliament), not outside.”

I cannot WAIT to see how the "investigations" into this matter will turn out :-

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2009/2/26/nation/20090226192647&sec=nation

After all this involves :-

1) UMNO Youth. Who is the man in charge of it again? The "what do you mean I an racist?" politician.
2) "HATED" MP Karpal who challenged the Sultan of Perak.
3) Opposition member.

I wait and I wait. But we know the outcome. After all, it is not surprising if the Speaker say the Parliament does not condone these kinds of threats, but hey ho if it OUTSIDE of Parliament, there really isn't much we can do. Easy to take the stance of the security guards.

“ We only jaga (look after) inside (Parliament), not outside.”

A piece of shit by any other name...

GEORGE TOWN: There is strong evidence to show that Selangor Mentri Besar Tan Sri Khalid Ibrahim misused his powers over the maintenance of his personal car and the distribution of 46 cows for slaughter in his Bandar Tun Razak parliamentary constituency.

Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) chief commissioner Datuk Seri Ahmad Said Hamdan said the commission had completed its investigations, adding that the matter would be referred to the Attorney-General’s Chambers for further action.

....

Ahmad Said was asked on the progress of the case following complaints by Sungai Besar assemblyman Datuk Seri Dr Mohd Khir Toyo that Khalid had misused state funds to pay for the maintenance of his personal car and purchase of 46 cows worth RM110,400 during the Hari Raya Aidiladha celebration.

I never understood the term, a shit by any other name will smell as stinky. (I paraphrased and change some words to the saying,so shoot me)

MACC...ACA. Same shit. Different name. Still UMNO oops, BN's donkey.

When it comes to complaints against BN people, its "we are investigating" OR, "investigations are going on" or "the investigating authorities are mum on the status of the investigations".

If it is taking too long, its because "it is still under investigations". This is what I perceive to be happening in the interview room with BN politicians accused of corruption :-

MACC: Tuan, khabar baik ?
CBN (Corrupted BN): Baikkkk...dah minum? Nah, saya bawa teh tarik untuk you.
MACC: Eh, terima kasih! Jadi Tuan tahu lah kenapa tuan dipanggil untuk ke sini?
CBN: Tahu, itu orang PKR la. Bising bising saya ada ini "korupt". Siapa lah yang tak buat apa yang mereka katakan? Kitorang semua tahu kan. Apa salahnya?
MACC: Ah-ah la tu tuan. Tapi kalau kita tak panggil tuan sini mereka bising bising kita tak siasat. Jadi tuan duduk duduk sekejap la, habiskan kuih kuih ini. Nanti saya datang balik dan tuan boleh balik la yea?
CBN: boleh boleh. Kalau nak buat wayang, mestilah buat elok elok kan??

Then after this scenario (which repeats with all BN men accused of corruption), then this public statement is released " we have forwarded the papers to the AG's chambers for further consideration. "
"What is the result of your investigation??"
"it is no longer in our hands, Let the AG decide."

BUT when it comes to PKR members, it "WE HAVE STRONG EVIDENCE AGAINST KHALID(or whoever- just fill in the blanks)"

Dude, wtf man?
Where is your professionalism? Even if you are a hardcore UMNO/BN supporter, dont show your true colours out in public la.

THIS is the man who is going to spearhead the INDEPENDENT commission? As I have said earlier, it is merely a change of name. It is still the same shitty agency. It is still protecting the corrupt and prosecuting the innocent. It is still the federal government's donkey.

And BN can look us in the eye and tell us they are a party for everyone??


So to BN I ask :

"How did you, just how did you become that kind of gov?
To look your rakyat and lie right in their eyes?
PKR told you that aint right, oh now that aint right"

"

[To be sung to Wil. I.AM's heartbreaker song]

Who died and made us guardians of the right and wrong of having nude photos?

- picture courtesy of ohbulan

This is an image of a couple who allegedly got it on in an x ray room in some hospital. Apparently the man works there and he snuck his lady friend into the room to get some action. And they filmed it as a momento of their great escapade.

When I look at this picture, I think tsk tsk, he could have been more discreet with it. Sure, who are we to judge this two hor- I mean, amorous people who want to get it on in a public place? I am sure we have our very own skeletons in our closets. We do not know what people do behind closed doors and we sure as hell do not want people to know what WE do behind closed doors. So, while I tsk tsk his indiscretion, I do not tut-tut his right to do what he did. After all, humans are put on the planet to enjoy the company of each other.

So, this brings me to the main topic of the post. What is up with the big brouhaha with Elizabeth Wong's photos? In the first place, they are merely naked pictures, whether in "compromising" positions or not. People are entitled to take pictures of themselves. Politicians, presidents, neighbours, friends and colleagues alike. They want to take naked pictures of themselves, who are we to stop them? After all, we do not throw a disgusted look at those who cam-whore to the max when it comes to bombarding facebook with pictures of nobody else but themselves (albeit fully or semi clothed- so why should nudity cause such a furore? Its just plus minus some clothes but essentially the same thing)

It does not mean they are any less a good politician, a great friend or a fantastic co-worker. It is just merely a preferance as to what they like to do in their private hours and in their own time. (I have shared my views on this in regards to the Chua Soi Lek episode) Of course if a video or pictures are leaked of say a politician dressed in S&M clothing, holding a whip and spanking a child, then I will say WHOA! Maybe just maybe this piece of information about him or her is a gauge of what type of person and politician he is. Better to get him out!

But harmless naked pictures, hey I am all for their right to do that.

Of course many people have rallied around Elizabeth; supporters and oppositions alike. But there is ALWAYS ONE person/group (hint: Malay Movement Youth something whatchamacallit) who will always have this to say from their alleged high moral platform- that this is immoral, that it is wrong from a religious viewpoint, it is highly disgusting and she has to step down because it is unbecoming and unbefitting of a politician to be caught with his pants down (or panties missing- just fill in the blanks). [This I must say is the same group who want Rihanna banned from Malaysia because it is UNDENIABLE vthat the taxes she pays in America contributes to what has been used to fund the war in Gaza- the logic that these men/women have AMAZES ME!I LOVE IT!]

You know I hate dirty politics. But I especially hate it in THIS country because small things are made into big mountains when it comes to morals and religion. Being naked in your own time and taking pictures of yourself does not make one immoral or any less religious. I do not think the bible, the Koran or any other religious book said "thou shall not take naked pictures of yourself and distribute it on the internet".

Does it? I stand corrected. But until then, I spit on those who have said Elizabeth has been immoral.[Even NIK AZIZ WAVED IT AWAY- come on people. Can any of YOU be more religious that THIS man?]

Perak Tapau?

This whole Perak fiasco, can be summed up in two words. BN BOLEH.

Now, I have had my share of being bombarded with insults and "what type of governance do you subscribe to?" when I said that BN cannot be faulted for everything that happened in Perak. Well, the expression it takes two to tango makes a whole lot of sense to me.

This is how I see it, when Anwar Ibrahim indicated that BN MPs in Sabah were going to do an exodus of crossovers and PKR will then take over as federal government, PKR supporters waited with bated breath for that victory announcement. And when that Bota man crossover to PKR, everyone cheered "TAKE THAT BN!".

However, when the BOTA man and the other two PKR men who were promised their corruption charges were more likely than not be "solved" if they move over to BN, and that Jelapang DAP woman who said "RM20million? I was not offered that money!(but she never said anything about RM19.5 million perhaps but that is another story) DID quit PKR and pledged their allegiance to support BN, all PKR supporters had their panties/boxers and underwear in a big huge knotted bunch.
There were calls of a "revolution", and there was "we will send you BN people to hell in the next GE" and "BN plays dirty, shame shame".

Okay so lets back up a minute, isnt BN doing exactly what Anwar Ibrahim promised to do and applauded when it was done? So why is everybody bombarding me with all these hate messages when I said BN did not let us down and did nothing wrong-ER (I couldnt find a more appropriate word so I invented one) than what they have been doing all these while. Subscribing to dirty politics is a must in BN. So, they are just doing what they are used to. The issue here is PKR let us down. PKR could not keep its members in their party. PKR could not dangle a big enough carrot in front of those three members to keep them in and pledge their support for Nizar. I do not feel that BN has played any more dirty than they usually do. I only feel that PKR perhaps did not work hard enough to ensure their members stayed loyal and steadfast to the PKR manifesto and principles.

That is what I feel. It of course does not help PKR with that Karpal shooting off "Anwar should step down" messages to the media. I guess he has never heard of closing ranks or unity in times of adversity. He of course subscribes to "each man for himself!"

Yes, while I am perturbed by the fact that:-

1) the Kedah Umno Malay something (I forget) has called for the Sultan of Perak to ban Karpal from entering the state,
2)demonstrations by upset Malays outside of Karpal's office (and a threat to continue doing so if he does not withdraw the suit)
3) many angry emails that he should be "dealt with appropriately"
4) threats of "withdraw OR ELSE" (ooohhh...so scary!)

because Karpal has brought the Sultan to court for declaring that PKR were no longer in power and BN was, I Too feel like yelling "SHUT THE F UP KARPAL!"
After all, the whole PKR vehicle is seen to be crumbling, the last thing to do is to question Anwar's power and ability. If you NEED to do it, please do it internally.

But I digress.

So now the whole fiasco is no longer BN vs PKR, it has extended to MALAY vs NON-MALAY by the UMNO people.

Asking for "Malays to unite, whatever party they belong to,to fight against this disrespect to the Sultan" is ridiculous dont you think? I think so.

Right now, I applaud Nizar's determination to fight this to the end. I applaud his tenacity. In fact I applaud the whole PKR team for fighting for us Perak voters who put them there.

But I think in my friend M's words;-

"PERAK TAPAU"

Fluke victory

Imagine if you were to win a 100m race, competing against 8 of the best sprinters in the world. You claim the gold. You were given the recognition as the best sprinter. Imagine how good it feels to taste that type of victory.

Much like how Rafael Nadal must have felt when he beat Federer for the Australian open. Must have felt pretty damn good to beat one of the best players in the history of tennis.

That type of victory is sweet.

The type of "victory" UMNO has been declaring? Sour and bitter and frankly, really really sad. Not the boohoo type of sad, but the Dude. How SAD ARE YOU? type of sad.

"Both the National Front and the three-party opposition alliance now have 28 seats in Perak's legislature, but Najib said his coalition effectively has control because the three independent lawmakers "will support" the National Front in any vote.

"They have lost confidence in their own party," Najib told a news conference. "We have got the majority to form the (state) government. " - Y!Malaysia

I am pretty sure Najib must have said that with the biggest grin his face could muster.

What type of victory is this? The three lawmakers deserted the party that actually gave them the pass to succeed in the General Election? And now they are supposedly "friendly" with the BN? What type of politician is that? No in fact, what type of human being is that?!

And there the BN is welcoming these sorry excuses for men and wearing their desertion of PKR as proudly as a victory badge?
Seriously, how very SAD is that?

Just as how you UMNO shoved aside the BOTA assembly man because he jumped ship possibly labeling him "disloyal" , here they are welcoming the very same species they have discredited into their own party.

Let us not talk about how these members have "lost faith in their party". These jumpers are not jumping due to the fact that they lost "faith in the party", its more along the lines of how much money they can get in each party. I bet down to the very last sen in my account that BN must have dangled a HUGE CARROT in front of these money minded frogs to leap over.
PKR and BN does not even have similar ideas of development or progress. They have different ides in running the country, spending the rakyat's money. Everything is different. The only similarity is probably that both parties claim to have the rakyat's welfare at heart.

So, how is it possible for a person from PKR to "lose faith in their party" and jump over to a party which does not even have similar ideals or ideas? HOW?


If I am pro choice, how do I suddenly jump over to being pro-life??

It just does not make sense to me.

Then again, I am not a donkey who has a big carrot dangled in front of me. So I would never know.

Leading the frogs into the river...

If I were a pied pier, pipe piper...pipe..oh you know what I mean..
I would pipe my pipes, blow my pipes? I would play my pipes so that all the jumping leaping PKR BN frogs would follow me and jump right into the sea and drown themselves.

Then us Perak-ians can heave a sigh of relief.

Pain shoots up my spine and squints my eyes whenever I read the same headlines over and over again. "PKR JUMPS SHIP" "WE RESIGN" "WE HAVE NOT RESIGN" "NAJIB OFFERED ME MONEY TO JUMP SHIP" "BN MAN JOINS PKR" .

Seriously. This leaping and jumping is causing the Perak people to tire. We are tired of all these bullshit. Now that the euphoria that is the General Election has died down, we see that BN UMNO MCA DAP GERAKAN PK are all the same shit made from the same shitty mould.

A friend sent me a sms today " Perak State Assembly dissolved".
I replied "SO?"
"Don't you care about the fact that PKR may lose power?"
"No. What difference does it make? While BN was in power, everything in Perak remained in status quo. Now that PKR is in power, its still status quo."

So what difference does it make to all of us? All I see is they are equally unethical and corrupted. Who joins a party, runs under their banner, wins a seat and then jumps party? What type of morally and ethically haywire person does that?

Sure, every once in awhile for show time purposes, some UMNOBN PKR people are charged for corruption cos they apparently were involved in "money politics", so while they publicly condemn these practices, they privately think "thank goodness for some loser went down for it!". Anyway I digress, what I mean is that while they think corruption is wrong cos it clearly is, nobody seems to think jumping parties is a SERIOUS OFFENCE.

You're cheating US the voters. US the one who chose YOU as a BN/PKR/DAP/PK member. Come on, what are the chances of us choosing you as an INDIVIDUAL to represent us. It is your party that you represent. Its ideals, its stand. Not your own! So if you jump, you're nothing but a piece of shit.Okay maybe that is too harsh. You're nothing but a piece of shit. (Yeah, that is all that is coming to my head now)

When will this charade end? When will it ever be our turn to benefit? When?

Losing another one...

Two weeks ago, on 19th January 2008, at exactly 3.30pm I was told of my cousin's death in a car accident.
That would spell the second death in my extended family in a mere 6 months.
We were fuzzy on the details of the death but was told that he died on the spot of severe head and chest injuries.

To say that we were shocked and saddened is merely skimming the surface of the immense loss we suffered. Death is very permanent. Yes, that is stating the obvious but one does not really understand death until one finishes writhing around the pit of denial.And then it hits you. By then the grief is so insurmountable, it becomes impossible to actually understand why it happened.

Anyway, that is a post for a whole other blog content. This post is about people who make comments,not just any comment but stupid, insensitive, half a bird brain type of comments.

Now if you see a picture of an accident like this:-



WHY THE F would you make a comment such as :-

"Padan muka!Siapa suruh pandu laju laju?"

In the first place, how the heck would you know that he was driving fast? Were you there in the car? Were you at the scene of the accident when it happened? Who died and made you the speedometer that recorded the speed of the car?

"Ish. Mabuk ke dia?"

Okay, just because someone is involved in an accident it automatically means its because he is drunk?!

"Itulah, siapa suruh tak pakai tali keledar"

So now it is proven that wearing a safety belt will definitely keep one safe in an accident? Did you not read about the Singaporean car which crashed on the highway and all were killed except the baby who flew out of the window and survived the accident???? Every accident is different.

Now, all these comments that are posted on the internet are accessible to everybody. Does it not occur to you that perhaps just perhaps the victim's mother or wife and family may read it? Would it not hurt them to read these comments? How would you like it if one of YOUR family members were killed in an accident and I say " Oh he must have been drunk. Well, no loss there. Just another idiot who drove too fast!"

Sure, I am not immune to saying "UGH!These rempits really get to me!That is why so many of them die!!" but I would never ever THINK of passing a scene of an accident or looking at a picture of an accident and saying " Dude, he totally deserved to die."

W(ho)TF says that? WHO?!

I wait for the day that ehoza.com members who commented on the accident to lose somebody. Somebody they truly love. Their only son. Their husband or their father.

I will then gleefuly say " Padan muka"

But then again, I am not as heartless and stupid as the members there are. So maybe I will wait for the day one of them oh I dont know, maybe just lose a limb or two.

I am just counting the days until it happens.

WTF moments

I dont know about you, but I have read a bunch of things from the newspapers that make me go WTF?

So in no particular order, I have decided to list them down :-

1) PAS youth wing leader wants Rihanna concert banned as it is an insult to Eastern culture.
Altogether now :WTF?

2) Some psycho Muslim accountant wants to sue the Penang State Government for putting up road signs in Chinese as he feels INSULTED by the use of a language which is not the official language of Malaysia.
WTF?

3) Government sends 10,000 policeman to "cover" the elections in Kuala Terengganu.
WTF? (Is there no crime to fight elsewhere?)

4) PAS and DAP fighting like small children in the media. PAS: Islamic State. DAP: No! PKR Prez: No no, misunderstanding. PAS did not say Islamic state. Besides, it wont apply to Non Muslims. Karpal Singh :WTF?
So we too say WTF?

5) We must boycott Coca Cola as a way to show our displeasure with America who is supporting Israel in the war in Gaza. So because Coca Cola is banned, I guess we just have to switch to Pepsi.
WTF?

6)Instead of helping to ease traffic jams along the congested roads in Bukit Bintang or Sultan Ismail, our road traffic police SWUNG INTO ACTION to issue summonses to those who do not wear their rear safety belts when the ruling came into effect.
WTF?

7) The fourth passenger in the car does not need to wear a safety belt. Apparently the ruling which is to make it safer for those in the car should they be in an accident, does not apply to the fourth passenger. He or she can die. Its ok.
WTF?

8)Anwar Ibrahim still talking about toppling the government by doing, nothing. But talk. And more talk.
WTF?

We need help in Malaysia too!

Every year after the SPM or STPM results are out, one lucky lad will be featured in the front page of the papers as the hero who got 30As, or 6As or whatever amount of As that is considered straight As.

Then a few months down the road this same lad will be featured in the papers again under "Woe is me, I have no scholarship". And this lad will more likely than not be a Non- Muslim/Malay. And he will find that his peers with results which are not as spectacular as him would have gone on to further their education in prestigious universities or be offered fantastic scholarships to further their education.(and half the time, you dont even HAVE to return to Malaysia to work if say you are getting married and you want to wait for your spouse to finish HIS/HER education first before you come back, OR you can do a disappearing job and the authorities will not go after the guarantors because "they have moved"- what do you mean we can use the MYKAD to trace them? IMPOSSIBLE!They have vanished!VANISHED!)

I digress.

SO, every year, there will be a big brouhaha about why the government does not give scholarships to those who truly truly deserve it. So many of our talents move down South to Singapore where their intelligence and their talents will be recognised and appreciated. Many of us Malaysian have felt let down by the blatant discrimination shown by the Government when it comes to offering scholarships. Many of us have been looked over just because we were not of a certain race or creed.

You think that things cannot get ANY more unfair, then I read this today:-

BEIJING: Fifty scholarships will be given to Muslim students in China to further their studies in Malaysia.

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat said the Al-Bukhary Foundation would be offering the scholarships annually.

The move was to help the poor students gain an education, he said during a lunch hosted by the China Islamic Association at the Muslim Tulufan Restaurant here yesterday.

Ong is leading a political and trade delegation to Beijing to mark 35 years of China-Malaysia diplomatic relations.

There are 22 million Muslims in China and Islam is one of the five major religions in the country.

“We hope the exchanges will help provide Malaysians an opportunity to know the Chinese Muslims,” Ong said.



Firstly, there are poor students HERE in MALAYSIA you sasquatch!
Secondly, why do Malaysians want to know about the Chinese Muslims? They are from China, they are Muslims! Why dont you just invite them to come over to Malaysia as tourists? I can learn about them when they are here as tourists too. For eg:-

Hello. Are you from China?
Yes.
Great.You Muslim?
Yes.
Cool.Enjoy yourself in Malaysia. There are halal food everywhere.
Thank You.


SEE? Makes perfect sense to me! But giving out money to POOR CHINESE MUSLIMS in CHINA to pursue their education here? Come on.

Yes, I know its given by the Al-Bukhary Foundation and not the Government, but dont you think it will make sense for the government to tell Tan Sri Mokhtar Al- Bukhary to "eh, give to Malaysians la. "

And SO WHAT IF HE ALREADY DOES GIVE TO MALAYSIANS? There are STILL poor ones who did not get it!AND WHAT ABOUT NON MUSLIMS WHO LIVE IN CHINA? THEY ARE POOR TOO!How about Malaysians who want to know about Buddhist Chinese? OR Malaysians who want to know about Christian Chinese? Huh?

*irrational anger*

Anyway, these are the type of things that piss me off. These are the type of things that make me wonder whether these people with all the money and the power actually have brains! Or they were just prompted along to riches and wealth with help from certain quarters.

The true evil is the war, not the countries in it.

HELL YEAH lets boycott Coca Cola!
And Maybelline, and Starbucks and everything that America has a hand in.

This way, America will know that Malaysia CONDEMNS the excessive aggressiveness of Israel in the Gaza strip. So far the death toll has gone up to 500. And in comparison, only 5 (okay maybe now around 10) Israeli's have died. The Horror! Why should there be such violence against the Palestinians when their initial incessant shelling of Israel only caused 5 people to die??! So what they sort of "started" it first? After all, in the words of my friend A "How would YOU like it if someone came into your living room and took posession of it?"

My simple answer? If my family had to die for it, I will gladly give up my living room.

SURE, we CONDEMN the war. The atrocities. The violence. But how many of us have sat down to think, now, why is Israeli retaliating as such? Is it because Hamas have been shelling them every damn day? And the rest of Palestine have plainly refused to recognise Israel? Just as the Palestinians have the right to live, so do the Israelis. Sure, the Israeli's were the unfortunate ones to be plucked out of obscurity and placed right smack in the middle of Islam central hence taking over land belonging to Palestine. How many have thought of how the Israeli's felt? If I were living in Israel I would wish every day that my country will one day LIFT itself and just go somewhere else with no opposition to the creation of that state.

Yes, I may sound biased, but at the end of the day, what I truly feel is that there is NO justification for the war. AND there is NO reason why both sides just cannot see eye to eye. Yes, this is the reality. Israel is there. Unless a big tsunami washes the whole of Israeli away (or my LIFT and go somewhere else theory comes to fruition), it is not going to disappear one day. So, would it not make more sense to just accept the inevitable and then move on from there?

Instead of all these fighting?

And by countries taking SIDES, it just FUELS the war. Malaysia can condemn the WAR, not Israel. Malaysia should condemn the VIOLENCE. NOT Israel. Because why do we support Palestine just because they are an Islamic country? What if it were the other way round? Would we condemn Palestine? Did we do anything to boycott anything Islamic during September 11? Or did many of us secretly thought HAHA, its about time that US feels the wrath of the Muslim world?

I do not agree to the stand that Malaysia has taken. We are supposed to be Non Aligned. And by that it means we DO NOT take sides. And by boycotting America because they are supporting Israel, we are taking sides. Both countries have been aggressors. And they both have to stop. Now its a game of lets see who has more support. And this will never end if we jump into the fray.

CONDEMN THE WAR.

Stop the blame game!

Anyone who lives in Bukit Antarabangsa or has/had any relatives who lived there is going to hate me for saying this. But I just HAVE to.

It is NOT always the local authorities who are SOLELY to be blamed. And it is not also the developers who are to blame. Ever heard of if there is DEMAND, there is SUPPLY?
Let us just say, I as a developer, I have this MEGA project at the hillside. I have luxury condo units and I have big ass swimming pools, and all that jazz. Now all these I made it rich and I have to flaunt my money Malaysians will FLOCK to these developments to buy it. So I make big bucks and I think gee, Malaysians LOVE this whole hillside luxury living concept. I think I ought to go look for another one.

So the Highland Towers taught the developers nothing. Even the buyers learnt nothing. You would think us Malaysians will think, we should BOYCOTT these developments. Let us NOT buy into the whole idea. The developers should stop it. And if we do not buy any units, the whole development will go bust and then eventually they will learn that there is no demand. But NO, Malaysians continue FLOCKING to these developments. Buying and buying and buying. So with demand going up, there ought to be supply right? If I were a developer and a businessman, I see the opportunity, I seize it!

So knee jerk reaction. Let us SUE the developers and the local authorities for allowing these developments. They are to blame. They caused the landslides from bad monitoring. They did not do the irrigation well enough. Now my mother/sister/brother/relative is dead and gone. But what have I done to stop these developments? I bought a unit there because it was BIG and Beautiful. I have money, I want a big house! What have I done to curb the demand? nothing. But why should I blame myself as well?Its easier to point a finger at someone else.

Am I being a mean bitch here? Yes I am. But I just think pushing the blame game has to stop. EVERYONE is to be blamed. It is like saying let us stop polluting the environment. Every damn advocate(or 98% of them) of "cleaner environment" campaign drives a car. Hybrid or not. It still emits pollutants right? Whether at 10% or 80%, it STILL Does.So you are STILL polluting the damn environment. Why dont you cycle everwhere? Why do you have air con units in your home? Why do you have electricity? Why dont you switch to solar power? All these contribute to environmental pollution.

So yes, I am being mean here, but I think I just have to say it.

After all, this is MY blog and I have every damn right to.