THE CONFUSED OUTLAW

Yesterday incident involving a group of protesters, walking from a mosque to one embassy in order to demonstrate their disgust towards a political interference of that country in another country. However it’s currently and so widely reported in CNN, BBC or even Al Jazeera, Mr O had implicitly advised Mr M to step down to avoid any more untoward chaos in the latter’s country which eventually would affect the world as a whole. The oil price would increase and the stability of Middle East might be jeopardised. It’s funny though that the demonstrators were asking the Americans not to meddle. Were they confused? The Americans are being supportive towards the Egyptian peoples, but these confused outlaws were against the Americans on this issue. It’s weird, isn’t it?. Read the news in Malay Mail as follows:
“Thousands protest in front of US Embassy in KL. Do not interfere, US Govt told
Friday, February 4th, 2011 18:53:00
KUALA LUMPUR: In a show of support for the anti-government movement in strife-torn Egypt, thousands today marched to the US Embassy here. It was learnt the 2.30 pm protest was led by Pakatan Rakyat leaders and comprised of a number of NGOs.
The group, numbering about 2,000, marched from the KLCC mosque after Friday prayers to the Embassy to hand over a memorandum demanding the US Government not interfere in matters there.It was reported police, who succeeded in dispersing the crowd quickly, have detained seven alleged unruly protesters who police claimed were unruly, throwing bottles and had refused to disperse.”

Either they were confused or they were hoping this “Act of Demonstration” would become a pandemic and translated into a worldwide scenario. Ultimately, a government would be toppled even if it’s a legitimate and duly elected one. It’s just a wild guess!

It’s also laughable when reading a tweet which was retweeted by one ADUN from Selangor yesterday which read:
“Mubarak you are one, think of the Millions of Egyptian. The Millions of Egyptian are more important that You One Person!”.
In replying to it:
“remind us of One figure in Msia, because of him, the country is in chaos. It happened recently in Parliament.”
In short, these so called confused outlaws, they always say something but do the opposite. Remind me of one pepatah Melayu;

“Paku Dulang Paku Serpih, Mengata Orang, Dia Yang Lebih!”.

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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR (Part 3)

“Thumbs up for new bus terminal: The latest bus terminal in town has captivated travellers, especially those joining the balik kampung exodus for the Chinese New Year holidays. The Bandar Tasik Selatan Integrated Transportation Terminal (ITT) was a scene of happy faces yesterday as many headed south for the long weekend.”

When reading the above article in NST, I remember my trip to China recently. During the trip Mr C was so stressed because it seemed that some people urged the government to postpone the opening of the above said terminal. But Mr C was so adamant to ensure that the terminal to be opened on 1st January, and as a result, our Chinese friends are now enjoying the facility during this joyous festival. Of course, there are still some improvement need to be made, but the decision to open it before CNY was most welcome. Thumbs up Sir!

“MCA leaders to the forefront :The just-concluded Tenang by-election served as a test of sorts – if not a blessing in disguise – for MCA in getting back the Chinese support for Barisan Nasional and consolidating unity in the party.”

Meanwhile,after reading the Star, the above article really made me wandering that everybody is definitely entitled to their own opinion. MCA and DAP are fighting over Chinese votes, and “who is the winner?” as what my son always ask me, is depending totally on the strength of BN or PR. In other words, is not MCA or DAP per se who determine whether the rakyat will support either BN or PR, but the total contribution of all party component parties in each movement would eventually influence the rakyat as who would be in charge of Putrajaya. In conclusion, between a statistic and result, I definitely prefer the result!.

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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR (Part 2)

“MELAKA 1 Feb. – Presiden MCA, Datuk Seri Dr. Chua Soi Lek hari ini meminta jentera parti itu memastikan undi kaum Cina untuk Barisan Nasional (BN) meningkat pada pilihan raya kecil Dewan Undangan Negeri (DUN) Merlimau bulan depan.

Beliau berkata, momentum peningkatan 50 peratus undi masyarakat Cina kepada calon BN pada pilihan raya kecil DUN Tenang di Johor, Ahad lepas, harus diteruskan.”

After reading the above news reported in Utusan Malaysia today, I started to wander, who’s actually correct? Please read my previous post under the same title. Surely, both Datuk Seri Chua and YB Kula had their own sources when they drew a conclusion with regard to Chinese votes during recent by-election, otherwise they may not make such statement.

On the other note, a reporter from a local portal was barred from covering an event attended by our former premier, and in another portal it was apparently reported that all Non Malay reporters were actually barred from the event. No obvious reason was given by the organiser.

I read the news and it’s suggested that IMalaysia and NEM were heavily criticised. So, now the question is, which slogan is better, IMalaysia or Bangsa Malaysia?

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HAPPY CHINESE NEW YEAR

Reading twitter is definitely informative. And by following the opposition leaders, you may get some ideas or information that you may not find in mainstream media. This post is apparently a speech by YB Kula in which inter alia stated:

“From the preliminary analysis, it is obvious that as consistent with past public survey findings, the Malay support or rather the rural Malay support for BN has increased.It also appears that there was increased Indian voter support for the BN candidate.This is an important area that PR must look into and quickly plan new strategies to win the people’s support.

Nevertheless, It is very encouraging to note that the Chinese support for the PR candidate in the Tenang by election has increased by some 10 %, despite the fact that the PR candidate is from PAS and MCA has campaigned hard on the Islamic state issue to frighten the Chinese voters.

Somehow MCA still believes that Islamic state issue is its “killer weapon” against the PR, especially the DAP”.

This finding should definitely be an eye opening for BN especially its Chinese leaders. Go Xi Fa Cai!.

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A NEW BEGINNING

After giving due consideration, I decided to re-activate my blog.
I hope this hobby of mine, would not annoy or irritate anybody. It’s just a piece of mind from a person who’s not fully learned. Fasten your seat belt, and enjoy the journey.

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THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA : Do and Don’t (Part 3)

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Dr. Mahathir is pointing his fingers towards foreign presses in his blog in defending the PM. Just recently, he was re-admitted to UMNO, and now as usual he is the busiest retiree in Malaysia. I guess, because of his love for his country, he is tirelessly putting his neck fighting for others. He defended Anwar before, he loved Pak Lah initially and now he is defending the new PM. Come on guys, he is already more than 80 years old, and yet he the one who is at the front against the might of foreign presses, to defend the PM of Malaysia.

I don’t mind if our own peoples criticise the PM, and in fact I welcome it. But if Malaysians are colloborating with foreign elements to tarnish our image by attacking our top leader, then something must be wrong somewhere. I think we should protect the Prime Ministership and not the Prime Minister. That’s why the political parties should always be aware of the consequences if they chose the wrong leader. We need a leader who can defend the country and not just busy defending himself or herself. We want a leader who regard Malaysia as his main and sole agenda and not his political survival. Unfortunately, in Malaysia regardless of parties, apparently our politicans are good at championing their personal goals than rakyat as a whole.

Nevertheless, it’s too soon to tell the performance of our PM, but I wish he should have learnt from past mistakes (his own or others) like we all should. We are so lucky compared to the PM, because we are not to be judged by public like him. Conversely, the Public is actually the real PM, who determine the right person to be delegated with powers to rule and to serve and not the other way around. Let the Public decides who they want to be their defender. Actually, PM is supposed to be the Public Defender and not the Public is the Defender of the PM. But is it right? Ironically, most of the times, and sometimes even in a traffic jam, we must give a way to the PM or his wife and not the other way around..such a pity!!!.

THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA : Do and Don’t (Part 2)

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Dear Mr Prime Minister, in order to be an excellent, lovable and inspiring leader, you must be extraordinary, brilliant, strong and superb leader….or in other word, you must be a Superhero!!!. These are some examples of superheroes and their opposites for your reference :-

A Prime Minster must :

1) Be the SUPERMAN and not the SUPERFICIAL MAN ;

2) Be the SPIDERMAN and not the SPITEFUL MAN ;

3) Be the BATMAN and not the BADMAN ;

4) Be the XMAN and not the XEROX MAN ;

5) Be the ULTRAMAN and not the ULTRA VIRES MAN ;

6) Be the FANTASTIC FOUR and not the FANATIC FOUR ;

7) Be the TRANSFORMER and not the TRANSGRESSOR ;

8) Be the MIGHTY MOUSE and not the MISCHIEVOUS MOUSE ;

9) Be the ROBIN HOOD and not the ROTTEN HOOD ; and the most importantly

10) Be the PM as the PRIME MINISTER and not the PROXY MINISTER.

THE PRIME MINISTER OF MALAYSIA: Do and Don’t! (Part 1)

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Dear Mr Prime Minister..

1) To differentiate clearly between UMNO and BN from the Government. UMNO and BN are political parties which under democratic system have been empowered to form a federal government. The Government is regulated under the principles of Separation of Powers, Rule of Law and Constitutional Monarchy who is answerable not only to members of political parties but more importantly to the citizens as a whole. The Federal and State Government is founded under democratic system which is to ensure that the Government can implement its laws and policies smoothly and efficiently.
It’s a conventional practice (also a branch of laws) that the President of UMNO shall automatically become the Prime Minister of Malaysia. But this practice should not tantamount to a guarantee or label that UMNO is Government and Government is UMNO. President of UMNO and Prime Minister of Malaysia are two different entities/institutions and a clear line should be drawn to distinguish each other. As such, whenever Najib talks as A Prime Minister, the peoples would understand that the message is for them and just for BN or UMNO. The UMNO and BN members must also realise, Najib is accountable to all and not just them.

2) Do not ever threaten or intimidate the non-supporters of BN like saying that the opposition leaders are hopeless peoples. It would create hatred among Malaysian peoples. Let UMNO and BN do it. It is a clear difference between politic and government administration. If he condemns and criticize oppositions or others when he is wearing a Prime Minister’s hat, he actually puts himself in a defensive mode WHENEVER he is trying to put forward his agenda, because the targeted audience would be limited to his supporters and not his detractors. He just needs to explain in simple and inspiring terms and language for everybody and leave rhetorical speeches during UMNO or BN assembly.

3) Instruct other UMNO leaders not to raise racial sentiments like what Zahid did recently. Being part of the Government, he should not do that. Let UMNO, its member or members of the Supreme Council who are not in government to take up that role. No point for them to be there if they do not champion the Malays’ causes.

4) To come up with a catchy tagline, motto or brand for UMNO and BN. “BN for All”, “BN to Serve not to Rule”, “BN is the Future”, “UMNO sayang Semua”, “UMNO Kampungku, BN Milikku dan Semua”, “Your Future is BN”, “UMNO untuk Semua”, “UMNO sayang Melayu” and others. BN can no longer rely on racial issues to be a champion. This approach is getting absolete. BN must be forward thinking and see history as a guideline and not a precedent. Najib must steer Malaysia, BN and UMNO along this line. Rakyat comes first, party comes second.

5) To come up with a new oath for all Malaysians. More inspiring than Rukunegara or modify it insuch a way that everytime we read it, we would be the proud Malaysians. And this oath must be read in any government fuctions. It is a universal and standard oath to Malaysian in which among other things, spelt out about bribery, good governance and excellent service. It will become Malaysian aspiration of this nation and government. Talk to the oppositions in formulating its content, so that everybody would accept. The bypartisan approach must be adopted if the outcome is intended to benefit the nation as a whole. Rakyat (the citizen) would definitely appreciate this move.

TO LEAD OR TO FOLLOW? Malaysian Perspective

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The least expensive car was launched recently in India..3 metres long vehicle, probably suitable to Asian Markets. I remember reading about the arguments by Dr Mahathir when he explained the justification of buying MV Agusta i.e one day Malaysia would probably produce a small capacity motorcycle. By buying Agusta, Proton can shorten the R&D process and reduce its cost. But unfortunately some peoples did not share his idea. Now Proton has embarked on a quest to produce an electric car, which innovative venture being undertaken by many companies in the world. As usual, we always want to compete and to follow and not to lead or to create.

Sometimes, I wonder whether we are content that Malaysia is just a manufacturing country where the consumers can find foreign international products not to mention fake items. We provide semi-skilled workers in factories, producing several items invented by foreigners. We then follow in trying to produce the same products hoping to compete in a global market. I am trying to recall any products that were invented or created by Malaysians, the first thing comes to my mind is Tongkat Ali, but even the end product from this herbs is the outcome of research by foreigners.

I suppose Malaysians do not have the drive to lead the world. We just like to follow and play safe all the times. No wonder, no great achievement can be put in a list that we can really be proud of. May be the first astronaut from Malaysia, Im not entirely convinced though, or like some said it’s just a space tourism. We are sometimes proud of our lacklustre performance excessively. We reward our peoples prematurely. Just because we won in olympic games, regardless of its prestige, we want to call him or her “Datuk”, even he/she are still young. This is the result if the politcians play too much narrow-minded politics. May be, we think whatever we do, we must gain something for ourselves, then we would only do it.

Due to free trade, global financial and digital consumerism, the world is getting smaller. It seems that time is ticking uncontrollably, we may be left behind too far without we realise it. We need to stress on the R&D Development, Technology Invention and Rebranding Malaysia. We must think far ahead and not just waiting everything to be put in place by others and we follow. In 5 years time, the world might become robotic, more advanced biotecnological and open sourcing. And I am afraid that Malaysia at that time is still struggling to find its own image, brand and niche. So, come on Malaysians!!!

DISHONESTY IN UMNO

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Listening to the the speech of the new President of UMNO recently, I cannot help but to draw one ultimate conclusion, that UMNO is on the brink of collapse if it does not transform fast. Looking at the results of the party election, I am of the opinion that the practice of dishonesty such as money politic, abuse of power or position is still rampant in UMNO. There were many speculation and conclusion that have been made from all sorts of voices, but I am still sceptical of the party direction in future. Mahathir as usual, had made a grand re-entry for the purpose of regaining confidence and support, but it would not generally change the perspective or perception of the peoples in general towards UMNO. I felt like laughing my heart out when witnessing the top leaders of UMNO kissing Mahathir’s hand were the same leaders who urging the party to sack Mahathir from UMNO, the same leaders who were quiet when Mahathir was outcast…that’s a reality of politic in UMNO.

In general, UMNO is comprised of honest peoples, but due to some bad apples, its credibility has been tarnished beyond repair. There are a basket of dishonest peoples in UMNO, and they are not just the leaders but also the followers. In party election, may be the contestants did not give any monetary reward to the voters, which i doubt it did not happen, but using one position as a minister to reward a contract, it’s also deemed as dishonest action. By giving a non monetary kick back, it may also tantamount to bribery and abuse of power. And normally the contestants who are holding the important positions in government, or being the bankable ministers(good ministries), they would normally win. And the fact that, the divisions which later on, would get a new facility, like a community hall, a school, or a road, were the ones who elected the said ministers. The culture of “quid pro quo” is strong in UMNO. You scratch my back, i scratch yours. The members would normally support the leader, who they think will eventually help them or privy to powers like can help in getting his children to a good school or may help them to get a better treatment from government agency and so on.

The examples of dishonesty that I mention herein, may be in the eyes of certain quarters, as not serious compared to real act of bribery or stealing, but the amount of this unwarranted acts overwhelms such crimnal acts. This action is amounting to “quasi” to the actual criminal or unethical acts and as a result, the abuse of power will be trangressed. This small trangression will lead to a bigger one, until they themselves do not know, what is right and what is wrong. It always a justification to unethical acts and it seems acceptable to everybody. If that so, UMNO will perish a bit by bit from this world. God forbids.

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Blackberry

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I love my Blackberry, what a gadget!!!..the best mobile phone i ever own..sorry Nokia, you are no. 2 now, thanx though for your service, however im still using E71 as my back up, not bad at all. Im wondering why Nokia is pulling out from Japanese market..however, i have not read the article yet, just received the Yahoo! Alerts yesterday, if im not mistaken..

Im quoting Stephen Fry when he’s describing the latest technology from Blackberry – Storm..”shockingly bad” and “embarrasingly awful”..ouchhh!!. Thank god, mine is Bold.

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Swimming

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Tomorrow morning around 7am, im going to swim with my wife at the club..Its a highly recommended exercise for everybody. More infomation can be read here SWIMMING hope you will find it useful and educational.

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A glimpse on current Malaysian Economy

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After reading the news, the words of the Governor of Bank Negara Malaysia are reassuring..but i believe, it will be a tough year ahead. Good luck everybody!!!

Women and their Weight

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Today, my wife went to see her diet coach, she was so excited. For somebody whose weight is so ideal, as far as her husband is concerned, and of course to anybody who know or see her, im still unable to convince her that she is already perfect. But she always argue that she is doing it for herself and in order for her to be happy, she must be healthy and extraordinarily slim. So, after reading an article, she decided to give it a try and went to see the diet coach in Jalan Raja Chulan, Kuala Lumpur, a nice lady of Thai origin. I was ok with that, after forking out almost RM50k (her own money) on slimming courses so far, i gave my blessings, it’s not like i have a choice anyway.
To make my story short, she was introduced to Herbalife, and she will start on her new diet today. My wife agrees to introduce me to the diet coach next week, and i forsee i also will give it a try. It seems that, according to my wife, the diet coach is a nice lady and she is rep ipsa loquitur, or i would say that the evidence speaks for itself, read about her at “www.loseweight.com/wn.do”.
So, for somebody who has not tried the product, i am apparently doing some promotion for them. That’s ok, im glad to do it. Please take note, the products are not just for losing weight, but also good for your health. Next time, i will also discuss about my trip to see a traditional doctor in Beijing, and i hope the medicine i am trying will turn out to be effective.

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Malaysia for Malaysians

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Just wondering, whether the Malays and UMNO can learn a few tips from the skinny lawyers club namely Abe Lincoln, Mahatma Gandhi and Barack Obama

Next topic, I will discuss on how UMNO can learn some Marketing/Promoting Strategies from Mr President-Elect Barack Obama..

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Economic Tsunami : Are we safe?

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The world is facing a global recession i.e the unemployment rate is getting higher, it’s now reaching our Malaysian shore. But it is not widely reported in our mainstream newspapers or electronic medias. But, the issue now, which definitely should be discussed among ourselves that, whether our government is doing enough to protect us. May be, the political leaders want us to concentrate on other issues instead. The bickering between UMNO and its alliances on racial issues is distasteful. Also looking at our Parliamentary Session especially in Dewan Rakyat, don’t you agree with me if i say that those MPs and politicians are really wasting the taxpayers money. Should we now do something about it or apply the “just wait and see” attitude?

May be some of us have already started making noise by asking the Government to push the red alert button, but the mainstreet peoples are actually the most powerful of all. We must make the politicians aware that we no longer want to be pushed around by them either they are the pro-Government or the Opposition… This note is not intended to influence anybody and far from being seditious but it is just a point to ponder upon..i hope the imminent crisis would not be as bad if not worse than The Asian Financial Crisis 1997 and that the current government would be as smart as the government then. There is also somebody who put on a challenge on the future of our economy, I pray he would be wrong.

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Go Nokia!!

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Wow!! here come another contender, the new 3G Nokia N97, the latest model of their Nseries. So, now the three corner fight is between Nokia N97, Blackberry Storm and iPhone..please bet your money, which one is the likely winner? Talking about the economy downturn..uuhhh, what a timing!!! It was reported that Apple iPhone outsold Blackberry brand. No wonder that Research in Motion(RIM) the maker of Blackberry expected its revenue to be down from an earlier forecast.

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You are fired!!!

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Zaid Ibrahim dipecat daripada UMNO…don’t really care!! and furthermore we don’t actually belong in the same school of thought. But, personally…mmm, i don’t think it’s a good idea. Look at in the case of Joe Leibermann, he was allowed to stay in the party and keep his post eventhough he campaigned for Mccain during election..Steady Mr President-Elect, what a gentleman!! -the skinnylawyers club-

Harga Minyak Turun Lagi!

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Hari ini harga minyak mencatatkan harga di bawah USD44 setong, hampir mencatatkan harga terendah sejak Januari 2005. Malahan ada yang menjangkakan bahawa ianya akan turun sehingga USD25 setong pada tahun hadapan. Ini adalah merupakan spekulasi di dalam pasaran hadapan yang dinyatakan oleh Merrill Lynch & Co semalam. Ketika ini, negara sepeti US, UK dan Jepun telah pun mengalami kemelesetan ekonomi, dan jikalau ianya berjangkit ke China, sudah pasti spekulasi harga minyak tersebut, akan menjadi kenyataan.

Mungkin dengan kemerosotan harga minyak ini maka, kita sebagai pengguna akan merasakan bahawa, harga minyak yang dijualkan kepada kita akan menjadi semakin murah. Ini adalah kerana permintaan akan menjadi kurang sedangkan penawaran bertambah kerana kemelesetan ekonomi. Tetapi kita perlu ingat bahawa, akibatnya akan menjadi lebih bahaya di mana kebanyakan negara-negara pembeli minyak sperti USA, China dan Eropah akan mengurangkan kuantiti impot mereka, menyebabkan negara-negara seperti Malaysia yang mengekspot barang-barang pengeluaran kita ke sana, akan terjejas. Maka, kilang-kilang akan kehilangan bisnes dan terpaksa memberhentikan pekerja-pekerja nya kerana tidak mampu lagi membayar gaji.

Pendapatan Petronas juga akan berkurangan dan akibatnya pendapatan kerajaan juga meleset. Kerajaan telah memasukkan sejumlah RM7 billion di dalam pasaran untuk mengekalkan kecairan wang tunai, dan mengharapkan ekonomi negara akan dapat bertahan. Bank-bank tempatan juga digesa memainkan peranan dan tidak mengikat kredit dengan tidak lagi memberi pinjaman kepada pengguna. Jika ini berlaku, kesan harga minyak turun lebih banyak memberi kesan yang negatif dan bukan positif terhadap rakyat. Maka, kita perlu lah bersiap-sedia.

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We are sorry, Mum…

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Man versus Nature, guess who is the winner? How smart we are, especially in trying to cut corners to achieve our agenda, the nature would always be there in between. Today’s tragedy at Bukit Antarabangsa is another repetitious reminder on how Man should treat the Mother Earth. It manifests a stark reality when the earth sometimes react to our greed and unkind treatment towards nature.

No blame should be thrown on individual and pointing fingers towards one another either, would solve the pressing issue. It is just a simple gesture by us towards the earth and say “We are sorry, Mum…….”

No Recession!!!!

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Are you kidding me??? I hope you are right Tan Sri!!!If so, he must ensure that all walks of life will be protected particularly the mainstreets and not just a few segments of society..You know what i mean!!

Religion and Politic

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“Selamat Hari Raya Aidil Adha to everbody”!! Haj is one of the pillars in Rukun Islam and it is highly demanded to Muslims who can afford. For Malaysian, we are quite lucky because we have Tabung Haji which has been providing good service to Muslims when they perform their Haj. There was a report recently that our Malaysian hajjs are in good condition.

Most Malaysians do not really follow what is actually going on in Mecca during the pligrimage because it’s an annual event. It’s common to them unless their parents, siblings, children or relatives are there this year or if an accident or mishaps happen. Otherwise it’s just a routine timetable to Muslim in Malaysia. Before, it was a big deal when somebody in the family decide to do Haj. It’s like the whole Kampong would celebrate and pray. Nowadays it is not such a big deal because the number of Malaysian performing Haj is much greater than during our grandfathers and their ancestors. Good job Tabung Haji!!

Now, the pligrims amounting to three million are gathering at Arafah, Mina and Mudzalifah to perform the required rituals. But, some of them are taking this opportunity to stage a protest against the USA. It’s was allowed because it’s being organised in tents. Notwithstanding, we are not at all times in agreement with the superpowers, but to show our anger during this important time between man and their god, I don’t entirely agree with the action taken by the pilgrims from Iran, Iraq, Lebanon and Bahrain. This instance will definitely offer a chance to the Westerners to continue linking Islam and Terrorism. They will label Muslim as exteremists. But on the other hand, who are we to condemn the protesters who are mostly in a war against the USA and its alliances. We do not actually understand their suffering neither that we are doing enough to help them in this difficult time. How can we help if we ourselves cannot even be united. May be, staging such protest is their only avenue..only god knows.

Islam is a religion of peace. Muslim can only go to war to protect themselves. We are forbidden to initiate an aggresive act against anybody regardless of religion. Muslims of many madh’hab (school of thoughts) are struggling to unify themselves in this dire time, and it’s ironic because muslim’s population in the world is huge. So, Muslim can not use this saying “the more the merrier” as we pray to Allah to bless us. The question is, religion and politic, should they mix or not?

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Obama and Smoking

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Ha..Ha..Ha.., Mr President-Elect struggled to explain himself about his smoking habit. I do smoke occasionally although I don’t really enjoy it. Smoking is definitely bad but smoking does not make a person bad, it is merely an escapism…..

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Yang Berbahagia Datuk Shah Rukh Khan…

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Not bad to see the famous Shah wearing our traditional Baju Melayu, although some of Yang Berhormat from a political party in Malaysia refused to do so during a formal fuction. Never mind, Malaysia is a democratic country, so we can not force anybody to do something against their free will. May be, Datuk Shah did not even know that he had to wear the costume until somebody told him . Under whatever circumstances, he was willing to go through with the tradition out of respect. He even made a complimentary gesture about it. So it’s partly true that a megastar is normally egoistic and difficult to deal with, but definitely not our Datuk Shah. He seemed to enjoy the whole process. But, may be, he was just pretending since he is such a good actor. I don’t know about that but probably the so-called politicians can learn something from him since sometimes the politician is a better actor(pretender) than the actor himself.

Datuk Shah’s new film “Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi” is about hope. But the movie has just been released worldwide on Friday last week. Since the Mumbai‘s massacre, this’s the first movie from Bollywood. Datuk Shah said during an interview, the timing was not so good considering the recent attack and further, the movie is a fun family movie. Initially, no promotion would be taken place because “it just wasn’t right”. But after the sad episode, especially the Mumbai peoples, need a reason to smile. Datuk Shah was confident that his film would be able to do that. He said “it’s entertaining and very funny and we’re hoping to make people smile a little and go back with some nice, good thoughts”.

Woman need Man more..True or False?

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Woman like to whine. They complain most of the times. Im not sexist nor that im anti woman. Woman is a fascinating creature on earth, and without them, man will definitely go crazy. But, woman also at same times, can drive man crazy. It’s like chicken and egg, you just simply cannot choose whether to live with or without woman. Im one of those man, who just let the nature takes its course. So, i become a man who is married to a woman.

Nowadays, woman want man to treat them equally. They think they are not surbordinate or less important than man. Woman say man think of themselves all the times. They often describe man as selfish, arrogant, egocentric and inconsiderate. Man don’t understand woman and their need. Man don’t know how to treat woman. Woman always take a back seat. Woman is a better leader than man. Woman earn less than man. Woman are loyal and faithful. Woman just want to be loved but man don’t understand it. Woman talk about man all the times. Woman understand man better than man themselves. Woman want man to listen to them. Woman want man to be around when they need man, eventhough they claim they are independent. And the list goes on.

Despite the complains and the troubles, woman still want man. That’s why, woman need man more than man need woman. It’s a fact. Anyway it’s just a thought. Go Girls!!!

Alahai Malaysia…

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Sukan Bolasepak sememangnya diminati ramai. Malahan di Malaysia, pasukan seperti Manchester United, Liverpool, Arsenal yang beraksi di dalam Liga Premier English mempunyai pengikut yang ramai. Jikalau ditanya nama-nama pemain seperti Christian Ronaldo, Steven Gerard, Wayne Rooney, Nicholas Anelka dan banyak lagi, sudah pasti nama mereka lebih dikenali berbanding dengan pemain-pemain Bolasepak negara. Mengapa boleh jadi begitu?

Minggu ini pasukan Bolasepak Malaysia sekali lagi gagal di dalam pertandingan. Kejohanan di Thailand iaitu Kejohanan Bolasepak Piala AFF Suzuki, pasukan kita gagal seperti biasa. Percapaian terbaik pasukan yang terakhir ialah naib Juara Piala Tiger tahun 1996. Dah lama tu!!!..Alasan jurulatih pasukan Malaysia, kekalahan disebabkan pemain tertekan untuk menang. Senangnya alasan itu. Bukankah di dalam setiap perlawanan, pasukan mesti merasa tekanan untuk menang. Jikalau perasaan itu sentiasa ada, maka sampai bila-bila pun kita tak akan menang disebabkan pemain merasa tertekan untuk menang. Susah lah macam tu.

Ini lah masalahnya jikalau pengurusan tidak berkualiti. Sukan dicampuradukkan dengan politik. Mereka yang memegang jawatan di dalam persatuan merupakan mereka yang tidak berinovatif walaupun mungkin muda. Persatuan dikendali seperti entiti politik, maka banyaknya “politicking”. Ianya tidak menguntungkan seperti entiti bisnes. Maka, persatuan itu akan menjadi tidak bermaya. Akibatnya, pemain-pemain tidak berkualiti, lemah semangat, tidak bermotivasi, keyakinan diri yang rendah dan mempamerkan kualiti yang ibarat “melepas batuk di tangga”. Tak pelah, janji mereka itu “syok sendiri” di dalam dunia angan-angan mereka. Kita semua ada Liga Inggeris, Liga Sepanyol, Piala Dunia, dan Piala Eropah untuk kita “enjoy” bolasepak yang berkualiti dan menghiburkan. Go Reds!!!

Hancur Melayu!!!

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Badan Pencegah Rasuah(BPR) telah membuka 90 kertas siasatan dan dijangka akan bertambah berkenaan dengan laporan politik wang di dalam pemilihan UMNO baru-baru ini. Laporan tersebut telah dihantar ke pejabat Peguam Negara untuk tindakan selanjutnya.

Bagus lah UMNO macam itu bersesuaian dengan motto “Melayu Boleh!!”. Siapa kata orang melayu tidak pandai berniaga dan mengurus kewangan mereka. Bagi UMNO ini adalah perkara biasa dan tidak mengejutkan. Mungkin jumlah ini adalah kecil berbanding dengan jumlah yang sebenar. Memang menjadi lumrah ahli-ahli UMNO untuk berkecimpung di dalam urusan rasuah ini. Ianya merupakan sebahagian daripada budaya “Dulu, Kini dan Selamanya” parti UMNO yang keramat. UMNO sungguh kebal sampai jika ditikam dengan keris pun, ianya tidak tembus. Itu sebabnya mereka lebih suka cium keris seperti yang pernah kita tengok di dalam tv.

Kalau Melayu masih bergantung harap dengan pemimpin UMNO yang rasuah, maka rasa-rasanya gelap masa hadapan. Sampan UMNO dah terbocor di sana-sini. Tidak lama lagi akan tenggelam jikalau tidak ditampal. Akhirnya, melayu akan hancur. Nak harap Keadilan dan PAS pun, rasa-rasanya lebih kurang aje. Daripada mereka itu bergaduh, lagi bagus kalau berkawan, lagi banyak faedahnya. Itu lah politik..lagi banyak yang tidak bagus daripada bagus.

Nasib baik lah setakat ini, Melayu masih dapat berpaut dengan kuasa politik. Kalau tidak, tak tahu lah nasib orang Melayu macamana. Kasihan melihatkan orang Melayu, mereka ini cerdik, rajin, berkasih sayang, jujur, pegang janji, tidak berdengki sesama sendiri, kuat semangat dan sebagainya..Betul ke? Hanya Tuhan yang tahu..sama-samalah kita berdoa. Mudah-mudahan, kita tidaklah ME “LAYU” selama-lamanya.

Man are hopeless..

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If I’m given a choice, between being a man or a woman? The answer would definitely a man. It’s not that I am being prejudicial or biased towards woman. I know to be a woman, a person must have a lots of extraordinary and special values which most of men do not possess. Admit guys!!! even by being ourselves, we are hopelessly terrible. Thank god, there are woman amongs us, otherwise we would have been dispiritedly lonely and unsettled.

Man know the fact that they need woman, but still they are unable to treat woman accordingly. Man are too proud to admit that. Man believe that woman should be serving them obediently…and dutifully answerable to man. But those are historical ancient tales and nowadays most women have become so sophisticated and advance. As a result, man are struggling to keep up with their opposite gender. It’s becoming evidently clear that the gap is narrowing.

Now, it’s quite common that woman become the breadwinner of the family. They are not just helping the husband but the parents too. They earn their own income and no longer depend on their husbands or fathers. Their income may be bigger from the husband and contribute most part of the family expenses. Unlike some of man, woman look after their parents till the end.. it is definitely admirable and deserve a round of applause.

So, for the man, we have to be more respectful towards woman. Woman deserve undying love and devotion from man as much as we hope the same from them. Woman, may be a pain in the neck sometimes, but they are entitled to it. They have done more than enough for man. They must be rewarded with unlimited recognition and it is long time overdue. In reality, woman should be treated like a princess.

Saman Malu

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YB Teresa Kok telah menfailkan saman malu berjumlah RM30 juta terhadap Utusan Malaysia kerana menyiarkan artikel yang dipercayai merujuk kepada beliau. Ini susulan kepada usaha beliau menuntut agar Utusan Malaysia meminta maaf, namun tidak diendahkan. Usaha YB Teresa untuk mempertahankan maruahnya patutlah disokong kerana hak-hak peribadi seseorang mestilah dilindungi seperti yang termaktub di dalam Perlembagaan Persekutuan dan undang-undang yang lain. Biar lah Mahkamah menentukan tentang merit saman tersebut tanpa mengambil kira unsur-unsur politik. Ini merupakan ciri-ciri negara demokrasi yang mengamalkan sistem “Separation of Powers” dan “Check and Balance”.

Sistem Kehakiman Malaysia telah terjejas disebabkan beberapa skandal terutamanya Skandal Pita Lingam. Oleh itu, integriti dan ketelusan Badan Kehakiman perlulah dikembalikan agar keyakinan rakyat terhadapnya dapat dipulihkan. Menjadi harapan kita agar Ketua Hakim yang baru dapat melakukannya walaupun beliau dikaitkan dengan parti UMNO. Kita kena tunggu dan lihat dan buat penghakiman kita kemudian.

Masyarakat negara ini jarang memilih tindakan undang-undang ketika menghadapi masalah. Ini mungkin disebabkan kos yang tinggi dan jangkamasa yang lama. Namun begitu, rakyat perlu disedarkan bahawa tindakan undang-undang adalah tindakan yang terbaik untuk melindungi diri dan hak mereka. Ini akan memastikan bahawa agensi-agensi kerajaan akan menjalankan tanggungjawab masing-masing berdasarkan prosedur undang-undang. Jikalau tidak, rakyat akan mengambil tindakan therhadap mereka. Maka, Majlis Peguam perlu memikirkan agar kos guaman tidak mahal dan proses kehakiman dipercepatkan.

Kerajaan juga perlu mengalakkan rakyat agar lebih gemar untuk ke mahkamah daripada menyelesaikan masalah di jalanan. Protes Jalanan lebih membawa banyak kemudaratan daripada kebaikan. Namun begitu, hak untuk berkumpul secara aman mesti lah dilindungi. Menjadi lumrah manusia untuk membuat sesuatu yang ditegah, tetapi apabila dibenarkan, minat mereka menjadi kurang. Mungkin ini faktor psikologi..

Oleh yand demikian, usaha Teresa Kok perlu digalakkan. Syabas YB dengan tindakan YB demi menuntut hak sendiri. Ini lebih baik daripada YB pergi ke jalanan kerana tindakan itu menyusah dan mengganggu kami, rakyat jelata. Sama juga di dalam kes tanggkapan ISA, jikalau YB tidak puas hati, ambil tindakan mahkamah terhadap kerajaan. Biarlah Mahkamah menentukan. Ini adalah sebahagian daripada ciri-ciri demokrasi yang didokong oleh YB.

Kepada Utusan Melayu, selamat mempertahankan diri di dalam Mahkamah. Berani buat, berani tanggung. Ini adalah proses undang-undang, maka perlu dihormati. Ini akan menjadi pengajaran kepada individu ataupun agensi kerajaaan, apa-apa tindakan sekalipun ada kesannya, maka berhati-hati dan bijak membuatnya.

Typical Malaysians

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Nowadays, there are many awful comments about Malaysians. It’s coming from some of the quarters in our society who are deeply concerned with the direction of this beloved country. The relationship between the races are not encouraging at the moment. Most of political parties want to be champion of their races and on few occasions have made racist remarks. There are scholars, journalists, writers and intellectuals who also have pointed out their opinion on how to resolve the prolonged dilemma.

There are several taglines like “Bangsa Malaysia”, “Malaysian Malaysia”, “Pendatang”, “Ketuanan Melayu”, “Hak Istimewa”, “Bangsa Kelas Kedua” and others which do not help to mend the sensitive nature of the whole situation. You may see that nothing is wrong on the surface, but actually in reality, it is not really that good.

Having said that, there are bad attributes amongst the Malaysians that can absolutely be evidenced regardless of race and generally practiced by all. These are some of typical idiosyncratic habit or behavior of Malaysians which are distasteful, undignified and disgusting that I can think of :-

a) cannot keep the public toilets clean;
b) jump queue during traffic jam/ use emergency lane on the highway;
c) speak so loud on the handphone at public place;
d) spit, throw rubbish and cigarettes butt indiscreetly;
e) do thing at the very last minute (for ex: mykad);
f) scuffle for food during festive open house;
g) are willing to queue (long stretch during festive season) at toll plaza
rather than using Touch n Go or Smart Tag;
h) destroy public phones, bus stops, rubbish dump, lifts and etc (vandalism and graffiti);
i) using degrading label on races;
j) hardly say “excuse me”, “thank you” or even smile to strangers;
k) being courteous or respectful towards foreigners or tourists more than to fellow citizen;
l) treat VIP or Datuks excessively;
m) so difficult to offer seat in public transportation to the elderly,
pregnant woman and less fortunate person;
n) talking on handphone in cinema;
o) employing foreign workers at restaurants who cannot even understand the order/ unable to communicate;
p) sub-con the business to foreigners using the license given by authority like in Chow Kit;
q) Mat Rempit, Bohsia and others; and
r) -please be free to add on-.

Nevertheless, I am hoping that Malaysians will eventually triumph and be united for the sake of our country and would like to end with a quotation from the great Mahatma Gandhi :

“You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean, if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.”

Diantara Micheal Jackson dan Hrithik Roshan, siapa lebih popular?

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Beberapa hari lepas, telah dilaporkan tentang peristiwa di mana penyanyi bintang pop yang terkenal seantero dunia, Encik Micheal Jackson telah berjumpa dengan pelakon kacak hindustan, Saudara Hrithik Roshan (mungkin ada negeri di Malaysia berminat untuk memberi gelaran Datuk kepada mereka). Laporan tersebut agak menarik kerana Micheal telah menjenguk Hrithik di dalam bilik persalinannya bersama dua pengawal peribadinya. Maka, dunia Hollywood dan Bollywood pun bersua.

Micheal memperkenalkan dirinya, dan Roshan melayani beliau. Mereka kebetulan berada di lokasi yang berhampiran di Los Angeles kerana tugas masing-masing. Yang pasti ialah Micheal meminati Hrithik dan apabila mengetahui bahawa Hrithik berada berdekatan langsung terus pergi berjumpa dengannya. Aneh memikirkan bahawa tidak sangka bintang sehebat Micheal sanggup berusaha untuk berjumpa dengan bintang Bollywood, padahal jika dilihat percapaian beliau berbanding dengan Hrithik adalah ibarat seperti langit dan bumi.

Ini menunjukkan pengaruh Bollywood, bukan sahaja tersebar ke negara Asia seperti Malaysia, tetapi telah menjadi terkenal sehingga ke Hollywood. Bukan senang untuk sampai ke tahap itu. Namun, berkat pelaburan dan usaha Bollywood mengembangkan sayap mereka merata-rata, maka hasilnya semakin terserlah. Atas dasar itu, negeri Melaka tidak ketinggalan dan merasa terhutang budi dengan Datuk Shah Rukh Khan di atas usaha-usaha beliau memperkenalkan Melaka ke serata dunia. Mungkin satu hari nanti, Datuk Shah akan menawarkan pelakon-pelakon Malaysia untuk berlakon di dalam filem beliau. Rasanya pelakon-pelakon tempatan tidak akan kekok kerana filem Melayu pun mempunyai unsur-unsur Hindustan (Anak Mami The Movie, Mami Jarum dan sebagainya). Cuma, pelakon-pelakon kita perlu megemaskinikan skil tarian mereka agar menjadi sehebat pelakon hindustan. Teringat Harith Iskandar, Afdlin Shauki dan Deanna Yusof di dalam filem “Anna and the King”.

Oleh itu, kita berharap satu hari nanti apabila pelakon Malaysia berada di luar negara, terdapat selebriti antarabangsa yang akan meluangkan masa menjenguk beliau. Mungkin Daniel Craig (James Bond) akan menjenguk Norman Hakim di bilik persalinanya atau Mel Gibson akan bersua sapa dengan Ahmad Idham. Jikalau ini berlaku, pertemuan Norman dan Daniel akan menjadi hangat walaupun bukannya berita tangkap khalwat, sementara di antara Mel dan Ahmad Idham, berita tersebut akan memberi impak yang maksima.

Maka, di antara nasihat-nasihat untuk pelakon-pelakon Malaysia agar satu hari nanti Kuala Lumpur menjadi “KLwood” dan bukan hanya “KL Menjerit”, naikkan pangkat filem kita dari “Konstabel Mamat” ke “Leftenan Adnan”, tidak hanya tersadai di “Lurah Dendam” tetapi juga menjadi terkenal sebagai “Wira Angkasa”. Maka, “Jangan Pandang Ke Belakang” lagi, berusaha lah supaya dunia perfileman tidak selama-lamanya terkena “Sumpahan Mahsuri”.

Melayu dan Angan-Angan Mat Jenin

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Baru-baru ini Tun Dr Mahathir telah menyatakan bahawa Wawasan 2020 yang menjadi sasaran negara ini tidak akan dapat dicapai. Lama sudah tidak mendengar pemimpin UMNO bercakap tentang Wawasan 2020, mungkin disebabkan hendak menjaga hati ketua mereka, takut-takut tidak berpeluang lagi mendapat jawatan yang baik. Budaya mengampu di dalam UMNO memang merupakan senario biasa. Pepatah Melayu seperti “Raja Adil Raja disembah, Raja Zalim Raja disanggah” jarang diamalkan. Pemimpin pergi dan pemimpin datang, maka pemimpin yang dapat memberi habuan, itulah yang disokong. Namun, tidak boleh disalahkan pemimpin sahaja. Kalau pengikut hendakkan sesuatu, maka ketua kenalah bagi, kalau tidak nahas nanti.

Baru-baru ini, Menteri Penerangan Malaysia berkata bahawa hasrat Parti Keadilan untuk menjadi pemerintah hanya lah angan-angan Mat Jenin. Namun, melihat peristiwa Pilihanraya Ke-12, ianya mungkin boleh menjadi kenyataan satu hari kelak. Jikalau Barisan Nasional gagal menjadi pemerintah, kesannya tidak dapat dijangka. Ini kerana apa-apa dasar yang dibuat, ianya bergantung kepada kepala. Secara adatnya ekor hanya akan tetap mengikut kepalanya walau terjun ke dalam gaung sekalipun. Jadi, apabila pemimpin bertukar, maka dasar pun bertukar. Kalau Pakatan Rakyat berkuasa, maka Wawasan 2020 pun terkubur. Tetapi kita belum cuba kita belum tahu. Di antara BN dan PR, siapa yang hebat?. Hanya masa akan menentukan.

Teringat kata-kata Akio Morita, iaitu pengasas kepada Sony, katanya jikalau hendak berfikiran kreatif, maka perlulah menetapkan sasaran. Ketika ini, sasaran Malaysia di masa hadapan menjadi semakin kabur kerana sentiasa bertukar-tukar bergantung kepada ketua. Dikusutkan lagi jikalau pemimpin dan pengikutnya hanya mementingkan diri sendiri. Apa akan jadi dengan sebilangan rakyat jelata yang lain. Masa hadapan mereka akan ditentukan oleh parti-parti politik yang memerintah. Kita selalu melihat orang-orang politik bercakaran seperti anjing dan kucing. Mereka bergaduh tentang jenis kereta yang dipakai, siapa yang lebih berjasa, siapa yang zalim dan siapa yang adil, parti mana yang demokratik dan mana yang ekstrem. Kesudahannya orang-orang melayu menjadi bangsa yang ibarat seperti pepatah “menang bersorak tapi kampong tergadai”, bercakap seperti “ayam bertelur riuh sekampong’ dan berpolitik seperti “bunyi tin kosong” bersuara aje kuat tapi isinya tiada. Maka Me”layu” pun menjadi Mat Jenin yang bercita-cita setinggi langit, yang berharap panas sampai ke petang, rupanya hujan di tengah hari. Takut nanti Melayu menjadi seperti si Luncai, yang lemas bersama labu-labunya.

Malaysia’s inflation rate eases as fuel costs tumble – Regional – MSN Malaysia News – News

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Energy particularly the price of oil is one important factor in determining our economic situation. Yesterday,  I had a discussion with a former Petronas’s employee and he said, the fall of crude oil price, will definitely affect the performance of Petronas. As a result, the country’s income will eventually decrease.

Malaysia’s inflation rate eases as fuel costs tumble – Regional – MSN Malaysia News – News

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Bollywood or Bolehwood????

In one of my previous topics, i did mention about the rising of Bollywood’s fame in international film’s industry. The pressure of becoming famous and wanting to be recognised worldwide, the actors are more than willing to do anything to achieve their dreams. See some Bollywood’s steamy scenes yourself in the video..Nothing malicious is intended but just want to share.

We hope our film’s industry would not be following the footsteps of Bollywood entirely. We should apply a malay proverb “yang baik dijadikan teladan, yang buruk dijadikan sempadan”. I read recently there will be a lesbian kissing scene in our movie soon, can’t wait to watch it..

 

Bolehwood!!!! Bollywood’s boldest scenes

Jalan Penyelesaian untuk UMNO (Bahagian 1)

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Bahang Pilihanraya menjelma kembali sempena Pilihanraya Kecil Kuala Trengganu. UMNO terutamanya dari puak BN akan berhempas pulas berusaha untuk mempertahankan maruahnya dan PR khususnya PAS akan bermatian cuba untuk merampas dan menjatuhkan air muka UMNO. Orang Melayu suka betul jikalau adanya hari raya pilihan ini (pilihanraya) kerana ini juga merupakan masa untuk menambahkan rezeki samada di kalangan peniaga mahupun ahli politik sendiri. Tambahan lagi demam pemilihan UMNO semakin hangat, jadi “sambil menyelam, dapat minum air”. Cuma janganlah terlalu banyak, takut perut kembung pulak.

UMNO memang tidak pernah sunyi daripada kontroversi. Itulah lumrah politik, namun kebanyakan yang berkata kontroversi itu adalah hasutan pembangkang yang iri hati dengan kejayaan UMNO. Dalam apa keadaan sekalipun, yang tersepit adalah orang Melayu, tidak kira samada mereka menyokong UMNO, Keadilan, Pas ataupun yang bebas parti.

Pemilihan UMNO pada tahun ini sudah pasti hebat dan juga lumayan. Hebat kerana pemilihan kali ini melibatkan jawatan-jawatan penting dan lumayan kerana jumlah wang yang besar akan bertukar tangan. Maka ibarat kata-kata Ibrahim Pendek di dalam filem P Ramlee “Kita tengok siapa yang kena”!!!.

Bagi jawatan ketua Pemuda UMNO..untuk menyelamatkan UMNO, maka ini satu cadangan :-

Mukriz Mahathir dan Khairy Jamaluddin (kedua-duanya anak Perdana Menteri) mestilah berkompromi. Pedulikan cakap-cakap penyokong-penyokong mereka yang merupakan Abu Dajal yang hanya mementingkan diri mereka dan bukan Bangsa Melayu. Cadangan ini mungkin agak tidak logik tetapi percaya lah ia sangat berkesan. Bayangkan jikalau Mukhriz dan KJ bergabung, Wow!! Pemuda UMNO sudah pasti akan menjadi kuat, solid dan akan digeruni. Mukriz disukai di akar umbi berdasarkan jumlah pencalonan beliau dan KJ pula, sokongan beliau lebih tertumpu di peringkat Ketua-Ketua Pemuda Bahagian yang setia ataupun yang terhutang budi. Sementara seorang lagi pulak ialah Sdr Khir Toyo, yang sudah di penghujung Pemuda.

Jalan Penyelesaian untuk Pemuda ialah : Mukriz sebagai Ketua Pemuda dan KJ kekal sebagai Naib..ini kerana untuk menghormati majoriti suara akar umbi dan kerana faktor umur. Ini untuk juga mengelakkan daripada UMNO kehilangan salah satu daripada mereka. KJ adalah seorang pemimpin muda yang berani dan berkaliber, jikalau beliau kalah, maka rugilah UMNO. Namun begitu, beliau kan masih muda, dan jikalau beliau bukan menantu Pak Lah, belum tentu dapat jawatan sebaik sekarang. Maka apa salahnya jikalau bersabar dan tunggu sepenggal lagi untuk jadi ketua. Manakala, untuk Mukriz pulak, sepenggal sudah cukup di peringkat Pemuda, seterusnya beliau boleh ke peringkat dewasa pulak. Cadangan ini adalah yang terbaik kerana kedua-dua mereka berkelayakan unyuk memimpin tapi demi bangsa melayu keduanya kena lah bertolak ansur sedikit.

Kepada YB Razali (rakan ketika di Universiti), saudara terpaksa mengalah dan Sdr Reezal pula masih boleh menyumbang di atas platfom yang berbeza. Keduanya juga pemimpin yang baik. Tindakan mereka mestilah diiktiraf dan diambil kira oleh pemimpin atasan UMNO. Kepada Sdr Khir, tempat sdr ialah di Majlis Tertinggi dengan cara dilantik. Zaman sdr di Pemuda sudah tidak relevan lagi dan tumpuan sdr sepatutnya lebih ditekan ke arah untuk merampas Selangor kembali.

Kajian terhadap Perlembagaan UMNO perlu dibuat agar cadangan ini dapat dilaksanakan.

Bahagian seterusnya akan membincangkan penyelesaian untuk Wanita, jawatan Naib dan Timbalan Presiden UMNO.

Anwar dan UMNO

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Teringat semasa Mahathir dan Anwar masih berkawan, tak banyak sangat masalah di dalam UMNO. Kalau ada yang marah kepada Anwar pada masa itupun, adalah mereka yang tidak mendapat habuan dan juga mereka yang dengki dengan kehebatan Anwar naik pangkat dengan cara yang mendadak. Ramai yang iri hati kepada beliau, namun disebabkan sayangnya Mahathir terhadapnya, maka beliau terselamat. Tetapi apabila dihasut oleh penyokong-penyokong beliau, yang tidak sabar dengan kroni-kroni Mahathir (atau Daim), maka Anwar menjadi gelojoh sedikit, maka terserlah kelemahan-kelemahan beliau.

Anwar adalah seorang pemimpin yang berpengaruh. Apabila mendengar beliau berpidato, kita boleh hanyut di dalamnya. Beliau pandai bermain dengan perasaan dan semangat, maka itu menjadikan beliau seorang pemimpin yang hebat. Mungkin beliau pandai berdrama, tetapi lakonan beliau itu sukar ditiru..dan percayalah tidak ada pemimpin melayu yang sehebat beliau. Hanya seorang sahaja yang mampu berdepan dengan beliau, iaitu Dr Mahathir.

Malahan ketika ini, ramai pemimpin-pemimpin UMNO yang tidak kisah jikalau Anwar kembali kepada UMNO jikalau kedudukan mereka tidak terjejas. Inilah lumrah politik, musuh dan kawan tidak lagi dapat dibezakan.

Tetapi lebih susah nak cari pemimpin sehebat Dr Mahathir. Walaupun apa pun orang cakap, 100 tahun lagi jikalau ditunggu, orang Melayu tidak akan dapat pemimpin seperti beliau.

Dulu, Dr Mahathir mahukan pengganti beliau dapat mengambil alih dasar-dasar beliau, tetapi Pak Lah nampaknya gagal. Pak Lah pula adalah seorang pemimpin yang baik tetapi tidak berkesan. Baiknya Pak Lah sehingga nak bergaduh dengan orang pun dia tidak mahu. Walaupun Dr Mahathir dok hentam dia tak henti-henti, beliau hanya berdiam diri. Jadi dia terpaksa bergantung kepada penyokong-penyokong beliau untuk membantu. Ini menyebabkan beliau menjadi PM yang kurang efektif jikalau dilihat percapaian beliau.

Sementara itu, jikalau Anwar menjadi Perdana Menteri menggantikan Dr Mahathir, suasana mungkin bertukar kerana Anwar mempunyai perwatakan yang berbeza dengan Pak Lah. Anwar mungkin lebih efektif kerana “track record” beliau. Beliau boleh menjadikan negara ini sebuah negara yang berbeza dengan sekarang kerana cara beliau yang “unorthodoks”. Negara ini perlukan PM yang luar biasa, barulah kita dihormati. Lihatlah di zaman Dr Mahathir, bagaimana hebatnya Malaysia. Untuk mengembalikan kehebatan tersebut, maka PM Malaysia mestilah juga hebat(extraordinary) dan bukan hanya biasa(ordinary).

Dengar cerita Najib pun hebat, tetapi beliau seorang yang “play safe”. Memang bagus jikalau senantiasa berada di zon selamat. Namun dia tidak akan menjadi hebat dan nampak lemah kerana tidak betul-betul teruji. Lain lah Anwar..apa yang Anwar tidak pernah buat..masuk penjara, tangkap ISA, kena tumbuk, kena pecat, PR rampas 4 negeri daripada BN, dituduh liwat, salah guna kuasa dan bermacam-macam lagi..namun begitu, beliau masih lagi “steady”..bukan senang kita nak cari pemimpin seperti beliau.

Percaya lah tiada pemimpin yang sempurna. Rahim Tamby Chik contohnya, seorang pemimpin yang hebat ketika menjadi Ketua Menteri Melaka, tetapi sekarang kurang pengaruh kerana skandal wanita, tetapi jikalau bercakap tentang ekonomi misalnya, beliau lebih arif daripada kebanyakan pemimpin yang lain termasuklah Pak Lah sendiri. Begitu juga Rafidah Aziz, jikalau bercakap tentang “International Trade” misalnya, orang putih pun tercengang..tetapi ramai orang UMNO yang tidak sukakan beliau. Sama juga Nazri Aziz, seorang pemimpin yang berjiwa muda, berani, lantang, setia dan bijak..namun disebabkan cara beliau berhujah, maka ramai yang kata beliau kurang ajar walaupun hujah beliau sangat bernas dan membina.

Maka, tidak ada pemimpin yang sempurna di dalam UMNO..tetapi yang patut dielakan ialah pemimpin atau penasihat seperti di dalam filem P Ramlee “Musang Berjanggut”. Pemimpin seperti itu, di hadapan orang nampak aje baik..pijak semut pun tak mati, tapi dibelakang hanya tuhan yang tahu. Maka, jikalau UMNO mahu seorang lagi Dr Mahathir, maka lupakan lah. Ianya datang sekali..tetapi jikalau UMNO hendak terus kekuasaannya, maka Anwar Ibrahim lah tempat mengadu.

Kesimpulanya, Najib sebagai ketua yang baru, maka beliau kena jadi ala “Dr Mahathir+Anwar Ibrahim+Rafidah Aziz+Nazri Aziz+Rahim Tamby Chik”. Namun begitu, jikalau Dr Mahathir dan Anwar Ibrahim tidak bergaduh, UMNO akan terselamat, cuma di dalam keadaan sekarang, kenalah tunggu dan lihat. Harap-harap Anwar akan kasihankan UMNO dan Najib tidak “play safe” setiap masa. UMNO kena ingat, Dr Mahathir tidak akan ada di sini selama-lamanya untuk mempertahankan UMNO. Kami yang bebas parti politik hanya dapat menonton drama ini dan mudah-mudahan akan terhibur. Harap-harap nasib orang Melayu tidak tergadai akhirnya……Marilah kita semua berdoa.

ISRAEL VS HAMAS

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Quite frankly, I do not really want to discuss about Palestine in my blog, because I know it won’t change anything. However, looking at the current situation and after reading news and blogs, I finally decide to briefly divulge my personal opinion about it. May be, some quarters may not agree with me, but in reality I believe that I am right. I feel sorry for Dr Mahathir specially, who has been relentlessly fighting and advocating peace for Palestinians, but his effort and word had fallen into deaf ears. In fact, I do remember when Dr Mahathir had invited the late Yasser Arafat to our country, and we celebrated him like a war hero. Yasser Arafat has long gone but PLO still remain until now but the only difference is that it has to share power with Hamas.

Israel is damn cruel, and should be condemned for their brutality. They remind me of Nazi. They are fighting so hard to ensure that Jews would finally own a legitimate country, and they do not want the history to be repeated. As for now, they have put in tremendous effort and are being recognised by the world at large except for some of the countries like us. They are fighting as the frontrunner against the Muslims and they have American as their most powerful and strongest ally. At their whim, they just attacked Gaza like nobody business and what Muslims can do is going to the streets and protesting..what a pathetic!!

Islam is a peaceful religion..but why Muslim is always involved in war?. During our Prophet Muhamamad, muslim went to war to protect themselves. Muslim would not initiate an aggressive act against anybody unless they have to, and because of that, muslim countries had prospered significantly..Baghdad was a capital of education once and became the envy of Christians.

But now, Muslim especially Arabs and especially Extremists and especially Hamas are the culprit who give Islam a bad name. I don’t think suicide bombing is effective strategy to fight the enemy, and in fact they actually killed innocent peoples. That is why the Zionist are not afraid to go ahead with killing innocent children because Hamas are doing the same thing to them.

We, the Muslims are not very good with our Public Relation and Marketing Strategy. If we believe in something, we can not expect other peoples to understand it. But we must earn the respect so that others will listen to us. Arab League comdemned Israel but Americans ignored. But what can the Arabs do because most of them depend on Americans. Even if we go to Mecca, our Holy Land, it is fulled with American cars. The Saudis are really in love with the Americans. It goes without saying.

No doubt that the Isrealis is the worst but it does not make Hamas an innocent party either. Arabs as a whole, must get rid of their arrogance, stubborness and extremism. Look at their attitude when the Muslims do their Hajjs. It’s so ugly. If they want to be freed from war, they have to change first.. we should condemn Israel but I do believe that Hamas is the culprit too!!! They killed innocent peoples and as the result, their children become the victim.. believe me lah..what goes around, comes around!!!. I am really against EXTREMISM, it will not give Islam any good …Even if the Americans like to bully peoples around, we must have the patience to deal with them…we must keep our enemy closer than our friend…

“THE WAR IS ACTUALLY BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS PER SE, BUT THE PALESTINIANS ARE THE ACTUAL VICTIMS, LET’S PRAY TOGETHER FOR THEM…”

A disclaimer : The photo is just part of the post but it does not mean that I agree with the protest.

Nasihat untuk PKR

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Walaupun apa UMNO cakap tentang Anwar..kita kena akui bahawa Malaysia perlu pemimpin seperti beliau. Dr Mahathir mungkin berpendapat ianya tidak benar kerana peribadi Anwar, namun di dalam dunia ini, tiada siapa pun yang sempurna melainkan Nabi.

Tengku Razalaiegh telah cuba dengan Semangat 46, tetapi gagal. Bukan sebarangan orang yang mampu buat seperti Anwar.. PKR menjadi kuat kerana Anwar. PR kuat kerana Anwar. BN kalah di Selangor, Perak dan Kedah kerana Anwar. Rakyat semakin berani kerana Anwar. Rakyat protes kerana Anwar. Yang pasti ramai lagi rakyat yang masih sayangkan Anwar.

Apapun tuduhan terhadap Anwar, ianya mestilah berasas dan perlu dibuktikan. Proses undang-undang yang adil perlulah dihormati. Kadang-kadang terfikir oleh kita bahawa, apa sahaja tuduhan dibuat terhadap Anwar, kita hanya berserah kepada keadaan… kerana hanya Tuhan yang tahu samada benar ataupun tidak. Persoalannya, jikalau ditakdirkan beliau menjadi Perdana Menteri..adakah beliau akan menjadi Perdana Menteri sebaik Dr Mahathir atau hanya sekadar standard Pak Lah sahaja?

Ketika ini Parti Keadilan menguasai Selangor dan di bawah pentadbiran Tan Sri Khalid, kita berharap Selangor dapat ditadbir dengan lebih telus dan efisyen. Mungkin PRU13, Keadilan akan mengekalkan kuasanya di Selangor memandangkan sentimen rakyat di bandar ketika ini. Janganlah terlampau banyak politiking kerana ianya tidak membawa apa-apa faedah kepada rakyat. Kami di Ampang amat berharap YB Azmin and YB Zuraida dapat berkhidmat dengan baik. Berkerja samalah dengan UMNO dan BN jika ianya membawa kebaikan kepada rakyat.

Rasa-rasanya, PR akan terus kekal di negeri-negeri yang dikuasai kerana rakyat akan terus memberi peluang kepada PR untuk berkuasa memandang satu penggal sahaja tidak mencukupi. Kebanyakan mereka yang tinggal di bandar-bandar lebih bersifat terbuka dan tidak terlampau taksub dengan parti yang berdasarkan bangsa. Itu sebabnya UMNO dan BN gagal untuk mempertahankan pengaruhnya disini.

Malahan jikalau dilihat, BN masih lembap untuk mengakui kelemahan-kelemahan mereka sedangkan masa berjalan begitu pantas. Mungkin benar kata-kata Dr Mahathir iaitu rakyat memilh PR kerana mereka tiada pilihan, namun perlu kita ingat rakyat sudah semakin bijak dan berani. Selera rakyat sudah bertukar dan jikalau BN masih tidak menukar perangai dan karakter mereka, maka peristiwa PRU12 akan berulang.

Namun begitu, PR tidaklah perlu gelojoh untuk menguasai pentadbiran negara, menghapus ISA dan hak istimewa Melayu kerana perjalanan mereka masih lagi jauh. Ahli-ahli politik di kalangan Keadilan, Pas dan DAP, jikalau dikaji ternampak sama aje dengan musuh mereka di dalam UMNO, MCA dan MIC. Tidak banyak perbezaanya, cuma kulit sahaja yang bertukar. Oleh itu, kayu pengukur bagi wakil rakyat yang baik, ialah mereka yang amanah, jujur, rajin dan berkredibliti dan bukannya disebabkan parti mereka.

Oleh itu, Sdr Anwar tidak lah perlu ambil-alih kerajaan secara mendadak. Tunggu saje lah PRU13 kerana jikalau mereka mentadbir dengan baik, maka rakyat akan sokong mereka secara total. Apa yang perlu mereka buat, ialah berdoa agar UMNO dan rakan-rakannya masih lena dibuai mimpi..

Habis Pakatan Rakyat!

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Najib said that Pakatan Rakyat is currently in shambles..is it true? Never mind lah..it’s normal to have a disagreement within the family. “Lidah sendiri lagikan tergigit”. I think PR is capable to resolve any issue between them in the open. Being transparent is what PR wants, right? Should not be ashamed of your weaknesses..Not everything done behind a closed door is good especially if you want to cover up something or someone..

Barisan Nasional (BN) has been practising secrecy for so long, until they do not even know the real feeling of their friends. MCA, MIC and GERAKAN were always being supportive in BN until recently, they are showing their true colours. Apparently, Koh Shu Koon was not at all times in agreement with UMNO, but what the heck, as long as he’s in power, he could tolerate UMNO, but now, no more lah. I think nothing that GERAKAN can do now, as Penang would be under DAP for a long time..especially when looking at Lim Guan Eng taking an economy seat in MAS.

So please lah UMNO, just because the PR is bickering over a councillor seat or the ADUNS are not happy with MB and so on, now you think they would stop cooperating with each other to defeat BN. Despite PAS wants to implement Hudud especially during Kuala Trengganu’s by election, DAP and PKR would always find the common ground to ensure they won’t break the alliances. So, if much rhetoric and gimmick being applied in BN, PR also practises the same. It is just political and nothing more. As for rakyat in general, we are still looking for the light at the end of the tunnel.

BN should resolve their own issues first and after that they can talk about others, don’t be like “paku dulang paku serpih, mengata orang dia yang lebih”!. In BN, you all are so secretive and tightlipped, it finally becomes rotten. And when it comes out to the open, it’s so smelly.

There are a lot at stake. PR would not jeorpadise their good fortune. They will guard it with their life. It’s a routine pratice for them to contradict each other, but it won’t change anything!.

TOUGH UMNO WITH NO TEETH

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Hahahahahahahahaha….it’s amusing listening to the UMNO Disciplinary Commitee explaining themselves recently pertaining to their action against the selective aspirant leaders. Money Politics
has become an epidemic, it’s hardly curable. It seems harder to eliminate this culture due to ineffective internal mechanism and nepotism.

Although it’s quite late for me to say, but the question is whether the election’s results reflect the real voice of its member…it seems dubious to me, however that’s the price of democracy.

Let’s us hope that the rhetoric speech of UMNO leaders would not aggravate this protracted disease which has been hauting UMNO for so long, but how hard this Party tries to show off its tough decent and clean image, the damage has been done. Fortunately, it’s not entirely true when its leaders repeatedly said that UMNO is Malay and Malay is UMNO, because if it’s true, i feel like throwing out.

NEW BRAND FOR UMNO

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Tonight, we have seen a new line up of UMNO top leaders. Assuming that history will repeat, we basically can predict who will be UMNO leaders in future by looking at its line up. The delegates of General Assembly have spoken and at the same times,it is explicitly concluded that the grassroots have also spoken. Notwithstanding the accusation of money politic, UMNO as usual has decided on its leaders based on its own terms like nobody business.

Is UMNO changing? or it is just playing to the current tunes as a result of last election. UMNO is now desperately looking for a new image, tagline and brand. So far, its members become so confused of its direction, they are trying very hard to come up with a solution. May be by changing the top leaders is deemed a first step towards a new brand of UMNO..if it’s so, I am afraid, the step is not really effective. Probably being an UMNO member, we can wait but not the rakyat.

Time is running out, clock is ticking, information is moving digitally, but UMNO is still in its own world. UMNO is urgently and impatiently hungry of a new energised image or brand which can regain not just its own self-confident but more importantly the rakyat confidence in the party. Can Najib do it? Will Muhyiddin help him? Will Zahid, Hishamuddin and Shafie be able to reenergise UMNO? Will KJ be a spoiler? Will Sharizat be a good motherly leader? Will Rosnah defy the odds? Will Majlis Tertinggi be supremely and extraordinarily efficient in shaping the new UMNO?

UMNO will fail if the same old thought being practised by its leaders and members. The entire brand of UMNO must change, and they must change quickly and swiftly. UMNO and Barisan Nasional are definitely lucky. Whatever decisions made by them, rakyat is watching. Eventhough majority of rakyat seems oblivious of UMNO actions, but believe it or not, PRU13 will be the determining factor as to whether UMNO is relevant. As for now, I’m still sceptical.