Anti ISA Demonstration in Kuala Lumpur

"Oh God, please help us," one of the mothers was heard calling out. About a few metres away from her was a young man with blood all over his head, cut by the tear gas canister that hit him. - Malaysian Insider


Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein, in an immediate reaction to the rally, showed no sympathy towards those brutalised by the police, saying they had been forewarned not to join the rally. -- Malaysian Insider

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz said there was no way the government was going to repeal the ISA, declaring that "as long as BN rules, the law stays." - Malaysian Insider


Cry, My Beloved Country, CRY !!!!!!

It's Pedra Branca forever........

The 28 year-old dispute between Malaysia and Singapore over a few pebbles in the South China Sea is finally over. On 23 May 2008, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), which is based in Hague, delivered its judgment over the sovereignty of Pedra Branca (Pulau Batu Puteh), Middle Rocks, and South Ledge.

The ICJ's judgment states that :

1. Pedra Branca / Pulau Batu Puteh belongs to the Republic of Singapore;
2. Middle Rocks belongs to Malaysia;
3. South Ledge belongs to the State in the territorial waters of which it is located (?)

Read here for ICJ unofficial press release and Judgment.

"This morning's decision is a 'win-win' outcome to both sides. The ICJ decided based on historical facts and international law as well as administrative implications and other related matters...the court decided to award sovereignty to Singapore but at the same time awarded sovereignty over Middle Rocks to Malaysia. This is a victory for Malaysia as well..." - Malaysia's Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Rais Yatim.

Well, Syabas Malaysia ! Congratulation Singapore !

Pedra Branca also housed the famous Horsburgh Lighthouse which was built in 1851. The lighthouse was named after James Horsburgh of the East India Company. Too bad, Malaysia lost this beautiful lighthouse to Singapore. I do hope Malaysians can take the ICJ's decision like REAL gentlemen and refrained from holding unnecessary emotional protests and demonstrations. Let's us respect the international law, and not behaving like cry babies to start boycotting each other's products and services.

The pot is darker than I thought....

George Bernard Shaw once said “When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport: when the tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity. The distinction is no greater.”

In Perak, when DAP instructed its assemblymen to boycott the installation of a PAS assemblyman as Chief Minister of Perak, there are many people out there protesting and what not, against the Perak's DAP. They claimed DAP show disrespect and disloyalty to the Sultan. Sensing the political reality, DAP unconditionally and immediately apologize and accept the wisdom of the Sultan in his choice of Chief Minister for Perak.

Rightly so, Malaysians have greater respect and love for the Sultans than all those cocky politicians. Malaysians knows, at the end of the day, during time of distress, they can always count on His Royal Highnesses to exercise their power as protectors of their subjects, not the politicians.

In Trengganu, Barisan Nasional recommended Idris Jusoh as Mentri Besar, but the Sultan disapproved of BN's candidate and went ahead with the appointment of Kijal assemblyman Ahmad Said as the new Mentri Besar. UMNO challenged the Sultan and go against His Royal Highness, who is also the present Agung of Malaysia, by sacking Ahmad Said from the party and send a protest letter to the Palace.

On one hand, they go around claiming to champion and protect the institution of the royalty, but on the other hand, they blatantly challenge the authority of the Sultans to protect their self serving interest. It appears to me that, these politicians are always not what they claimed to be. At the defining moments, their actions are always inconsistent with their words. The acts of showing disrespect and going against the Sultan is practically an act of revolt. I do sincerely hope these assemblymen can unconditionally apologize to the Sultan, surrender their titleships, and resign from their elected position gracefully.

Hello, the Rukun Negara ( National Principles ) stated the following :

1. KEPERCAYAAN KEPADA TUHAN
2. KESETIAAN KEPADA RAJA DAN NEGARA
3. KELUHURAN PERLEMBAGAAN
4. KEDAULATAN UNDANG-UNDANG
5. KESOPANAN DAN KESUSILAAN

Tell me, have you all forgotten about the 2nd principle ? The one that you pledged Loyalty To The King and The Country......

Cocks do indeed have great influences on their own dunghills. Whatever it is, at the end of the day, the elected assemblymen still have to pledge their loyalty to the Sultan. If they insist on their constitutional rights to challenge the Sultan, I guess the right thing to do now is, these assemblymen should now go to the state assembly and put a vote of no confidence against the newly appointed Mentri Besar. The Mentri Besar will then has to revert to the Sultan to seek his royal highness' consent to dissolve the state assembly, paving the way for another snap elections. Let's go back to the people again, and let the people decide who should be their elected representatives.

Biadap !!! I shake my head.....

“When the balance is broken then everything includes itself in power, power into will, will into appetite. So appetite, aided by will and power, becomes a universal wolf, at last eating up itself. “
--- Carl William Brown ----

What a refreshing morning...........

I casted my vote yesterday morning in a school in USJ.

This morning, I woke up to the realization that, the opposition candidates, Hannah Yeoh, secured a seat in the Selangor State Assembly, and Loh Gwo-Burne secured a seat ( Kelana Jaya ) in the parliament of Malaysia. In total, the opposition managed to win the Selangor State Assembly with 36 seats out of the total of 56 seats. Nationwide, the opposition parties also managed to win majority control in four other State Assemblies in Penang, Kedah, Perak, and Kelantan. At the federal level, for the first time in history, the opposition parties also managed to deny the Barisan Nasional's two third majority in the Parliament. Somehow, the air of this morning felt so refreshing, and honestly I never felt this good before.

Taking into consideration of the lacked of media coverage for the opposition parties during the campaign period, the claimed of unfair electoral process and its electoral roll, and questionable distribution of postal and military votes, the achievements of the opposition parties is a significant achievements.

When I attended the first political ceramah in Subang Jaya, I smelled the resentment of the local residents against the establishment's unfairness, arrogance, and decadence. The people voiced their grievances on corruptions, lavish life style, integrity of the judicial system, poverty, racial marginalization, rising prices, high costs of living, and fears of security problems such as snatch thieves, house break-ins, day light robberies. But these grievances fell on deaf ears, the perception is, the ruling government continued to harp on racial issues. Like it or not, people are also increasingly very fed-up of all those "in-laws" meddling with the administration and political process.

Irrespective of our ethnicity and racial origin, we are all Malaysians. Why should any segment of Malaysians be classified as minority or majority ? All Malaysians should enjoy equal rights in Malaysia. All the poor and underprivileged, irregardless of their racial origin and religion, should be helped through affirmative action, not racial disqualifications.

The result clearly show the disapproval of the government by the voters. All the race based political parties' suffered losses. Umno traditional influences of the Malay has been severely dented by the multi-racial Parti Keadilan, MCA's traditional support from the Chinese community has been significantly reduced by the multi racial Democratic Action Party, and the Indian community also voted against MIC and supported the multi racial Parti Keadilan and DAP. In Kuala Lumpur and most of the Federal Territories, all the Barisan Nasional's candidates are uprooted by the opposition's candidates.

The results of the 12th General Elections clearly signaled race based agenda of the race based political parties are no longer accepted by the majority of educated Malaysians. I do sincerely hope these parties can switch their political tunes to accept religion freedom, multi-racialisms, and to discard their sickening racial rent seeking demands. Otherwise, their days are numbered. If any racist and communal pariah still want to persist with their illegitimate claims of racial supremacy and entitlements, perhaps, they should seriously consider their relevancy in Malaysia and book a ticket to hell.

Now that the two third majority of the Barisan Nasional government has been denied by the people, and the opposition parties has also been given five states to form state governments, I do sincerely hope the opposition parties practice what they preached.

The people of Malaysia has also given the Barisan Nasional another chance to form a federal government with simple majority. I sincerely hope Barisan Nasional can seriously implement the aspirations of the people. That is, rid the country of corruption, restore judicial integrity, eliminate lavish spendings, practice equality and fairness, respect human rights, manage rising prices, and improve peace and security of the country.

The decent reality is, Malaysia is for all Malaysians. Once and for all, let us rid ourselves of the indecent and immoral rent seeking demands, and respect the sacred entitlement of all Malaysians for equality, fairness, and justice for all. Next time, if anybody ever wave their keris to threaten the rights and existence of other group of Malaysians, I sincerely hope the righteous people within their groups can snatch the offending tool and stick it to his rear orifice......

Malaysia is for all Malaysians. So help us God.....

Of sex and politics......

Happy New Year 2008 ! On the first day of 2008, Malaysians are greeted with the admission by Datuk Seri Dr Chua Soi Lek, that, he is the ONE featured in the SEX DVDs circulating in Johore. He said the woman in the sex DVD is his "PERSONAL FRIEND".

Chua is the Minister Of Health in Malaysia.

Chua once said in a speech that ".....As you are aware, Vision 2020 calls for the establishment of a fully moral and ethical society whose citizens are strong in religious and spiritual values......" I guess, it is now okay for all of us to have sex with "Personal Friend", because this is not part of the values of fully moral and ethical society, and it has nothing to do with strong religious and spiritual values.

Chua also said he will not resign over the sex DVD scandal, and leave it to Barisan Nasional's president, Abdullah Badawi to decide his fate. Dear Prime Minister, he said his BALLS are now in your court ! So, what are you going to do about it ? Kick it, squeeze it, or caress it ? Maybe create another portfolio and made him the Minister Of Sex ?

How can those idiots be so insensitive to secretly tapping Chua and his "Personal Friend" making love in a hotel room ? Luckily our Visit Malaysia Year 2007 is officially over yesterday. Otherwise, I don't think any foreign tourists would dare to visit Malaysia or stay in our hotels. For those people planning to visit Malaysia or staying in Malaysia hotels, words of advise, BE Very Careful During Your Stay in MALAYSIA !

Niahmah, sometimes, I do wonder how high is our "high moral ground". 99,999 feet below sea level ? Kanlinlowboooooo.... who am I to say what is morally right or wrong ? After all, aren't we a righteous nation of a fully moral and ethical society where our political leaders are strong in religious and spiritual values ?

Negaraku......

The following is an exclusive interview of the Sultan of Selangor by The Star. I am posting the two news article verbatim in this blog. Of late, contentious and divisive racial and religious issues has been brought out by the politicians to seek racial popularity. To a certain extend, it has brought a great deal of discomforts to a lot of patriotic Malaysians. The Sultan of Sleangor, in his wisdom, has voiced his concerns and ask politicians to refrain from unhealthy racial politics. I do sincerely hope all those politicians can show respect to the Sultans by heeding His Royal Highness's advise and directives.

Malaysia is indeed blessed with a new generation of caring and far sighted Sultans. Daulat Tuanku, Daulat uanku, Daulat Tuanku... Tuhan kurniakan Raja Kita selamat bertakhta.



Selangor Sultan: Keep politics out of N-Day celebrations
EXCLUSIVE: By WONG CHUN WAI
August 13th 2007, The Star

SHAH ALAM: The Sultan of Selangor wants politicians in the state, regardless of which parties they belong to, to put politics aside and refrain from bringing up contentious issues ahead of the 50th National Day celebrations.

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said he did not want anyone to dampen the mood of the celebrations but to instead instil the Malaysian spirit.

“The celebrations are a once-in-a-lifetime event, keep the politics out for the time being. I want the people to focus on the common issues and be proud of Malaysia as one people.

“The politicians, regardless of their parties, can have all the time they want to talk about politics after National Day but for now, I do not want to hear any issues that can hurt the feelings of any community,” he said.

Sultan Sharafuddin: ‘No one race could have brought Malaysia to what it is today’
The Sultan said he wanted Malaysians to understand that the country's independence was achieved through the unity of all the major races.

He said that unity, through the sharing of political power, had continued until today and that it should be emphasised by the politicians.

“National unity, involving the Malays, Chinese and Indians, brought us independence and subsequently, through the unity of the other ethnic groups, helped us form Malaysia.

“Let no one forget that we achieved independence because of that. No one race could have brought Malaysia to what it is today,” he said in an interview.

The Sultan expressed his unhappiness over statements brought up by various politicians of late on race and religion, saying these were issues that no one should harp on.

The state head of Islam said Islam was the country’s official religion and its position must be respected.

“But I also want Muslims to respect the religions practised by other Malaysians.”

He said no politician or group should attempt to gain popularity by stirring up such issues, as Malaysia was a multi-racial country.

“This country belongs to all Malaysians regardless of their race and everyone has a right to feel as Malaysians. This should be emphasised, particularly as we celebrate the National Day together,” he said.

He also said that in such a short time, Malaysia had attained notable economic success because of the country’s political stability.

Malaysia, he said, was blessed and Malaysians had often taken for granted that stability because they had never gone through hardship, especially the post-Merdeka generation.

Sultan Sharafuddin also said that he has directed all government agencies and schools in the state to fly the national flag.

“The national flag can take precedence over the Selangor flag in this period,” he said.

He said Selangor wanted to stress the purpose of national unity by flying only the Jalur Gemilang.

The Sultan said that on Aug 27, all the palaces of the Selangor royal house would fly the national flag, which had never been done before.





Sultan expresses concern over host of issues
August 13t 2007
The Star

SHAH ALAM: Immediate action must be taken to check corruption, bureaucratic red tape, race problems, religious intolerance, the brain drain and crime, the Sultan of Selangor said.

Sultan Sharafuddin Idris Shah said Malaysia had achieved tremendous progress over the last 50 years.

Describing Malaysia as a blessed country, he said the people certainly had much to be thankful for but should not rest on their laurels as Malaysians also needed to take stock of what the country needed to do in the next 50 years.

“Corruption is still a problem, which the people are very concerned about, and more effective action needs to be taken,” he said.

Describing corruption as a cancerous cell, the Sultan said if graft could not be wiped out, it should be checked effectively.

He also took to task government agencies that continued to slow down approvals for foreign investors, saying the lackadaisical attitude of some government servants had affected the investment momentum.

“They must change their mindset because delays mean escalating costs and lost job opportunities, which may even lead to corrupt practices,” he said.

The Sultan said he was upset because the mindset of some people had not changed, saying he feared investors may move to neighbouring countries which were very competitive in attracting investors.

Selangor, he said, was one of the country’s most important states and he needed to emphasise this.

In a strongly worded interview, the Sultan said he had given Mentri Besar Datuk Seri Dr Mohamed Khir Toyo a deadline for applications after the end of an investment promotion trip.

He acknowledged the Federal Government had set up the Special Task Force to Facilitate Business (Pemudah) to fast-track procedures and transactions between the Government and private sector.

“That is good but more needs to be done because the feedback from investors is that there is a greater need for a bigger push. Time waits for no one. We do not want investors to be discouraged from investing in Malaysia, as our neighbouring countries would also be willing to accept them.”

The Sultan also expressed his concern over the country’s brain drain, saying talented young people were leaving the country.

“No one, irrespective of his race, should be denied any opportunities. I am sad to see good people being lost to other countries,” he said.

He said Singapore was the greatest benefactor and that even the Singapore National Library was designed by a Malaysian.

In another case, he said, a highly qualified Malaysian academic was not accepted by local universities but was invited by the National University of Singapore to head a department.

The Sultan feared talent from the tourism and hospitality sectors would be affected when the island republic’s integrated entertainment resorts opened.

On race relations, he called for the young to have friends from other races, saying this was important.

He said Tunku Abdul Rahman was very particular about national unity and as the nation celebrated Merdeka, no one should forget his legacy of insisting on racial harmony.

The Sultan urged the people in Selangor to reject any form of racial and religious intolerance.

“Islam respects other religions and other religions must also respect Islam,” he said, adding multiracialism must be instilled at primary school level.

“If there is a need to re-evaluate our school system, then our authorities must do so to promote better racial harmony,” he said.

On crime, he said the police needed support from the people as they lacked manpower and facilities to fight crime.

The Sultan said he had asked the Selangor state government to install more CCTVs as a way to check crime.

He said he was aware Selangor had the highest crime rate because of the influx of people from other states and foreigners to work in the state.

On the environment, he said the state had planted over a million trees while the palace had committed itself to planting 5,000 trees on its grounds.

“The environment is our concern and will remain so. Tree replanting is essential,” he said, adding that tree-planting efforts in Bukit Jelutong were commendable.

The Sultan said he was also upset with the use of his name by unscrupulous people for securing state awards or low-cost houses.

“I am disheartened by such people because Selangor does not sell state awards, that is clear, even to the people.

“But I am glad that the people in Selangor have taken the trouble to call the palace to verify claims from such dishonest people,” he said.

The Sultan said the people could call his private secretary Datuk Mohamed Munir Bani at 03-5519 4242 or e-mail istanamastika@yahoo.com to check.

He said the palace believed in transparency and would be pleased to get feedback from the rakyat on developments in Selangor.

They blogged, therefore some of them may not be stupid ?

The above news article appeared in The Star on August 6th 2007.

No insensitivity or disrespect intended, but if we keep putting indirect threats on bloggers because we disagreed with what they wrote, what does that make us ? A patriotic Malaysian ?

Let us all not be so narrow minded. If we do not like or are incapable to accept criticisms from bloggers, let it be, walk away, and move forward with positive actions. Is it too much of an asking to have some basic decency and civility to respect the rights of others to freedom of expressions ? If we are transparent and accountable to our actions, rumours will die a natural death. So, why some ignorant people are still so preoccupied with perceived rumours, lies, and untruths ?

All of us have different perceptions and opinions on certain issues or events. What make us think that we are entitled the moral authority to enforce our views, opinions, and perceptions on others. Gone are the days of apology seeking, grievance seeking, rent seeking, and intolerances. Crying baby will no longer gets the milk, but probably self inflicted sore throat.

During the Qin dynasty, the emperor Qin Shi Huang, confiscated and burnt all books because he want to "standardize human thoughts, and to prevent free thinking" that may erode his authority. Subsequently, he became a ruthless tyrant. Although he ruled less than 15 years, but China was damaged into a period of backwardness for many centuries. Pol pot of Cambodia killed millions of educated Cambodians in order to sustain his stay of power, but eventually he died a pitiful death, and Cambodia is now on the road of recovery. The point here is, freedom of expression is a God given rights, not privileges. It is immoral and against God's wishes to suppress this rights. For peace and harmony, freedom of expression must be nurtured and encouraged to facilitate greater free flow of information for the sake of humanity and the nation.

What benefits does the nation enjoys if bloggers are indirectly threatened to refrain from writing honest opinions or write what the elitists want to read ? Let us not be regressive into an era of "frog hiding in a Well ( 井底蛙 )" or "Frog hiding under the coconut shelf (Katak di bawah tempurung)". Malaysia need to be progressive and move forward to greater wealth and prosperity. All those narrow minded mental retards who oppose freedom of expressions, are merely dead weights, tagging along with their extended shelf lives to hinder the political and social development of Malaysia.

I do sincerely hope bloggers and politicians can appreciate this quote from the Venerable Master Ching Kung " Speak words of fairness whether in anger or in joy. Help them even if they have severed all ties with you. Show concern towards those who are ungrateful towards you. Forgive those who have ill intent. "

May all Malaysians be enlightened with sincerity, purity, righteousness, and equality. Let us all not be so selfish to perpetuate our own rights at the expense of others. Let us also appreciate and respect the rights of others. Do not do unto others what you do not want others to do unto you...... Om Mani Pedme Hum.....

Malaysia's Blogsphere Blogalitics...

The French presidential elections are fought on blogs. The current on-going presidential elections of USA is now keenly solicited on blogs. With more than 13.5 million users with internet connections in Malaysia, forget about NST, The Star, TV3, RTN1, RTM2, and all those traditional media, I would like to believe that the coming general elections will also be keenly fought on blogs. Well, no wonder so much attention has been directed at the Malaysian blogsphere. General Elections coming soon ?

I do find it amusing that, almost on daily basis, Malaysian politicians are jumping in the bandwagon to criticize Malaysian Bloggers ( see the following attached headlines ). Are these politicians of higher morality and ethical standard than the bloggers ?

Negaraku.....

It is indeed very pleasing and heartening to read the following news article from The Sun. After 50 years of nationhood, finally, there is a hope for a progressive and united Malaysia ready to be a model nation of multi-culturals, multi-racials, and multi-religions to the world. Malaysia always has her strength in diversities and it is now up to all Malaysians to discard their individual racial biases, intolerances, and ignorances to positively harvest these diversities to develop our unique competency to secure a leadership role in this increasingly competitive world. And, Malaysia Bolih !

Oh, Malaysia, this blessed land, I stand proud to to sing Negaraku......

Negaraku
Tanah tumpahnya darahku
Rakyat hidup bersatu dan maju
Rahmat bahagia Tuhan kurniakan
Raja kita selamat bertakhta
Rahmat bahagia Tuhan kurniakan
Raja kita selamat bertakhta
Tuhan kurniakan Raja Kita selamat bertakhta.

Exit racial politics
The Sun, Malaysia
Wed, 25 Jul 2007

So politicians will soon have a code of ethics to stop them from using racial issues for political mileage. That, at least, is what the Parliamentary Select Committee on National Unity and National Service has set about to do. Anyone who has been following the theatrics of race-based politics in the country would welcome sound rules that could curb eager beaver politicos bent on gaining popularity by posing as the champions of communal rights. However, such optimism would tend to be tempered by caution because of the practical obstacles that stand in the way of ensuring that the code is effective in reality. Such a code undoubtedly has value in setting parameters for public conduct, so that politicians can be held accountable against its standards when their actions or words are clearly ethnically biased. However, difficulties are bound to arise over the interpretation of policies and programmes, because the line between positive discrimination and racial bias is sometimes unclear. Therefore, it would be vastly more effective if the public at large were to transcend the notion that their communal interests need to be guarded against eroding influences, but instead embrace the idea that a multi-ethnic environment will ultimately strengthen our society and should be celebrated at every opportunity and in all spheres of life. If we can accept this idea of a multicultural identity as the essence of our Malaysian existence, it will be a matter of time before the people grow out of the race-based politics that has defined our national life so far. When that day comes, we will no longer be enamoured by the ethnic flavour of today's political discourse, but will measure our achievements by their relevance to all 25 million people who call this country home. Many examples of such a cosmopolitan outlook have been part of our history as a nation, and these are cited time and again to show that Malaysians can look beyond race when the situation demands it. These circumstances include the humanitarian spirit shown towards neighbours and strangers in times of natural disasters or other tragedies, the communal sharing of resources at weddings or other social events, and the still hallowed practice of holding "open house" during the major festivals. Indeed, families that count a mixture of races in their fold would be living this reality in their daily lives at the micro level. There is really no reason why the same broad-mindedness cannot flourish in the community life of the nation, with or without help from the politicians.

It rains, therefore it leaks......

In other words, he is saying that, because it rains, therefore, it leaks ! It is as simple as that. Well, it sounds logical to me. What is the issue ? Why are all you ignorant Malaysians still complaining here and there about our leaky parliament building ? Can't you people see, this is THE act of NATURE ?

Asking for more millions $$$ to water proofing the building ? Come on, give us a break ! What for ? A few leaky problems here and there are not going to make life any more difficult for the politicians. At least they still have a leaky roof over their heads. Why not spend the money to build more community halls and facilities that REALLY benefit the poor Malaysians ?

What say you brother ?

The righteous people spoke again.....

Approximately 200 hundred demonstrators held a noisy demonstration outside the US Embassy on March 18 2007 in Kuala Lumpur, to protest the continued deployment of United States' troops in Iraq. The protestors also put up anti Bush posters and banners.

Four years ago, with the help of Iraqi, the USA's and British armies invaded Iraq and deposed the regime of Sadam Hussein.

The 200 hundred noisy demonstrators does not represent the views of majority of Malaysian. The fact is, the United States and British Armies are deployed in Iraq at the invitation of the present Iraqi Government. So, it is really none of our business to noisily demonstrating our biased perceptions and opinions to take side with the warring factions in Iraq. Majority of Malaysian would like to stay neutral, not to complicate the delicate situations, and let the Iraqi and United States governments implement their best strategies to curb violences and terrorisms in Iraq. The Iraqi government had seeked the deployment of United States troop in Iraq, so let us not meddled with the preferences of the Iraqi government and the internal affairs of Iraq. Frankly, it would do Iraqi a lot of good if the protestors can keep their misguided opinions and perceived grievances to themselves. Majority of Malaysians, in general, would like to remain as friends to the Americans and Iraqi. And majority of Malaysians sincerely hope the Iraqi government, with the help of United States and other nations, can resolved the lawlessness, to bring peace and prosperity to Iraq.

Let us keep the streets of Kuala Lumpur free of uneccessary demonstrations and noisy protests. Stop the kowpek kowbooism mentality. If those 200 hundred protests really have the uncontrollable urges to express their righteousness and grievances, I sincerely hope they can get their priorities rights by assembling in front of the Thai embassy to protest against the despicable and cowardice acts committed by the the terrorists in Southern Thailand against innocent, peaceful, and defenseless Buddhists. The violences in Southern Thailand are closer to the border of Malaysia. Please state your righteous and noisy stand to demand the Thai government to take tougher actions against those terrorists in southern Thailand. It really pained me to see those terrorists committing mass murders and criminal acts against my fellow innocent and peaceful Buddhists in southern Thailand.

May God bless Iraq with early return to peace and prosperity. And, may God punished those terrorists and those biased bastards who directly or indirectly supported the terrorists to commit violences and criminal acts. The world will be very peaceful if these perpectually misguided and intolerance grievances seekers can be completely wipe out from the face of earth and forever locked in Hell.

Blessed are the peace keepers !!!! Namo Amithaba Buddha.

Civil servants not getting enough salaries ?

First, the Umno Youth Complaint Bureau's Chairman said that the government is not doing enough to create more jobs for the bumiputra graduates. And, he also suggested to the government to enforce 30% job quota in the private sector for bumiputras.

Now, the President of Cuepacs ( labour union for civil servants ), Omar Osman, hinted the civil servants are not getting enough pay and would refuse over time work, because they can work part time in private sector to get better compensation. Is this guy for real. Is he hinting that, we need to pay civil servant across the board higher salaries to encourage them to put in the little bit of extra efforts to render service excellence ?

God, who owes them a living ? kanlinlowboo... Everyday kowpek kowboooooo.

Malaysia has a low population of approximately 26 million people, but despite many major privatization of essential services, the tax payers are still burdened with 1.2 million civil servants, which works out to the ratio of 1 civil servant to 21 citizen. Omar said civil servants are reluctant to perform overtime work because the compensations are not attractive enough compared to private sector ? What a big joke ! By right, with that high ratio of 1:21, there shouldn't be any need for overtime work at all, and there shouldn't be any delay in delivery of government services at all. In fact, all their work should be completed within working hours, and if need be, the working hours should be reduced to save administrative overheads such as electricity, water, utilities, etc. They can not finished their work during office hours ? What have they been doing in the office ? peeling ikan bilis and kangkong ? gossiping politics ?

I am not a work flow expert, but as a tax payer, I find it unacceptable for the continuous lame excuses put up by the civil servants union to seek higher compensations by claiming improved productivity and comparing their compensation packages with the private sectors. Honestly, has there been any slight improvement in civil servant productivity ? with the current ratio, I don't think so ! Perhaps, when the ration is improved to say, 1: 100, then maybe the civil servants can stake claim of their improve productivity.

Another fallacy always put forward by Cuepac is, "employee in private sector get better pay than civil servant". Now, let be honest about this claim. Has there really been any audited and conclusive reports by independent study groups to stake this claim ? NO, no... and NO. Not that I am aware of. All these kowpek Kowboo civil servants are biasedly quoting figures from their god-knows-what sources to sinfully attempt to justify for higher salaries.

By claiming the reasons of unable to make ends meet, irrelevant productivity indicators, and selective comparison with private sector's compensation package to seek higher compensation package, the civil servants are indirectly using emotions to threaten Malaysians and conducting economic blackmailing. This irresponsible and ungrateful attitude must stop.

I personally know many hard working civil servants who work their butts out and are unselfishly committed to the professionalism demanded from their positions. These committed professional civil servants never demand higher compensations, because they know, their positions demand them to fulfill their obligations of national service and genuine productivity. To all those unhappy civil servants, the grass is always greener on the other side, if you felt that you are beinh shortchanged in the government services, please resign now to join the private sectors, rather than hogging on to the vacancies that other patriotic Malaysians are willing to fill. Please lah, stop making all those irritating noises, let's take the challenge, resign now to join the private sector !

How green was my grass ? I have this to say to you.... Stop complaining that you are getting not enough salary. Be thankful, at least you still have a job. When your salary is not enough, please try to live within your means. If you made less than RM2000 a month, tried not to impress other with your potential to live like a king. I have no problem eating chapfun everyday, what makes you think that you must given the special priviledge to dine in upmarket restaurants to impress the less fortunates ?

Discriminations ! He said.....

The Umno Youth Complaints Bureau's Chairman Datuk Subahan Kamal has accused the Ministry of Human Resources of not doing enough to help Bumiputra graduates to secure employments in the private sector. According to him, some Bumiputra have to resort to driving taxis to earn a living. He also alleged discrimination against Bumiputras by Giant Hypermarket in Shah Alam. He has also asked the Ministry to enforce a 30% quota for bumiputras employee in the private sector.

Although I know UMNO is a very influential Malay political party in Malaysia. But, as a Malaysian, I do felt very hurt by the insensitive demands made by UMNO. After 50 years of independent, we are still resorting to racial politic to make demand. Personally, with due respect to all Malaysians, I would like to view UMNO's demand as reckless and irresponsible. By insisting on private sector also giving preferential treatments based on race is discriminatory and racist.

The pot calling the kettle black ? But again, with modern cooking gas and washing liquids, the pot and kettle resting in the modern kitchen can also be bloody shinny all the times. I rolled my eyes and shaked my head.......

The funny things is, when I go to Giant Hyper mart in Subang Jaya, I do see a lot of Sabahans working there. Aren't this Sabahan also Bumiputras ? or do we now have different classes of Bumiputra ? Of course, I also notice a substantial number of foreigners (I believe they are mostly Pakistanis and Bangladeshis ) working in the hyper mart. But these foreigners basically took up jobs that most Malaysians are reluctant to take up. We should be grateful to all these foreigners ! For they are also contributed significantly to Malaysia's economic miracles. Let us not now discriminate them simply because there are some Malaysians now want their jobs back. So what are the issues here ? Oh yah... silly me, general elections is coming soon.... there are always wannabe emerging from nowhere to seek political popularity.....

The Umno Youth Complaints Bureau's Chairman claimed that many Bumiputra graduates resort to driving Taxis. But, what's wrong with becoming a Taxi driver ? After all, it is an honorable profession. I once took a taxi in an oversea country, the taxi driver was a graduate with Master degree. He see it as a honourable way to gain legitimate income to support his family. I believed, to live an ethical life, there must be mutual respect for other people professions. Please, in your eagerness to glare your racist intents, do not degrade other professions. Beside, how many Bumiputera graduates are Taxi Drivers ? Honestly, tell us HOW MANY.

How about the plights of all other unemployed "Malaysian" graduates ? Wouldn't it be better to use your political knowledge working with the industries and the Ministry to map out strategies to help all unemployed Malaysian graduates to gain employable new skills and qualifications ? Why it always has to be shameless and selfish rent seeking parasitic demands and blaming the private sectors for the country's mismatch of economic resources ?

By August 31st 2007, Malaysia will be 50 years old. A middle age nation in an increasingly competitive world. To ensure our Jalur Gemilang continues to wave with pride in the world, our mindsets has to change ! We have to work as a single TEAM Malaysia, not TEAM MELAYU, Not TEAM CINA, Not TEAM INDIA, not TEAM MAMAK, etc... All those uncultured mentality of rent seeking and grievance seeking must stop. Otherwise, we will end up as a mugabed nation shouting to be an international champion among the pariahs.

Malaysia happens to be a member of the United Nations Human Rights Council, for a start, maybe all those shameless wannabe politicians should take a course in understanding the basic documents and declarations of the United Nations Human Rights Council, understand it, and practice it in Malaysia. 50 years....... was it 50 years of nation building ? was it 50 years of rent seeking ? was it 50 years of grievances seeking ? was it 50 years of racist demanding ? I don't know.... you tell me.....

I hate racists.... Does that made me unpatriotic and less Malaysian ? My sincere apology, if opinions expressed in this posting offended your sensitivity.

Unmarried lovers beware.....

Is it crime to being in love with each other and remained unmarried ? Apparently it is in the eyes of some self righteous "moralled" minority. But it is not a crime to carry out murders of innocent people in God's name ! What a contradiction ! Progressively, we are living on the seventh day where we glorify deaths but not love.

The Trengganu state government claimed to have devised an "ingenious" plan whereby a voluntary squad of spies are recruited to tip off the religious department for immoral activities. The state's Islam Hadhari & Welfare Committee Chairman, Rosol Wahid, said waitresses and janitors maybe recruited to act as undercover spies for the religious department. These spies would also be engaged to keep surveillance at parks and secluded areas to "monitor" dating couples in "close proximities". The janitors and waitresses will be rewarded for their tip-off. I guess, if Anna Nicole Smith, who once worked as a waitress, is still alive today, she will probably offer her service to help Rosol curb immoral activities in that immoral land of his. Why not also engage the GRO, prostitutes, and Gigolos to be part of the snoop squad ?

In this land of opportunity, maybe it is a good idea to migrate to Trengganu and work part time as a snooper. What better way to enjoy my life, getting paid by the religious department for my pervert ism of peeping and snooping on couples in love. By the way, I just wonder whether I can gain a few extra credit points from God by being part of the snooping squad.

Holding hands is a crime, being sexy is a crime, close proximities is a crime, kissing is a crime, and we even proposed a "same sex" discos, etc. What are we trying to promote ? gayism and lesbianism ? In the eyes of God or Gods, is it really a sin for couples to show affections and engage in act of love ? I rolled my eyes and shaked my head in disbelieve that in this times of modernity, we actually have people out there trying to impose their misguided morality on others based on inappropriate glorifications of outdated lifestyles.

Between two consenting adults, if they want to conduct illicit sexual acts in private, it is their own private affairs. By snooping and ridiculed the consenting adults, what farting morality are we trying to propagate ? Don't we have better things to do then infringing on lifestyles of others and imposing on them our misguided righteousness ? Narrow minded and mentally congested people never seemed to know their limits and are always incapable of having a reasonable mind to mind their own businesses.

To the likes of Rosol, let me tell you what is sinful and immoral. Illegal drugs addiction and distribution, lack of infrastructures, lack of maintenance of public amenities, rape, incest, corruption, robbery, murder, unemployment, religious fanaticism, racism, etc. are sinful and immoral. Aren't the administration suppose to pay more attentions in these areas ? Where is the priority ? Please show us your efficiencies, productivities, and ingeniousness as government servants to combat these crimes. Trying to divert attention to couples in love and blame them for all the social ills made you a hero and champion of morality ? It merely reflect to me a brain that is full of protein deficient protoplasm echoing stupidities trying to gain recognition. Please, please, be secular in your thinkings and strategic posture, and mind your own business. What other people do in private is their private affairs, stop farting your misguided religiosity and morality on others.

With all due respect, who among us are not sinners ? Let those who commit no sin casts the first stone......

Is it okay for me to fart also ?

Tun Mahathir Mohamad, the former Prime Minister of Malaysia, praised the Iraqi insurgents for their roles in the Iraq's conflicts. He deliver the words of encouragement to the insurgents on February 7th 2007 where he convened an ALTERNATIVE War Crimes Tribunal to fight for 'justices" for abused victims in Iraq, Palestine, and Lebanon. In respond to Mahathir's forum, the Foreign Minister, Syed Hamid Albar, said Mahathir is FREE to express his views as citizen of Malaysia because "This is a free and democratic country and it's very nice to see freedom being exercised"

How nice to have a former senior politician from Malaysia wanting to fight for INJUSTICES in the world. I am indeed deeply touched by Mahathir's passions to fight for justices for NON MALAYSIANS, and Syed Hamid's assurances of allowing Malaysians to exercise FREEDOM OF EXPRESSIONS.

Wow, what a noble gesture and intention ! But, before we start beating our chests, looked and commented on other countries' backyards. Why not for a start, Mahathir champions a Domestic Human Rights Crimes tribunal in Malaysian to fight for equality and justices for all Malaysians first ? Why not initiate actions to identify, shame, and prosecute racial pariahs, grievances seekers, and rent seekers in Malaysia ? These good deeds of championing equality, justices, and human rights in Malaysia will gain him more domestic and international respect and score more credit points from GOD. Our words in international arena should be consistent with our actions domestically. Otherwise, we will always end up being viewed as international pariahs by civilized societies.

I have limited political knowlege of the Middle East. But, ONE fact I do know, those warring parties in Lebanon, Iraq, and Palestine are always perpetually at wars with each others and among themselves, where all the parties always claimed God is on their sides, and they always potrayed themselves as the aggrieved parties. Let us as Malaysians have the moral impartiality of not getting involved in other countries affairs where we have no knowledges. And, I believed we will never be able to understand the madness there. So, let us not be blinded by our misguided hatreds or biases to blindly take side and indirectly become a guilty party that encourages more violences in that lands of perpetual warfares.

By being influenced by our misguided biases to take side will eventually perpetuates and encourages the warring parties to commit more violences. And, let us not put ourselves in the vicious cycles of violence begetting more violences. Malaysia, as a signatory of the charter of United Nations should allow and support United Nations' effort to manage the middle east's conflits there. So, I guess we do need to behave in accordance to our commitment to the charter of United Nations and not let emotional comic strips behaviors influencing our moral objectivities. If we think the United Nations is incapable of implementing fair international justices, then we should have the moral courages to withdraw our membership in the United Nations. Otherwise, keeping our mouths shut and refrained from biases would be much appreciated by the civilized world.

Another War Crimes Tribunal ? Fighting for injustices and inequalities in other part of the world ? Please lah, let's us practiced what we preached in our domestic affairs first before we ventured outside the country with perceived inappropriateness.

The begining of an eventual death for local media ?

I used to start my day with a copy of New Straits Times or The Star in the morning, but that old habit has changed since a year and a half ago. Looking around, most of my friends or associates has also stop subscribing to the local newspapers ! Are printed media suffering from declining readership ? The big question is, has there also been a decline in advertisement revenue in the printed media ? For those businesses that are still putting up advertisements in the printed media, probable they should also begin to look elsewhere to spend the advertisement budget more effectively and efficiently. There's been a dramatic increase in Internet users, and majority of this Internet users are well educated with propensity to spend. So businesses who traditionally advertised their products and services in traditional media, will have to relook into their advertising mix to dramatically shift the advertising budget into other medium such as Internet to stay relevant.

Is this age of environmental awareness and knowledge based society, stop buying printed media would probably saved more tree from being fell indiscriminately. "Readers" now are more environmental friendly. In my satiation for news reports and other reading habits, I am also pretty much well awared of my environmental conservation responsibilities. In addition to this "noble" gesture towards the environment, my other reasons for not subscribing to printed media are also purely driven by the convenient of Internet technology and the impartiality and relevances of Internet news sources.

With broadband Internet technology, I can simply search at my finger tips a single news topics from multiple sources at a fractions of a minute as compared to flipping through the bulky media. I believe, even if local media put up on line editions on the Internet, they will still suffer the same fate of declining readerships. "Readers" are also more educated nowadays and wanted to be better informed, they no longer want to waste their time reading perceived lopsided, biased, and propagandized news from local media that are seen to be politically influenced and heavily regulated. So, it is really not surprising to have the finality of local media being gradually disregarded by local readers.

So, are local media now beginning to trace the path of dinosaur into eventual extinction ? I am not a pessimist, but a realist. My answer to that is, YES, the local printed media is a dying industry. I guess, for the local media to survive, they have no other choice but to redefine their business, inject relevancy and impartiality in their editorial contents, and restructure their shareholder equity structures.

More educated and well informed Malaysians are also turning into other uncensored and independent international on line news sources at the expense of local media. In addition, blogs are also increasingly becoming credible alternative to local media. For example, some local blogs managed by Malaysians claimed to have hits exceeding few hundred thousands a day ! significantly much higher than the established local media ! Sometimes during the second half of 2006, the established local media put up indirect news blitz to discredit the local Malaysian blogs claiming that the information presented in these blogs can not be trusted and are irrelevant. But this blitz does not in anyway affected the daily hits of the local blogs at all. The sad conclusion is, either nobody is reading the "estabished" local media any more, or the content of the local media are no longer taken seriously.

In January 2007, 2 prominent Malaysian bloggers are sued by a local media conglomerate for defamation. This is probably the first time in the world where printed media sued small time bloggers for defamation. Whether the media conglomerate win the legal battle or otherwise, my perception and prediction is, it is not going to alter the future bleak possibilities of the local media. Their arrogance days are numbered. They will died an eventual painful death due to future insignificant circulations / readerships and declining advertisement revenues.

So, before we finally say Adieu or Sayonara to the local media, let face it, blogsphere will expand, and online internet resources will continue to gain prominence. Printed media is dead and manipulated media in other forms are also dying... stop blaming blogs and other independent online news sources for the declined. Let's get over it. The sooner the better !

Head you Win, "Toll" I Pay ?

I have to drive down to downtown Kuala Lumpur the other day to attend to some personal matter. Guess what, we do have beautiful highways but the costs of using the highway is nothing but disgraceful and immoral ! Imagine, travelling from Subang Jaya to Kuala Lumpur, I need to pass through 3 tolls, costing an average of RM 13.20 for a round trip. Coupled with the high costs of Petrol, probably cost about RM 25 for a round trip, these high charges are politically sinful and socially immoral!!!!

Of course, I can always use the alternative route and keep my mouth of the grumpy complaints. But again, despite all the personal taxes, petroleum taxes, and road taxes collected, did the government made an effort to upgrade the existing alternative routes and made it comfortable for low income road users like me ? Your guess is as good as mine ! Why am I paying all these taxes for ? Feeding the rent seekers and parasites ?

Besides, all these toll concessionaires are given soft loans by the government to built and managed the toll roads, the government even guaranteed these toll concessionaires revenues and profitability. So, it is legitimate to raise the toll charges to ensure profitability for the toll concessionaires, otherwise, the government may have to "compensate" the concessionaires! I am sicked and tired of all these unconsciously incompetent people running around negotiating loop sided commercial contracts to socially irresponsible commercial enterprises. The said, these are prices of progress. BUT, have we progress ? If I protest, I will be perceived as trouble maker and unpatriotic !

Despite the promise of transparency, it is equally sickening to note that these infrastructure agreements between the government and the concessionaires are veiled in secrecy. Did the government made an efforts to disclose the agreements and its rationale for public scrutiny? What justification does the toll concessionaires have to increase the toll charges ? Why can't the government seek the toll concessionaires to transparently disclose their accounting books.

I do wonder, how much it costs to built the toll roads ? how much soft loans the government extend to the concessionaires, what revenue guaranteed and profit assurances are given by the government to the concessionaires ? Are we being force to pay exorbitant toll charges due to unfair practices and operational inefficiencies of the toll operators ? Does it make moral sense for the government to compensate the toll operators where the amount of compensations is significant compared to the cost of constructions ? Does it make sense for the government to guarantee the toll operators profitability and revenues ? What if the losses of toll operators are due to inefficiencies and questionable management practices ? Why are tax payers being subject to these immoral financial abuses ?

Poor wage earners (like me) are working our butts off to pay high assessment rate to the local town councils, high income taxes to the federal government, high "subsidized" prices for every litre of petrol, occasional summonses issued by the town council for parking tickets, and all sorts of direct and indirect taxes, etc... Now, I am also subject to pay high toll charges for using the "tolled" roads. In short, I and many generations of Malaysians are dubiously subjected to the mercy of the contractual agreements between the government and the concessionaires.

Somehow, I am getting the discomforts and ill feelings of being cheated by the government who intentionally leave out road users' welfares in the equation of balancing the rights of the concessionaires and the consumers like me. The scale is unfairly tilted to the side of the concessionaires. Lands are allocated to the concessionaires, taxes collected are being extended as soft loans to them by the government. Why can't the government use the money to be loaned out to construct new roads or to maintain and upgrade existing roads ? Is the government already arrogantly out of touch with the realities and plights of average Malaysians ?

Please don't get me wrong, I am all for economic progress and agreeable that, there is a price to pay for progress. But, at what price ? Are we building highways to foster economic progress, or, are we, in the name of economic progress, building highways to cause unnecessary financial burdens to all Malaysians ?

Higher toll ? Again and again ? I guess I am already very fed-up with these never ending demands for higher toll charges. I simply don't care anymore ! For that matter, the toll operators can even raised the prices by 1000% ! Anyway, 2008 general election is coming soon.... I have already made up my mind ! Happy Retirements to all those unconsciously incompetence, decadence, arrogance, ignorance, and rent seeking politicians.

Anti Toll Hike Protest at Sunway Pyramid.

I drove back from Ipoh to Subang Jaya on Sunday. As I approach the exit into Bandar Sunway, I saw an unusual large presence of policemen. Strange, I thought maybe there are some VIP visiting the area, and the policemen are there to beef up security arrangement. I never gave any further thoughts to this unusual sight and carry on with my drive. However, at the turning into Sunway Pyramid, I saw a large number, probably a few thousands of protesters carrying banners, large number of FRU ( anti protesters armed personnel ), and massive traffic jams in front of the shopping complex. Thinking that there maybe riots, and I am worry for the safety of my family members in the car, I make a U-turn to take a longer route home.

After reaching home safely, I made a few calls to my friends in the Bandar Sunway area, primarily out of concern for their safety and well beings. I was told that, there was a huge anti toll hike protest and demonstration in the area organized by PAS, Keadilan, and DAP. What a relief ! At least it is not a racial riot. Demonstration by opposition political parties are usually very peaceful. They ave done a great job in serving as a platform for Malaysians to voice out their frustrations on the never ending spiralling of costs of living.

Welcome to Visit Malaysia Year 2007. Please visit HERE to register your protest on TOLL HIKE.

Come to think of it, the toll charges are getting ridiculous unaffordable nowadays. For example, the rate at the Kesas highway was hike up by almost 50% and the rate at LDP was hiked up by almost 60%. This increased toll charges coupled with the recent hiked in petrol prices, and many spiralling costs of essential items, are causing hardships to average Malaysians.

In case you are not aware. Effective January 1st 2007, the government has increased toll charges up to 60%. Is average Malaysian affected by this toll hike ? You can safely bet your smelly ass that it is !Take the case of my teenage son who has to travel to college passing through the Kesas toll everyday, a return trip will cost him RM 110 a month, petrol costs RM 250, parking fee costs RM 75 per month, and installment of his second hand car costs RM 500. Bearing in mind that the the non subsidized tuition fees is RM 1,200 per month. That works out to be RM 2,135 per month minimum excluding other living allowances. Here I am talking about average Malaysians who can not afford to send their children oversea to study. And I happened to be one of them. Kan-lin-low-boo, What farking government is this ? A caring government that work with the people or more interested to ensure sinful profitability for large corporations ? Robbing the poor to enrich the already filthied rich ? Robbing Hoods or Hooded Robber ? Either way, we are screwed !

Surprisingly, none of the local newspapers reported the incident on today edition. Was there an intentional "blackout" of people voicing their grievances ? Most of the local papers are indirectly own by political parties and their printing licenses are subject to annual renewal. I guess the local paper are playing safe not to print anything that is not music to the ears of the government.

Hey, Mr Yang Berhormat, please come out from your ivory tower and power hallway, put your right palm on your left chest and feel your heart beats, can you feel the hardships of average Malaysians ? Can you smell the burning frustrations of average Malaysians ? Can you hear the voices of economic desperations of average Malaysians ? In your congested self denial minds, do you understand the plights of Malaysians.

Frankly, if you ask me whether the anti toll hike demonstrations is going to have any influence on the government, well, I can safely tell you that it won't ! They are quite capable of seeing without visualizing, hearing without listening, and touching without feeling. I do have my doubt whether they understand the sufferings of average Malaysians. I am beginning to wonder whether they are already out of touch with reality, politically too decadence, engaging in too much in racial politics, or too busy conducting rent seeking demands. However, I have already made up my mind on my electoral rights. Come 2008, they can raise whatever emotional racial issues they like to desperately justify their stay, and I shall vote accordingly to retire them.

Donations for Malaysia Floods' Victims ?

When there are human tragedies outside Malaysia, Malaysians as a whole became very generous and morally motivated to donate to the victims. But when it come to donating to victims within Malaysia, the spirits of charity became waned and elusive.

With regards to the recent flood disasters in Johor, Malacca, Negri Sembilan and several other states, the floods maybe gone or receded, but there are still thousands of people misplaced or homeless, and are living in deplorable conditions and miseries.

The Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil said "What Malaysians can do is to make life more bearable for the victims. They were poor to begin with and now, with what little they had washed away, they are close to becoming destitute." "I have seen poverty but never like this. When I come back after visiting the flood victims, I cannot sleep at night. Just think how much worse it is for those working to help them and how much more worse it is for the victims themselves, especially the children." This sounds like an urgent appeal from a Minister in the government to all Malaysians. I guess it would be more appropriate if this appeal is directed to the government of Malaysia and the elected representatives.

Why, when there is a disaster outside Malaysia, Malaysian spontaneously rushed to offer donations to help the unfortunates ? I would like to believe that, one of the main reason is, Malaysians are more comfortable giving donations via international aids agencies. Because, Malaysians know, the donations will be fairly distributed to the victims irregardless of race, religion, or creed.

The other reasons could be due to the fact that (1) Malaysians are economically not that well off as compared to the previous occasions. And, (2) Due to the recent racially divisive comments and statements made by the local politicians in other unrelated functions and events, and as well as the general perception of abused of power and corruptions, Malaysians are basically uncomfortable in donating to charitable causes that may end up being distributed along racial lines or portion of the donations being corruptly siphoned off by immoral middlemen.

With regards to collecting donations for the Malaysian victims, perhaps, the government agencies and local newspapers can publish a list of associations or charitable organizations located within or closed to the vicinity of the tragedies so that Malaysians can donate direct to these associations or organizations to cut down the number of "middle men" and to minimized the potential of improprieties.

The government of Malaysia still has the financial resources to reallocate funds to help Malaysian victims without having to seek generosities of unaffected Malaysians. For example, recently, the Prime Minister announced the extra allocations of RM 3 millions for each of Barisan Nasional's political parties' division, that works out to be approximately RM 600 millions. This RM 600 millions should be reallocated to help the floods victims. The government has also recently agreed to raised the toll charges and subsidized a few billion ringgits to toll concessionaires. The government of Malaysia has also committed to send 2 Malaysian "cosmonauts" to space to taste "roti canai". And the list goes on and on..... The question is, are these expenses more important than the sufferings and miseries of other unfortunate Malaysians ? I think not. Morally, the government has to do a rethink of all these "unnecessary" resources misallocations. It is the responsibility of the government to eliminate the sufferings of unfortunate Malaysians. Average Malaysians should not be abused into blindly donating for the sake of donating while the government funds are unnecessarily allocated. All it needs now is for the Prime Minister to make an executive instruction to make the reallocations. On moral grounds and on the basis of the proclaimed "caring government", I see no reason why this reallocations of economic resources can not be initiated to help and lessen the miseries of other unfortunate Malaysians.

There is no point for politicians to visit the affected areas, crying rhetorics, then calling for Malaysians to make donations. The right thing to do is for the politicians to visit the affected areas and make immediate disbursement of funds from their political machineries. Charity does begin at home. But in this case, the home is at the executive offices of the Government of Malaysia. Malaysians as a whole, look up to the government to effect immediate financial aids to help the unfortunate flood victims in Johor, Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, and other affected states.

Same as the honourable Minister, Datuk Seri Shahrizat, there are a lot of caring Malaysians out there, also can not sleep, knowing that there are so many victims of tragedies living in miseries, while the government spend unneccesarily. Where is the priority ?

In the mean time, while awaiting the government to reassess her priority and morality, I urged all able Malaysians to donate directly to the victims to offer immediate reliefs to the miseries of the victims. May God lessen the emotional and financial losses of the victims.

Malaysia Bolih liow in Doha Asian Game 2006 ?

Malaysia sent 136 athletes and God knows how many officials to the 15th Asian game in Doha, Qatar. After 15 days of competition, out of 428 Gold medals at stake, Malaysia secure 8 gold medals, 17 silver medals, and 17 bronze medals. We said this is our best performance ! Jiaklat !!! Not to say Malaysians are expecting more, but this bunch of losers that went to Asian Games are hoplessly incapable of recognizing merits and failures.

The 8 Gold medalists are :

• Badminton - Men's Double (TAN Boon Heong & KOO Kien Keat )
• Bowling - Men's Trios (HENG Boon Hia, KONG Aaron Eng Chuan, LIM Tow Chuang Daniel)
• Bowling - Women Singles (CHEAH Mei Lan Esther)
• Bowling - Women Team (CHAI De Choo Wendy, CHEAH Mei Lan Esther, CHOY Poh Lai, KOH Suet Len Sharon, ZULKIFLI Shalin, AZIELA Zandra)
• Sailing - Optimist Women (TAN Rufina Hong Mui )
• Squah - Men's Singles (ONG Beng Hee )
• Squash - Women's Singles (DAVID Nicol Ann)
• Wushu - Women's Taijiquan (CHAI Fong Ying)

How much did Malaysia spend in the Gemilang Project to deliver sport excellence in Doha Asian Game ? RM 200 Million ? All in all, we have 16 athletes securing 8 Gold medals in Doha Asian Games. What happened to the rest of the 120 high flying and big spending national athletes ? Having good times making up the numbers and holidaying in Qatar ?

Funny, the local presses and Malaysian officials seemed to be very happy and proud of this 8 Gold Medals' "achievements". Said whatever you like. With our tails dangling between our legs, we are always quite capable of embracing self denial to create comfort zones stating that this is one of our best outing in Asian games history. Personally speaking, this is rubbish performance. On the other hand, I think it is sinful, to spend that kind of money to secure this kind of under-achievements. Even Thailand was rated higher than us in terms of Medals haul ( 13 Gold, 15 Silver, 24 Bronze). The money could have spend to help put foods on the tables of poor Malaysians. I guess it is about time we stop wasting money on non performaning athletes and sports. Where is our priority ? Does Pride put foods on the table to feed the hungry stomach ? Anyway, I don't think Malaysians are proud of these under-achievements. Please don't send losers and holiday makers to represent Malaysia at tax payers' expense in any more future sport events.

To the athletes who brought back the 8 gold medals, thank you so much for salvaging Malaysians' prides. Thank you so much for your hardwork and dedication to professional performances.

Wah Salah Boh Ai Lang Kong ! Boh lang kong wah salah ? Proud to be a Malaysian ? Let's go fly kites...............